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An historic port and distinct city in its own right, KOBE , the capital of Hyogo-ken, now seems more like the fashionable western suburb of sprawling Osaka, 33km east around Osaka Bay. You don't visit Kobe for the sights, which are of limited interest, but more for its human scale, dramatic location on a sliver of land between the sea and Rokko-san, its cosmopolitan atmosphere and great range of food. Although Kobe has almost totally recovered from the 1995 earthquake , it has far from forgotten this horrific event; one of the city's most interesting new "attractions" is the Kobe Phoenix Plaza , … more »

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