The Naruto whirlpools below the bridge. — Photos: ERIC KWAN
The main reason I decided to visit Kobe in Japan earlier this year was not because I wanted to sample the famous Kobe beef in its city of inception, or to see a former earthquake zone.
It was because Kobe is only about 40 minutes by road to Osaka, and the hotels are far less expensive there. So I thought I would make the city one of my bases when I visited the island of Honshu – or at least, the south-eastern part of it.
