“Kobe Kitano Nosta” (Chuo Ward, Kobe City) is a hot spot in the Kobe Kitano area. We took a look inside the building before it opens on November 8, so we’ll show you around. * An opening ceremony will be held from 10:30 on November 8. First-come, first-served gifts and original merchandise are sold.
The site of the former Kitano Elementary School, which operated as “Kitano Kobo Town” until the end of last year, has been reborn as a gourmet center with the theme of Kobe’s “food.”
When you walk into the building, you are greeted by an open space with a white theme. A total of six stores, including a cafe and a bakery, will be gathered on the spacious first floor (the sweets shop “NOSTA SWEETS” will open in January 2025).
[LE CHOCOLAT DE H Kobe Kitano Nosta stòr]
Right from the entrance is “LE CHOCOLAT DE H Kobe Kitano Nosta”, a chocolatier run by the famous pastry chef Hironobu Tsujiguchi. It seems that this is their first store in Kansai, and the man himself visited the store that day.
“We want people in Kobe to enjoy the special chocolate we make by roasting cacao beans grown in our own farm in Peru in our own laboratory. We will also hold chocolate seminars in the future, so people can get to know cacao more closely.”
The display in the back is lined with jewel-like chocolate bonbons. Kitano Nosta’s unique “Awaji Island sea salt caramel” and “Tamba black sesame praline” that can only be bought here will also be on sale.
【RAISE CAFE】
In the center is the NOSTA CAFE, which has 64 seats inside and 34 seats on the terrace. The display is lined with sweets created by the pastry chef, and the barista serves drinks according to each order at the counter.
Here you can enjoy the collaboration drink “Cafe Mocha Ash” by Mr. Tsujiguchi!
This is a special drink that does not use sweeteners such as sugar, and is made only with chocolate and milk from “Le Chocolat de Ash” and coffee from “Kobe Kitano Roastery” in the same facility , and its taste is soft and fluffy.
After relaxing at Café Mocha, I was drawn to the taste of the bread and moved to the bakery next door.
[stòr Mariage de Farine Kobe Kitano Nosta]
This is a bakery run by Tomohiko Nakanishi, who won 3rd place in the world bread competition, and is the first store in Kobe that is popular with Mie Prefecture’s VISON and Aqua Ignis Awajishima .
Chef Nakanishi, who specializes in the flavor of the bread by mixing four types of wheat from Hokkaido and Mie Prefecture, is proud of the “croissants,” which take three days to make. After being slowly fermented, it is shaped and steamed to create a texture that is crispy on the surface, crispy, fluffy, and chewy, with butter oozing from the dough
[Kobe Kitano Roastery]
After eating delicious bread, I want to drink coffee again! So I went to the roastery “Kobe Kitano Roastery” in the back.
This is our first store in Kobe as a sister store of “Shinsaibashi Roastery”, which is run by Japan’s top roasters and baristas who won Japan’s No. 1 Roasting Award (JCRC2023 Champion). The giant roasting machine installed in the shop is made in America and costs 24 million yen!
The store’s recommendation is the Barrel Aged Blend. We use Kobe beans that have been aged and seasoned in barrels that were used to make whiskey at Rokkosan Distillery. Light roasted coffee with a rich whiskey flavor comes with piping hot petit taiyaki.
[Nada Gogo SAKE VILLAGE]
Suddenly across the street, I found a Japanese sake shop called “Nada Gogo SAKE VILLAGE”. Inside the shop, which stocks 20 breweries from Hyogo’s proud Nada Gogo, the smell of Japanese sake barrels wafts through the air.
The recommended drink for this season is “Nada no Nama Ippon,” which is produced from autumn to winter, and bottles from eight production companies are lined up at the shop. . The store seems to have about 90 types of spirits, and just looking at the different brands made me feel like I was touring a brewery in Nada.
【Kitano Grill & Bar】
If you go up the stairs in the back, you will find the spacious restaurant “Kitano Grill Bar” on the second floor.
As you enter, there is a bar lounge with a selection of famous sakes to the left, and a large wine cellar with a 270 degree rotation to the right.
The spacious restaurant, which is on one floor, has a main dining room with 64 seats, a semi-private room with 36 seats, and a private room with 4 to 8 seats. On the side, you can enjoy the powerful live performance of the chefs in the open kitchen.
The menu uses ingredients from the five regions of Hyogo, including Kobe beef, and the menu includes full-course meals that include meal, soup, your choice of pasta, main course, bread, dessert, and drink after meal.
【STELLA HALL (Formerly Kitano Elementary School Lecture Hall)】
The third floor, which used to be a gymnasium, has been preserved as a valuable space where you can enjoy the feeling of modern architecture, and has been converted into a usable hall as a rental place. Starting from 2,200 yen per hour, it can be used for a wide range of purposes, including events, training, and student experience.
Finally, we found a “BE KOBE” monument in the parking lot behind the building! It’s a place that jumps out at you when you get off the tour bus, so it’s a welcome sight to visitors, and it’s likely to be is a great place for photos.
2024-11-08 02:59:00
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