A report on Kobe
Japan's seventh-largest city after Kawasaki, the third-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture.
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Hyōgo Prefecture
17 linksPrefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu.
Prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu.
Kōbe is the capital and largest city of Hyōgo Prefecture, and the seventh-largest city in Japan, with other major cities including Himeji, Nishinomiya, and Amagasaki.
Kyoto
11 linksCapital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan.
Capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan.
Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe.
Osaka
10 linksDesignated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan.
Designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan.
Osaka was opened to foreign trade by the government of the Bakufu at the same time as Hyogo Town (modern Kobe) on January 1, 1868, just before the advent of the Boshin War and the Meiji Restoration.
Great Hanshin earthquake
10 linksThe Great Hanshin earthquake (阪神・淡路大震災), or Kobe earthquake, occurred on January 17, 1995 at 05:46:53 JST (January 16 at 20:46:53 UTC) in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, including the region known as Hanshin.
The Great Hanshin earthquake (阪神・淡路大震災), or Kobe earthquake, occurred on January 17, 1995 at 05:46:53 JST (January 16 at 20:46:53 UTC) in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, including the region known as Hanshin.
The focus of the earthquake was located 17 km beneath its epicenter, on the northern end of Awaji Island, 20 km away from the center of the city of Kobe.
Keihanshin
6 linksKeihanshin (京阪神) is a metropolitan region in the Kansai region of Japan encompassing the metropolitan areas of the cities of Kyoto in Kyoto Prefecture, Osaka in Osaka Prefecture and Kobe in Hyōgo Prefecture.
Yokohama
6 linksSecond-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan.
Second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan.
Yokohama was one of the cities to open for trade with the West following the 1859 end of the policy of seclusion and has since been known as a cosmopolitan port city, after Kobe opened in 1853.
Rokkō Island
7 linksMan-made island in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan.
Man-made island in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan.
Kobe is a long and narrow city wedged between the coast to the south and the Rokkō Mountains to the north.
Kansai International Airport
8 linksKansai International Airport (関西国際空港) commonly known as 関空 (Kankū) is the primary international airport in the Greater Osaka Area of Japan and the closest international airport to the cities of Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe.
Kansai region
7 linksThe Kansai region (関西地方) or the Kinki region (近畿地方), lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū.
The Kansai region (関西地方) or the Kinki region (近畿地方), lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū.
The metropolitan region of Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto (Keihanshin region) is the second-most populated in Japan after the Greater Tokyo Area.
Port of Kobe
4 linksThe Port of Kobe is a Japanese maritime port in Kobe, Hyōgo in the Keihanshin area, backgrounded by the Hanshin Industrial Region.