[Hyogo/Kobe Motomachi] Kobe Former Settlement and Chinese Nankinmachi 1-2 hour guided tour! Lots of SNS spots! One person is very welcome!

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east amusement park The tour starts here! !

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Japan Pearl Hall Currently, on the 1st floor, the Kobe Pearl Souk sells pearl products, and the adjacent Kobe Pearl Museum has panels that introduce the history of pearls to the public. During the pearl sorting process, the western rays are never incident in order to secure the favorable light for the pearls, and the internal and external colors, especially black purple and green, are easily affected, so sufficient consideration is given to the color scheme and flow line planning. has been designed.

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Kobe City Museum The ancient Greek-style exterior with 6 Doric semi-columns and the entrance of the colonnade reminiscent of the time when it was a bank are impressive. With the basic theme of international cultural exchange and the contact and transformation of Eastern and Western cultures, there are approximately 70,000 items including archaeological and historical materials such as bronze bells and bronze halberds excavated from Sakuragaoka, which are national treasures, Nanban red hair art, art materials, and antique map materials. It is stored.

Former Kobe Settlement 15th Building A nationally designated important cultural property built around 1880. The building was used as the American Consulate in its early days, and has a colonial-style exterior with an open verandah on the south side of the second floor. Although it was completely destroyed in the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, 70% of the materials used before the collapse were used to return to its original state. This historic building is now used as a restaurant.

Shinko Building The mail shooter inside the building and the revolving door at the east entrance are still in use today, 83 years after they were completed. I've been watching​

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Building A landmark of the port town of Kobe. It is an elegant and gorgeous building with impressive stonework (rustica) on the first floor and elegant terracotta decoration on the second and higher floors. The designer, Setsu Watanabe, visited Europe and the United States when designing this building, and decided on an American Renaissance style architecture. It will celebrate its 100th anniversary in April 2022, and is still in operation as an active office building.

Ship Kobe Kaigan Building One of the buildings representing Kaigandori. Built as Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Kobe branch building, designed by Kozo Kawai. It was certified as completely destroyed by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, and the geometrically decorated outer wall was removed and stored. Later, the old outer wall was rebuilt in the lower part of a newly reconstructed high-rise building on the same site. The elevator hall contains six granite columns that once adorned the south entrance hall.

Former Foreign Settlement Building 38 Completed in 1929 as the National City Bank Kobe Branch. Designed by Vories Architectural Office, which has worked on Kobe Jogakuin and Kwansei Gakuin University. The design features four Ionic columns lined up on the south facade, and both ends are tightened with masonry with conspicuous joints. Currently, it is used as a store of Daimaru Kobe.

Kobe Foreign Settlement Monument This monument was erected on April 25, 1967 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the opening of Kobe Port. The fan-shaped part represents Kobe Port, and the five holes represent the five continents of Asia, America, Africa, Europe, and Australia.

Chinatown Nankinmachi Kobe's Chinatown "Nankinmachi" is known as one of Japan's three largest Chinatowns. It is also famous as a gourmet spot where tourists who come to Kobe visit for lunch and eating while walking.