In a reminiscing mood

Let me show you Mt.Maya in Kobe
then and now .

To see the night views of Kobe city from the top of the mountain,

we climbed up Mt.Maya / 摩耶山 by cable car and rope way.

　These are one-time cable car and rope way.

Present

We had made the accommodations at the Hotel of Mt.Maya top.

one-time hotel

present hotel

Recently,　I spent the afternoon reading a novel and

thinking of Tanizaki's years when he was writing in Kobe.

"A Cat, a Man, and Two Women"

The novel was written in 1936.
（作品文中より引用 / quote a few verses from his novel ）　
・・・摩耶山と六甲の頂きが見える。
人家がもっと建て込んでいる蘆屋の二階の景色とは、大分様子が違う　・・・
Beyond them could be seen the peaks of Mt.Maya and Rokko.
It was a very different view from the one upstairs in Ashiya,

in the old days
眼の前を蔽う摩耶山の、幅広な、真っ黒な肩にも、ｹｰﾌﾞﾙｶｱのあかりは消えてしまっているが、
頂上のﾎﾃﾙ* に灯の燈っているのが見える。（* Maya Kanko Hotel 摩耶観光ホテル / 現在は廃墟）
On the broad, pitch-black flanks of Mt.Maya, the lights of the cable car had long since been extinguished ,
but some light could be seen in the hotel* perched on the summit.

in the old days

Present MAYA KANKO HOTEL decayed.

そう云えば、この六甲という所は、これから冬になってくると毎年六甲颪が吹いて、蘆屋などよりずっと寒さが厳しいのであると
聞いていたけれども、もうこの頃でも夜は相当に冷え込むので、同じ阪神間でありながら、何だか遠い山国へでも来たような気がする。
Indeed, she had heard that Rokko was far colder than Ashiya in winter, with the winds blowing straight down from the mountains. Even now, in October, the night were quite cold, so although the two towns were located in the same general area between Osaka and Kobe, Shinako felt as if she had come to some distant mountain country.

Present Ashiya / Rokko Island

one-time night viewing style from the Hotel.

It's my night view shooting of Kobe city
from Hotel de Maya in severely cold day.