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Kobe (US: / ˈ k oʊ b eɪ /, UK: / ˈ k ə ʊ b eɪ /, KOH-bay; officially Japanese: 神戸市, Kōbe-shi, pronounced ⓘ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama.
- Kobe Foreign Settlement
Townscape of the Kobe foreign settlement around 1885, on the...
- Great Hanshin earthquake
Among major cities, Kobe, with its population of 1.5...
- Kobe Foreign Settlement
Apr 5, 2024 · Kobe, city, capital of Hyogo prefecture, west-central Honshu, Japan. Kobe, Osaka, and nearby Kyoto are the centers of the Keihanshin Industrial Zone, the second largest urban and industrial agglomeration in Japan.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Kobe (Japanese: 神戸市; -shi) is a city in the Kansai region of Japan on the island of Honshu. It is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture. Kobe is an important port city in the Kansai district of Western Japan. It is near the cities of Osaka and Kyoto. Its population is around 1.53 million people as of 2008. Kobe is next to the Seto Inland Sea.
A cosmopolitan port city with an international flavor, hemmed in by Mt. Rokko, Kōbe is often ranked as the best place for expatriates to live in Japan. The city has a population of over 1.5 million people (2019).
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