「Kobe（神戸）」 一覧

Mahisa has three restaurants in the Kobe area. The Restaurant in Okamoto was recently renovated. The interior is very casual but cozy. The food served by Mahisa is homemade style and very healthy. Mahisa also offers a variety of teas. From the lunch menu I chose the Chicken Curry. The meal included a light tasting curry which was not to spicy, bread, egg, and some vegetables. I looked over the ...

It is a rare occurence to find a hidden gem regarding restaurants anywhere in Japan; especially one that has been around for more than 40 years. But, I found one in Mikage on Highway 2 along the Ishiya River at the Kobe Municipal Mikage Public Hall on the B-1 Floor. The building itself was completed in 1933, and underwent periodic renovations. The restaurant is very well known by the local ...

I love a eating a good hamburger. But I really truly love a very delicious mouth watering hamburger! And that is exactly what I found at J.S. Burger Cafe at the Mint in Sannomiya. J.S. Burger Cafe has twelve restaurants throughout Japan. This restaurant serves very high quality hamburgers. When I first saw this restaurant their was a very long queue. I decided to come back another day. And I ...

I like to eat a delicious hamburger from time-to-time. One day, while I was walking around in Ashiya, I got a sudden craving to eat a hamburger. So I decided to drop in at Freshness Burger or better known as Freshness. This fast food restaurant was founded in 1992, and sells sandwiches, salads, hamburgers, vegetarian food, and assorted drinks. In Japan, their are over 189 restaurants. Freshness has four slogans: ...

  Japan is very well known for seafood. Isomaru Suisan sets the high bar when it comes to fresh seafood at an excellent value. This restaurant is an izakaya or Japanese style bar. There are over 150 branches in Japan, and are open 24 hours a day seven days a week. The atmosphere is lively, colorful, and very casual. The interior looks like a beachfront house with signs, Japanese style ...

I enjoy drinking tea as much as coffee. One day, I was walking in Motomachi when I saw this tea restaurant on the second floor of the BAL Building. I decided to take a look, and was very surprised to find a very large tea room. I had actually stumbled upon one of the oldest tea companies in the world called Mariage Freres. Mariage Freres was founded in 1854, and ...

In Sannomiya there is a unique coffee shop on the B-1 Floor called Kobe Coffee Story. This coffee shop opened in 1975, and has flourished due to its high quality coffee. The B-1 floor is better known as the Santica Shopping Mall. It is a large underground shopping area which has many different shops catering to everyone. This particular coffee shop is very popular among the locals, and their is ...

Granny Smith Apple Pie has seven shops in Japan. Their apple pies are based on North American pie recipes, and are based on the concept of "grandma's taste." Granny Smith specializes in four varieties of apple pies: Classic Rum Raisin, England Custard, French D'Mandes, and Dutch Crumble. I have very vivid memories of homemade apple pies going back to my childhood. So, when I went to Nishinomiya Gardens in Nishinomiya ...

551 Horai got started in 1945 in Osaka. 551 Horai can be found just about anywhere in the Kansai area: Train stations, malls, and shopping areas. Their trademark product is none other than their Butaman (Pork Buns) which are handmade in their individual shops. Karashi or Japanese mustard comes with Butaman automatically. However, be forewarned that the karashi is very hot and will leave you with watery eyes and a ...

When I first came to Japan, my father-in-law Fukuo Yoshioka introduced me to Nishimura's Coffee. Nishimura's Coffee serves some of the best coffee I have ever had the pleasure of drinking. Nishimura's claim to fame in the Kobe area began in 1948 when it served straight black coffee which had never been done before in Japan. It is also the first coffee establishment to serve cappuccino and coffee jelly. One ...

One evening when I was in Sannomiya on the B-1 Floor checking out the restaurants, I found On The Curry. Well, I was getting hungry, and I wanted to try something different. On The Curry offered something unique and different from what I was accustomed to when it came to curry and rice: Grilled barbecued meat with curry and rice! I ordered the barbecued chicken with curry and rice. My ...

Vie De France:（ヴィ・ド・フランス）：Bread Shops（パン屋さん） Vie de France is a French bakery company that got started in 1971. It has bakery shops in the USA and throughout Japan. This bakery produces high quality breads and croissants in addition to pastries, and snack foods. The Vie de France bakery shop in the JR Kobe station is conveniently located just outside the ticket gate. There is a nice dining area where people can ...

  Delifrance is an international company that began operations in 1983, and quickly spread out globally. In 2008 DeliFrance opened for business in Japan, and opened a new store in the newly built JR Settsumotoyama station. This bakery offers a wide variety of French style bread, pastries, brioches, croissants, gateaux, and many other delicious products. Delifrance also serves beverages, coffee, and sandwiches. The interior is spacious with plenty of seating, ...

Dai's Pizza: Eat It Up!(ダイズピザ ライフ本山店） The Life Supermarket is only about 2 kilometers from my home. I like to shop for my groceries there. But I also have another reason. Inside the supermarket is a small pizza restaurant called Dai's Pizza. Dai's has a chain of restaurants in Kobe, Kyoto, and in Hokkaido. The pizza menu offers a wide variety of pizzas all of which are reasonably priced. The ...

Since I have been living in Japan, I rarely have the opportunity to eat a good steak because of the expense. That is until I came across Ikinari Steak in Sannomiya. This restaurant opened in Tokyo in 2013 and quickly expanded to well over 300 locations throughout Japan, including 9 locations in the USA. Ikinari also has a website in English and in Japanese. Customers can ask the staff for ...