Kobe

Kobe (Japanese: 神戸市; kōbe-shi) is a city in Japan, located on the island of Honshu. Kobe is the capital of Hyogo Prefecture and is one of Japan's major ports along with the ports of Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Hakata, and Tokyo. It is in the Kansai region of Japan, in Hyogo Prefecture to the south-west of Osaka. It was one of the first cities to open for trade with the West, as of 1868. The cosmopolitan port city has a population of 45,500 foreign residents from more than 100 countries.

External links

• {{wikitravel}}
• Official Kobe homepage
• Information on the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
• Japan Red Cross Hyogo Branch
• Japan International Cooperation Agency Hyogo Office
• WHO Kobe Centre
• Kobe City Info