I started today with the same breakfast as the past 2 days. Plan for the day, go to Kobe. That’s it, no further plans made. Get to Kobe and see what’s there to do.
So I took a JR train from Osaka to Kobe to be in the city centre immediately. Took a locker for my suitcase and started to explore the city.I went trough the shopping mall, found the Anpanman museum and trough there I found the way to the harbour which had some interesting sights.
One 
of them a memorial for the great earthquake in 1995. Which showed pictures both before and after the disaster struck. By now everything has been rebuild or replaced with new stuff except for one small part they left as it was after the accident.
There I also visited the Kobe Maritime Museum. It houses a lot of ship models. and I mean a lot. That wasn’t really my jam but linked to it was Kawasaki Good Times World. A museum about the Kawasaki corporation that had some nice attractions in it next to the company’s history.
By now it was nearing check-in time so I made my way back to the station. Passing by a statue of Elvis and treated myself to a fruit filled crêpe. Looks like it was nearing closing time as it was suddenly ‘crepe day’ – all crepes for Y330. “Lucky!”.
-small note: it should be illegal for kiwi to be frozen, bleegh…
Time for check-in into basicly another capsule hostel. As I was too lazy to walk there with my suitcase I took the subway.. but I’d probably have been there faster going by foot. Until I found the station 10 minutes had passed, then needed to wait on the next train. Ah well, I got there and that’s the most important part.
As the hostel is close to Kobe’s China Town (yes that exists!) I walked down the main road. It consisted of restaurants, restaurants and restaurants operated by various Asian ethnicities.
Back on the main shopping street in this district I settled for another restaurant where you order and pay at a machine. Really convenient! How the hell are you supposed to eat a fried egg with chopsticks? I cut off some egg white and eventually just slurped up the yolk and what was remaining from the egg white.
It wasn’t that late yet, but my feet hurt so I decided to just spend the night in my capsule, writing up this post and listening to some of the bands I got to know in Shibuya.
For what it’s worth, Kobe is a fine day-trip from Osaka or Kyoto. But I wouldn’t spend a night here again in a second trip.