[Hyogo/Kobe Motomachi] 1-2 hours guide tour for Former Settlement and Chinese Nankinmachi!

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About 150 years ago, along with the opening of the port of Kobe, the foreign settlement was established as a residence and workplace for foreigners. Please take a stroll through the exotic streets filled with retro buildings from the Taisho to Showa periods, including the 15th building, which is the only remaining building from the former settlement period. ~Time schedule~ 10:00 [Meet in front of Hanadokei in Higashi Yuenchi: Immediately outside C8 exit of Sannomiya station underpass] The tour starts here! Although the road is flat, you will walk about 2 kilometers, so please wear comfortable shoes on the day. 10:10 [Japan Pearl Hall] Built in 1952, a nationally registered tangible cultural property. It can be said that it is a mecca for pearl processing in Kobe's local industry, and the building has a historical atmosphere. 10:25 [Kobe City Museum] This museum is a nationally registered tangible cultural property that was built in 1935 and was built in the former Yokohama Specie Bank Kobe Branch. 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. 10:50 [Former Kobe Settlement 15th Building] Nationally designated important cultural property built around Meiji 13. 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. 10:55 [Shinko Building] Completed in 1939 as the headquarters building of Kawasaki Kisen. Characterized by its simple design, the art deco-style penthouse on the southeast corner of the roof accentuates the scenery of Kaigandori. 11:00 [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. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of its completion in April 2022, it is still in operation as an active office building. . One of the buildings representing Kaigandori. Built as Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Kobe branch building, designed by Kozo Kawai. 11:15 [Former Foreign Settlement 38th Building] 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. 11:20 [Kobe Foreign Settlement Ruins Monument] This monument was erected on April 25, 1967 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the opening of the port of Kobe. 11:35 [Chinatown Nankinmachi] Along with Yokohama Chinatown and Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown, Nankinmachi is counted as one of the three major Chinatowns in Japan. It is a popular tourist area with a wide variety of stores selling Chinese food, miscellaneous goods, and dishes.