Kobe
A city located in southeastern Hyogo Prefecture. It has long flourished as an important transportation hub on the Seto Inland Sea. In 1868, Kobe Port opened and became the gateway to Western culture. Since the Meiji era, heavy and chemical industries have developed there, forming one corner of the Hanshin Industrial Zone.
Nishiki-e and Paintings
Photos
Other Materials
Landmarks around Kobe
Ikuta Shrine Arima Onsen Maikohama Akashi Osaka Port Mt. Tenpo Kawaguchi Kishiwada Fukushima Nishinagahori
The NDL Image Bank is a public-domain digital gallery of the National Diet Library, the national library in Japan. Our website has thousands of out-of-copyright Japanese artworks and images from our library’s extensive collection!
The NDL Gallery is online content that you can enjoy using the digitized materials of the National Diet Library. It also provides information on exhibitions in the National Diet Library.
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