“BE KOBE” is a slogan that expresses the strength of the intention of overcoming the sorrow of the great earthquake and “Continuing to be Kobe”.
The maximum seismic intensity hit the center of Kobe on January 17, 1995. The building collapsed and a big fire occurred. The precious lives of 6500 people were robbed. It was the 24th year in 2019. The town has completely restored, but those who are still suffering and loneliness continue to bear silence.
Such Kobe will accelerate development as a sightseeing spot after the earthquake disaster. The keywords in Kobe are “Sake”, “Foreign settlement” and "Coffee"
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“Nada district” is the largest Japanese sake town in Japan
“酒蔵 Saka gura” means a factory of sake. It is the city with the most saka gura in Japan🍶.
At each factory, tools that were used in the past are exhibited:sake:
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But the tourist’s purpose is this. You can taste sake for free at any factory!
When all the tasting is done it becomes about 500 ml. You will be drunk on your way home, be careful!!
“Kitano” of a foreign settlement
Since 1868, Immediately after Japan unlocked the national isolation, Kobe became a special zone for foreigners. At that time Japan had a cultural difference that was so big that it was easy for Japanese and foreigners to be in trouble, so a special zone was necessary. The current Kitano district became a settlement and made special development by the foreign culture. Besides, beyond this special district, foreigners needed something like a passport to enter Japan. People in Britain, Germany, France, the Netherlands, and China were living:prince:
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Many wooden Western-style buildings exist. You can view it with a charge. Furniture and tools left by foreigners are displayed. It is very popular for Japanese tourists because the atmosphere of this unique city looks fashionable🏰.
Especially the house of Sherlock Holmes is popular. The Japanese like him🕵️♂️.
The world’s first birthplace of canned coffee
It was a company in Kobe that invented canned coffee. In addition, the history of Japanese coffee is also the origin of this company☕.
At the head office factory, you can take a class of coffee tasting if you book:coffee:. I passed at the chief of the day and I was encouraged to ask the staff to take an elementary varistor:laughing:.
Another place has the coffee museum operated by the same company. You can learn scientific things about coffee:coffee:
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“Ninja” and “Shinkansen”. There is a head office of “Kawasaki Heavy Industries”
The most famous Japanese mobility industry in the world would be “Toyota” “Honda” and "Kawasaki"
. Actually the head office of Kawasaki is Kobe rather than Kawasaki city. There is the big museum in the harbor. The famous motorcycle “Ninja”, Shinkansen, trains all over the world, Japanese fighters and warships are manufactured:motorcycle:
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“Kobe Festival” is the base of the citizen of the earthquake reconstruction
Finally, I will introduce a citizen participatory large festival:fireworks:. It is a large festival with reference to the Rose Festival in Portland, USA. A parade is performed mainly on samba carnival and marching band:dancer:
. More than 1 million participants gathered in mid-May.
You do not have to stay in Kobe. Because it is only 30 minutes by train from Osaka🚃. You can easily plan Kobe sightseeing with Osaka and Kyoto.
It is a prestigious city with Japan and overseas mixed:european_castle:
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