Kobe (US: /ˈkoʊbeɪ/, UK: /ˈkəʊbeɪ/, KOH-bay; officially Japanese: 神戸市, Kōbe-shi, pronounced [koꜜːbe] ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan...

Nishi (西区, Nishi-ku) is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 137.86 km2, and a population of 248,407 (2008). Nishi in Japanese means west....

神戸市の誕生 [The birth of Kobe] (in Japanese). City of Kobe. 25 March 2009. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2017. 神戸市文書館...