Kobe

, pronooncit , is the fift-lairgest ceety in Japan an is the caipital ceety o Hyōgo Prefectur on the soothren side o the main island o Honshū, approximately  wast o Osaka. Wi a population o about 1.5 million, the ceety is pairt o the  metropolitan aurie alang wi Osaka an Kyoto.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns an sister ceeties
Kobe haes seiven sister ceeties an a number o ither affiliations. They are:

  Seattle, Unitit States (1957)
  Marseille, Fraunce (1961)
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1969)
  Riga, Latvie (1974)
  Brisbane, Australie (1985)
  Barcelona, Spain (1993)
  Incheon, Republic o Korea (2010)

 References 

 Freemit airtins 


Category:Ceeties in Hyōgo Prefectur
Category:Port dounsets in Japan
Category:Populatit coastal places in Japan