昨日は、西村屋ホテル招月庭のチェックアウトは10時で（日本の旅館のチェックアウト、早いですよね〜）、城崎から神戸に戻る電車「はまかぜ」の出発時間が午後3時14分。小さな町で5時間もどうすりゃいいの？（笑）多分、だから旅館でいただく外湯回りのパスは翌日の午後3時過ぎまで有効なのでしょうね。わたし達も外湯廻りをすればもっと早く時間が過ぎたのでしょうが、1日に何度もお湯に入りたいタイプではないので、入る気になれず。
The check out time of Nishimuraya Hotel Shogetutei was 10:00. Traditionally, check out time for Japanese Inns is 10:00. This one was ‘Hotel’ but I guess it’s more like a Ryokan.. The train “Hamakaze`’ back to Kobe was 3:15pm. What can you do for 5 hours in a little town like Kinosaki. I suppose this is why you get a pass for 7 hot springs that is valid until a little after 3:00pm on the following day. I know we should have visited some of the hot springs, it would have made the time go faster, but we just didn’t feel like having another bath.
西村屋ホテル招月庭からぶらぶらとゆっくりと駅まで歩き、しばらく駅の外のベンチで携帯電話をいじり、その後、近くの喫茶店で飲み物を飲み、またぶらぶらと川沿いを歩き（笑）、やっと12時少し前になったのでお昼にしました。但馬牛のバーガー。バーガーのお店は3軒見かけましたが、このお店にしました。
We walked from the hotel to the station as slowly as we could manage, then sat at one of the benches outside the station for a while doing some internet on our phones. Then we went in a cafe to have cold drinks as it was very warm, took our time as much as we could, then walked along the river again slowly. When it was about 11:45, we went in this Burger Shop for lunch. There were at least 3 Tajima Beef Burger Shops and we chose this one.
夫は但馬牛のチーズバーガー、わたしは普通の但馬牛のバーガー、わたしはコーラとフライドポテトとバーガーのセットにしてポテトはシェアー、夫は黒ビールを飲んでいました。
My husband had Tajima Beef Cheese Burger, I had ordinary Tajima Beef Burger plus coke plus french fries (to share with my husband) as a set. My husband had a bottle of local made Stout.
このバーガーが、すごくすごく美味しかったです！手作りバーガーで柔らかくてジューシーで、バンズがまた柔らかすぎず、焼いてあるので噛んだ時、サクッとした食感で、2種類のソースも美味しくて。近ければ、また食べに行くのに、と残念に思うくらい。これまで食べた中で一番でした！
These burgers were delicious!!! Homemade, tender, juicy, tasty. The buns were also exceptionally good, not too soft, great texture. The 2 different sauces in the burger were both delicious. I would love to go back if it were more accessible. The best burger I’ve had in my life!
しかし、それだけ美味しいバーガーなので、お値段もかなりです、合計5060円也！ヒェ！と思うお値段ですが、それでも近くにあったらまた行きます。
However, it comes at a price. Together, the bill was 5,060 yen (£27). Well, it doesn’t sound that bad in pounds maybe but it sounds pretty expensive in Japanese yen. However, I would still go back!