This is also a great city for spectator sports if matches happen to be on while you’re in port; Kobe has good rugby and soccer teams. A lot of Kobe beef served overseas – and indeed in Japan ...

p. h., headed straight into the dragon’s throat where are the great tea plantations, the textile and munitions factories of Japan’s second largest city, Osaka, the great port of Kobe ...

Rural kabuki took off among farmers all over Japan, especially in Kobe. Nine old stages remain here and two are still in use. Kobe is a leading international trading port in Japan, but over the ...