Kobe Port

Date:  27 November 2010

Place:  Kobe Port ~  Kobe Maritime Museum

My Travels:

Part Two: The entry recorded my excitement journey at Kobe.

JR Kobe Station

 

Kobe JR Station

 

  

 

Habourland

This place is known as a huge complex for franchise shops. Every weekend, visitors will be entertained with some culture events and activities. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Kobe Port

 

 

Kobe Port

 

 

Scenery at Kobe Harbour

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kobe Tower

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Kobe Maritime Museum

This is a showcase of innovation belong to Kawasaki Heavy Industries Group. The museum is divided roughly into two areas under the the themes of "The  Port of Kobe: Present and Future" and "The Port of Kobe through History". It exhibits the sea, ships, and port of yesterday, today and tomorrow technology. After all, I noticed the Kawasaki Group not only advance at motorcycle production but even having bright future prospect in development of heavy mechanical machines (ship, helicopter, train)

 

Kawasaki Kobe Maritime Museum

 

 

 

 

Riding mini Trains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shinkansen Model (Bullet Train)

 

Multimedia Show

 

Kawasaki Motorcycle model also exhibited

 

Sleeping Bed Capsule for future prototype

 

 

Kawasaki Robot Entertainer

 

 

Helicopter model developed by Kawasaki Group

 

 

 

 

 

Kobe Container Terminal Simulator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kobe Bay Cruise

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meriken Park ~  Kobe Port Earthquake Memorial Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earthquake Memorial Park

 

 

The memorial park preserves a part of damaged state during Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Night Views at Kobe Tower

 

 

 

 

Views from Kobe Tower

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Konnichiwa Kobe!

Date :  27 November 2010

Place: Kobe Mosque ~  Kobe Port ~  Maritime Museum.

Kobe Mosque

            After walking around 20 minutes from Sannomiya, JR train station, finally I reached at  Kobe Mosque. I noticed there looks like Muslim community area where I could find many  Muslim people and several Halal Food shops. At Kobe Mosque, I had a chance meeting with  mosque manager, Mr. Ahsan. Actually, he is a father of my two teachers during my former university: Saira-sensei and Saima-sensei. I was informed he had been 35 years living in Kobe since he immigrated from Pakistan. I am really lucky to meet him, knowing some past and current Muslim issue in Kobe.
         According to Mr. Ahsan, the Kōbe Mosque  (神戸モスク) or Kobe Muslim Mosque (神戸 ムスリムモスク) was founded in October, 1935. It is Japan's first mosque ever constructed,  by donations collected by the Islamic Committee of Kobe from 1928 until its opening in 1935. Unfortunately, the mosque was confiscated by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1943. However, it continues to function as mosque today. It is located in the Kitano-cho foreign district of Kobe. 

       Gratefully to Allah, during the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995, the Kobe Mosque strongly preserved without any catastrophe. Historically, the mosque was built in traditional Turkish style by the Czech architect Jan Josef Švagr (1885–1969), the architect of a number of Western religious buildings throughout Japan. And now, I observed unitil last weekend, it developed progressively with further renovation. Hopefully, may Allah bless the Kobe land and I pray He open other hearts to be at Peace.  ~Amin~

 

Kobe Muslim Mosque

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ablution Chamber

 

Prayer Hall

 

Mihrab Kobe Mosque

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kobe Islamic Culture Centre

  

 

 

 

Front View of Kobe Mosque

 

 

 

 

Turkey Halal Food Shop also available nearby Kobe Mosque

 

This shop has variety of Halal food products of Muslim world countries include Malaysia!