Now that we are back home I can properly put together my thoughts and show you guys a little bit of the journey our overseas pharmacy adventure took us.
Our second day was all about scouring Kobe and experiencing the 48th Kobe Minato Fireworks Festival with our Kobe Gakuin University cohorts.
First starting with the Kobe Gakuin University on Port Island, we discovered places where our eastern half learn, study, and practice. Such a beautifully designed and made campus. It is one of the newer campuses.
The cafeteria food was pretty dang good considering we could barely order. Thankfully, Dr. Nakagawa, the school's pharmacist and professor, was always there to the rescue in translating our needs. We were a 21 member party so getting us places and making sure we were never with out food was definitely a challenge. A lot the ease in our travels and places to dine really came from her and her colleagues as well as the student who were apart of the international program. We are so lucky to have them!
They threw us a warm welcome party as we ended the campus tour in their highest room of that tall building shown in the picture. It was the best room to see the city of Kobe and the waters surrounding the island. After this, we all made for inland!
We shopped near the Port Liner station at SOGO and other nearby department buildings. They even had ice out for people touch and cool down! The day was hot and humid, but that couldn't stop us.
We made way to our first shrine: Itsuka Shrine.
We hit up the close at hand Chinatown; we ate taiyaki, shaved ice cream, and dumplings. If only we had known how much more we were going to enjoy Japanese food!
We ended the night by watching the 48th Kobe Minato Fireworks. I wish I could say that I've seen fireworks that could match what I saw, but clearly there are reasons we don't have hour long shows back home in the desert. The professors and students from Kobe Gakuin University made sure we got a sweet spot for the viewing. My images will not do it justice so I will add a video.
What a fabulous way to end the night! Thanks for staying in tune!
Day 2 out of 10
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