Kobe! This was a beautiful town, where the old meets the new. Walking through ‘China Town’ was exactly how I imagined China to be. The traditional colours and statues lined the two streets. While the food stalls smelling of a delicious array of food occupied both sides of the streets. As we continued to walk the streets of Kobe, we stumbled across Starbucks which bought us back to reality and reminded us of the impact of globalization. Not far was the Kobe port, which although I have never felt so cold (apart from the day in Kyoto) was beautiful. The damage from the earthquake in 2002 was untouched and remained a part of history.