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CARE, where talent and models frequently work on hair and makeup at numerous fashion magazines and events. It has salons in Shinsaibashi, Umeda and Aoyama, and currently has six stores. The sense and technology of the style that has always created the trend ahead is overwhelming, and it gives you the latest hair that suits your customers. Cut 5940 yen, color 8640 yen, perm 8640 yen, upset 5400 yen.

In 1987, a giant carp object with a height of 21m was installed in Meriken Park in the Port of Kobe to commemorate the opening of Kobe 120 years. The design was supervised by global architect Frank O. Gehry, and by Tadao Ando, an architect from Kobe. The alias is "KOBE FISH". The whole is made of wire mesh, and as the name suggests, it is a work with dynamic movement.

The first flower clock built in Japan in 1957. Located just north of Kobe City Hall, it is an oasis in the valley of a building that has been familiar to people for many years, with a diameter of 6m. There are various designs, such as things related to topical events and wind poetry, and public works. It is replanted about 8 to 10 times a year, using about 3000 flowers of the four seasons.

An object with a colorful mosaic pattern installed in Meriken Park. It was created to commemorate the holding of the "1st Kobe Fashion Festival", which was carried out in 1989. "Hortansia" is a hydrangea that is also a city flower of Kobe. The bells were built by the ship's screw propeller production company Nakashima Propellers. No bells have been rung since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.

"The birthplace of the movie" An object unique to Kobe. Let's take a memorial shot with two people on the screen.

It is the only museum in the world that displays glass crafts from ancient times to modern times, including dragonball balls made with a technique called lamp work. From elaborate and artistic works to unique works full of personality, we introduce the charm of lamp work. You can also enjoy the experience of making tonbo balls even for the first time. A museum shop is also attached, full of fun to "watch", "learn", "create" and "buy".

Kobe Port, which has been a window from overseas along with Yokohama since its opening. Kobe Customs is showing the heavy exterior of the architecture in 1927. The main task is to crack down on imports and exports of fraudulent drugs, and it is interesting that in the exhibition room on the first floor, you can try to see if you can actually distinguish a copy product from the real thing. In addition, it introduces the smuggling method of drugs and handguns that have been caught so far, and I am surprised at the vivid display that makes me think of the drug-picking reports on TV etc. The exhibition room is divided into three rooms, and you can watch the role of the customs at the very back in the video and tour the exhibits in the two rooms in front.

The neo-classical-style building with six Doris-style semi-circular columns at the front was the former Yokohama Jokin Bank. The height of the ceiling in the entrance part makes you feel the style of the retro building. The permanent exhibition consists of two types: "Kobe's History Exhibition", which introduces history from ancient times to modern times, and "Collection Exhibition", which sets a theme for each field and period and introduces the collection of items. We hold special exhibitions three to four times a year, and we are getting the buzz. It takes 1 hour and 30 minutes.

The Kawasaki Heavy Industries Group, which also handles motorcycles and robots in addition to land, sea and sky vehicles, is an experience-type museum that introduces its history and products. In addition to the "Kawasaki World Theater", which features large-screen footage, and the "Motorcycle Gallery", which features successive machine and race cars, real-life exhibits such as model trains, bullet trains, helicopters, and flight simulators have become popular. Photography is allowed on the whole, so let's enjoy the shooting by actually straddling a real motorcycle or sitting in the driver's seat on the 0 series bullet train.

The museum features a large white space-framed roof with the image of the sails and waves of a sailing ship running in the sea. Based on the concept of "Kobe begins from the sea to the port and ships out in the future", the building was opened in 1987 as the "Kobe Opening 120 Years Memorial Business" of modern Kobe Port, which was opened in the first year of the Meiji era (1868). You can experience the mechanism of the ship, the charm of the cruise liner, the facilities of the port and the history and future of the sea, ship and port. An easy-to-understand introduction of the "past", "present" and "future" of the sea, ship, and port with real life, diorama models, images, graphics, etc. Kawasaki World, a corporate museum of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, which has been together since the opening of the port of Kobe, is also attached.