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Chūō (中央区, Chūō-ku) is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 28.46 km 2, and a population of 127,602 with 74,814 households as of January 31, 2012. The ward was formed from the 1980 merger of the former Fukiai-ku (葺合区) and Ikuta-ku (生田区).
Chūō-ku 中央区, lit. ... Kobe; Chūō-ku, Fukuoka; Chūō-ku, Kumamoto; See also. Naka-ku This page was last edited on 28 May 2024, at 16:04 (UTC). Text is ...
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Origins
Tools found in western Kobe demonstrate the area was populated at least from the Jōmon period. The natural geography of the area, particularly of Wada Cape in Hyōgo-ku, led to the development of a port, which would remain the economic center of the city. Some of the earliest written documents mentioning the region include the Nihon Shoki, which describes the founding of the Ikuta Shrine by Empress Jingūin AD 201. 1. Gallery 2. Ikuta Shrine 3. Nagata Shrine 4. Taisan-ji. The main hall is a Nat...
Nara and Heian periods
During the Nara and Heian periods, the port was known by the name Ōwada Anchorage(Ōwada-no-tomari) and was one of the ports from which imperial embassies to China were dispatched. The city was briefly the capital of Japan in 1180, when Taira no Kiyomori moved his grandson Emperor Antoku to Fukuhara-kyō in present-day Hyōgo-ku. The Emperor returned to Kyoto after about five months.Shortly thereafter in 1184, the Taira fortress in Hyōgo-ku and the nearby Ikuta Shrine became the sites of the Gen...
Kamakura period
As the port grew during the Kamakura period, it became an important hub for trade with China and other countries. In the 13th century, the city came to be known by the name Hyōgo Port(兵庫津, Hyōgo-tsu). During this time, Hyōgo Port, along with northern Osaka, composed the province of Settsu (most of today's Kobe belonged to Settsu except Nishi Ward and Tarumi Ward, which belonged to Harima). 1. Gallery 2. Kusunoki Masashige (Battle of Minatogawa) 3. Minatogawa Shrine
Wedged between the coast and the mountains, the city of Kobe is long and narrow. To the east is the city of Ashiya, while the city of Akashi lies to its west. Other adjacent cities include Takarazuka and Nishinomiya to the east and Sanda and Mikito the north. The landmark of the port area is the red steel Port Tower. A ferris wheel sits in nearby H...
As of September 2007, Kobe had an estimated population of 1,530,295 making up 658,876 households. This was an increase of 1,347 persons or approximately 0.1% over the previous year. The population density was approximately 2,768 persons per square kilometre, while there are about 90.2 males to every 100 females.About thirteen percent of the populat...
The Port of Kobe is both an important port and manufacturing center within the Hanshin Industrial Region. Kobe is the busiest container port in the region, surpassing even Osaka, and the fourth-busiest in Japan. As of 2004[update], the city's total real GDP was ¥6.3 trillion, which amounts to thirty-four percent of the GDP for Hyōgo Prefecture and ...
Air
Itami Airport, in nearby Itami, serves primarily domestic flights throughout Japan, Kobe Airport, built on a reclaimed island south of Port Island, also offers mostly domestic and charter flights, while Kansai International Airport in Osakamainly serves international flights in the area.
Rail
The JR West Sanyō Shinkansen stops at Shin-Kobe Station. Sannomiya Station is the main commuter hub in Kobe, serving as the transfer point for major intercity rail services: the JR Kobe Line connects Kobe to Osaka and Himeji, while both the Hankyū Kobe Line and the Hanshin Main Line run from Kobe to Umeda Station in Osaka. Sanyō Electric Railway trains from Himeji reach Sannomiya via the Kōbe Rapid Transit Railway. Kōbe Electric Railway runs north to Sanda and Arima Onsen. Kobe Municipal Subw...
Ropeway
Over Mount Rokkō, the city has two funicular lines and three aerial lifts as well, namely Maya Cablecar, Rokkō Cable Line, Rokkō Arima Ropeway, Maya Ropeway, and Shin-Kobe Ropeway.
The city of Kobe directly administers 169 elementary and 81 middle schools, with enrollments of approximately 80,200 and 36,000 students, respectively.If the city's four private elementary schools and fourteen private middle schools are included, these figures jump to a total 82,000 elementary school students and 42,300 junior high students enrolle...
Kobe is most famous for its Kobe beef (which is raised in the surrounding Hyōgo Prefecture) and Arima Onsen (hot springs). Notable buildings include the Ikuta Shrine as well as the Kobe Port Tower. Nearby mountains such as Mount Rokkō and Mount Mayaoverlook the city. The city is widely associated with cosmopolitanism and fashion, encapsulated in th...
Kobe hosted the 1985 Summer Universiade,the 1991 Men's Asian Basketball Championship, which was the qualifier for the 1992 Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament.Kobe was one of the host cities of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, hosting matches at Noevir Stadium Kobe (then known as Wing Stadium Kobe), which was renovated to increase its capacity to 40,000 ...
Twin towns – sister cities
Kobe's sister citiesare:
Friendship and cooperation cities
Kobe also cooperates with: 1. Daegu, South Korea (2010) 2. Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan (2000) 3. Kigali, Rwanda (2016) 4. Philadelphia, PA, United States (1986) A memorandum of understanding on the possible establishment of sister city relations in the future was concluded in 2019 with Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Sister ports
Kobe's sister ports are: 1. Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands (1967) 2. Port of Seattle, United States (1967) 3. Port of Tianjin, China
An'yō-in. Its karesansui is one of Japan's Places of Scenic Beauty.Der Bezirk Chūō-ku wurde 1980 aus den damaligen Bezirken Fukiai-ku und Ikuta-ku gebildet und erstreckt sich vom JR -Bahnhof Kōbe im Südwesten bis kurz vor den Bahnhof Nada im Osten und von der Bucht von Ōsaka im Süden bis zum 469 m hohen Futatabi-san des Rokkō -Bergrückens.
Apr 14, 2019 · 兵庫県 神戸市 の行政区の一つ。 English: Chūō -ku, is one of 9 wards of Kobe City, Hyogo prefecture, Japan. Subcategories. This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. Areas of Chuo-ku, Kobe (9 C) Buildings in Chuo-ku, Kobe (53 C, 156 F) Geography of Chuo-ku, Kobe (5 C, 25 F) History of Chuo-ku, Kobe (12 C, 35 F)
Help. Category:History of Chuo-ku, Kobe. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Subcategories. This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total. Hanakuma Castle (19 F) Kamitsutsui Station (2 F) Kobe Club (2 F) Kobe Foreign Settlement (8 C, 11 F) Kobe Portopialand (9 F) Kobe Rinko Line (4 C, 3 F)
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