Kobe: Itayado Arcades (板宿商店街)
Itayado Hon-dori (板宿本通) runs north from Itayado Station, and together with a number of branch arcades, it connects 18 city blocks with a continuous glass roof (with the proviso that Shin-machi-dori is not fully connected, strictly speaking). At ~640 feet long, Itayado Hon-dori is one of the shortest arcades in Kobe. Altogether, this group of arcades has a combined length of only ~1900 feet. And yet, as … Continue reading Kobe: Itayado Arcades (板宿商店街)