page_title: Port of Kobe
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Port of Kobe / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Port of Kobe from the sky in Kobe City, Hyogo prefecture, Japan 日本語: 神戸港。 兵庫県神戸市上空から撮影。 Camera: Sony ILCE-6000Lens: Sony SEL1670Z (Carl Zeiss)
context_page_description: The Port of Kobe is a Japanese maritime port in Kobe, Hyōgo in the greater Osaka area, backgrounded by the Hanshin Industrial Region.
  Located at a foothill of the range of Mount Rokkō, flat lands are limited and constructions of artificial islands have carried out, to make Port Island, Rokkō Island, island of Kobe Airport to name some.
context_section_description: In the 10th century, Taira no Kiyomori renovated the then Ōwada no Tomari (大輪田泊) and moved to Fukuhara (福原), the short-lived capital neighbouring the port. 
  Throughout medieval era, the port was known as Hyōgo no Tsu (兵庫津).
  In 1858 the Treaty of Amity and Commerce opened the Hyōgo Port to foreigners.
  After the World War II pillars were occupied by the Allied Forces, later by United States Forces Japan. (Last one returned in 1973.)
  In the 1970s the port boasted it handled the most containers in the world. It was the world's busiest container port from 1973 to 1978.
  The 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake diminished much of the port city's prominence when it destroyed and halted much of the facilities and services there, causing approximately ten trillion yen or $102.5 billion in damage, 2.5% of Japan's GDP at the time. Most of the losses were uninsured, as only 3% of property in the Kobe area was covered by earthquake insurance, compared to 16% in Tokyo. Kobe was one of the world's busiest ports prior to the earthquake, but despite the repair and rebuilding, it has never regained its former status as Japan's principal shipping port. It remains Japan's fourth busiest container port.
caption: Port of Kobe from the sky
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