Question: What city in Japan did Jean Francisque Coignet become known for modernizing?

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Shodo Harada: Shodo Harada (原田 正道 , Harada Shōdō , c. 1940) , or Harada Rōshi, is a Rinzai priest, author, and head abbot of Sōgen-ji — a three-hundred-year-old temple in Okayama, Japan.  He has become known as a "teacher of teachers", with masters from various lineages coming to sit sesshin with him in Japan or during his trips to the United States and Europe.

Nader Jahanbani: Nader Jahanbani (Persian: نادر جهانبانی‎ ‎ "Sepahbod Nāder-e Jahānbānī"; 16 April 1928 – 13 March 1979) was a distinguished Iranian general and the deputy chief of the Imperial Iranian Air Force under the Chief Commander Amir Hossein Rabii and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran.  Despite being executed in 1979 by Islamic Revolutionaries, he is widely lauded as the "father of the Iranian Air Force" along with general Mohammad Khatami, for modernizing the Air Force to become a potent and powerful force whose advanced equipment and training he acquired for Iran, such as the F-14 Tomcat, would save Iran's crucial infrastructure during the Iran-Iraq War.  He was the supervisor of Golden Crown, the first and national aerobatics display Iranian team.  He was also known as "Blue Eyed General of Iran".  (Persian: ژنرال چشم آبی)

Arzawa: Arzawa in the second half of the 2nd millennium BC (roughly from late 15th century BC until the beginning of the 12th century BC) was the name of a region and a political entity (a "kingdom" or a federation of local powers) in Western Anatolia.  The core of Arzawa is believed to have been located along the Kestros River (Küçük Menderes), with its capital at Apasa, later known as Ephesus.  When the Hittites conquered Arzawa it was divided into three Hittite provinces: a southern province called Mira along the Maeander River, which would later become known as Caria; a northern province called the Seha River Land, along the Gediz River, which would later become known as Lydia; and an eastern province called Hapalla.

Usuki, Ōita: Usuki (臼杵市 , Usuki-shi ) is a city located on the east coast of Ōita Prefecture, Japan.  It is famous for its Usuki Stone Buddhas, a national treasure, and its soy sauce production.  Recently it has become known for having the look and feel of a Japanese castle town.  It is part of Ōita City's metropolitan area through economics and thus has strong ties to Ōita City.

Jean Francisque Coignet: Jean Francisque Coignet (1835 – 18 June 1902) was a French mining engineer and government advisor in Bakumatsu and Meiji period Japan noted for his modernization of the Ikuno Silver Mine at Ikuno, Hyōgo Prefecture, near Kobe.

Kobe: Kobe (神戸市 , Kōbe-shi , ]) is the sixth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture.  It is located on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, on the north shore of Osaka Bay and about 30 km west of Osaka.  With a population around 1.5 million, the city is part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kyoto.

Albert Mehrabian: Albert Mehrabian (born 1939 to an Armenian family in Iran), currently Professor Emeritus of Psychology, UCLA, has become known best by his publications on the relative importance of verbal and nonverbal messages.  His findings on inconsistent messages of feelings and attitudes have been misquoted and misinterpreted throughout human communication seminars worldwide, and have also become known as the "7%-38%-55% Rule", for the relative impact of words, tone of voice, and body language when speaking.  Mehrabian also constructed a number of psychological measures including the "Arousal Seeking Tendency Scale".

Horace Coignet: Horace Coignet (13 May 1735 - 29 August 1821) was a French amateur violinist, singer and composer.  He was active in Lyons as a pattern-designer and dealer in embroidered goods, as an official clerk and as musical director of the city from 1794.  He became the music instructor to the Duchesse d'Aumont in Paris (at the same time serving as corresponding member of the Lyons Academy), and later returned to Lyons where he served on the directorial board of the conservatory.  He was known as a gifted violinist, and composed harpsichord pieces, romances, a set of "Trois duos concertants de violon et fugues," a revolutionary hymn for the Rousseau celebration at Lyons (14 October 1794) and some theatrical music (including an "opera comique, Le medicin de l'amour", and an overture to La Harpe's "Melanie".)  His most notable work the music for Jean-Jacques Rousseau's 1762 short play "Pygmalion", first performed in Lyon in 1770 was a success and soon became known throughout Europe.

Choi Byung-hoon: Choi Byung Hoon (최병훈) (born 1952 in Kangwondo, South Korea) is a South Korean artist.  He is considered by many to be the father of Contemporary Korean Design.  Choi graduated from the Hong-ik University with a degree in applied fine arts in 1974, a few years later he completed his masters of fine arts from Hong-ik.  Since his graduation, Choi has become well known for his work in modernizing the traditions of Korean design.  Choi gathers inspiration from Mayan, Incan, African and Indian cultures.

Fumio Nanri: Fumio Nanri (南里 文雄 , Nanri Fumio , December 24, 1910 – August 4, 1975) was a Japanese jazz trumpeter nicknamed the "Satchmo of Japan" by Louis Armstrong.  He was one of Japan's first jazz musicians to become known outside his native country.  A long-standing prestigious music award, "The Fumio Nanri Award", was named after him.

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Answer: Kobe