** The Geography of Kobe **
The Kobe earthquake happened in Kobe is Japan (shown on the map to the right).
Kobe has the the sea on one side of the city and big mountains on the other side creating a lovely post-card views.
The most common nationality of Kobe is Korean, the second most common ... Read review
NH Hotels, the hotel chain leader in Europe, with more than 300 hotels in 20 countries in Europe, Latin America and Africa. Enter into our web site and find the best available tariff at all times
Advantages: It ensured protection for the future Disadvantages: It was a worldwide disaster
** The Geography of Kobe **
The Kobe earthquake happened in Kobe is Japan (shown on the map to the right).
Kobe has the the sea on one side of the city and big mountains on the other side creating a lovely post-card views.
The most common nationality of Kobe is Korean, the second most common nationality is Chinese, third is Vietnamese and the forth is American
The city has an average temperature ... ...years old.
Kobe also has a very good economy with having one of the busiest shipping ports in that area. Kobe is also home to many headquarters of big companies such as Mitsubishi motors and industries.
**Why did it happen? **
The Kobe earthquake (also refereed/known as The Great Hanshin Earthquake), happened at 5:46am on Tuesday, January 17th 1995. It had a magnitude of 7.2 which is nearly twice as powerful ... more
** The Geography of Kobe **
The Kobe earthquake happened in Kobe is Japan (shown on the map to the right).
Kobe has the the sea on one side of the city and big mountains on the other side creating a lovely post-card views.
The most common nationality of Kobe is Korean, the second most common nationality is Chinese, third is Vietnamese and the forth is American
The city has an average temperature of 17.1°C.
Kobe currently now has a population of 1,533,852 with over 658,876 households. There is a population density of 2,769 people per square kilometre. The majority of the city (67%) is made up of people aged 15 to 64, 20% or aged 65 or over and the other 13% are aged 0 to 14 years old.
Kobe also has a very good economy with having one of the busiest shipping ports in that area. Kobe is also home to many headquarters of big companies such as Mitsubishi motors and industries.
**Why did it happen? **
The Kobe earthquake (also refereed/known as The Great Hanshin Earthquake), happened at 5:46am on Tuesday, January 17th 1995. It had a magnitude of 7.2 which is nearly twice as powerful as the earthquake in Dover 2 years ago. Below is a diagram showing the tectonic plates under/near Kobe.
Kobe is right on the edge of the Eurasian plate which clashes with the Philippine plate and the Pacific Plate which makes it in the danger zone.
The focus of the earthquake was less than 20 km below Awaji-shima, an island in the Japan Inland Sea. The earthquake was particularly devastating because it had a shallow focus. The earthquake had a "strike-slip mechanism." The resulting surface rupture had an average horizontal displacement of about 1.5 meters on the Nojima fault. This fault which runs along the northwest shore of Awaji Island.
** The Effects **
The death toll of the Kobe earthquake was estimated at least 5,100. The reason why there was so many deaths was because of the city is highly populated Some researchers say that if the earthquake occurred in the rush hour the death toll could of multiplied by at least 3 times.
About 300,000 people were made homeless by the Kobe earthquake. This was made worse by the time of year; winter. Temperatures would reach on a average winter day of -2*c Any form of shelter was used as a rescue centre where people could stay, some of these places included; town halls, schools, parks etc.
Local buildings and business also were effected after the earthquake with shops and headquarters being destroyed with a total of 200,000 buildings being totally destroyed.
Also the businesses that had been destroyed were closed due to the fright of aftershocks and also there were broken gas pipes and electrical wires.
Fires quickly spread over Kobe with wooden houses be burnt very quickly. These fires were started mainly by broken pipes underground. At some points extended flames reached more than 400 meters high!!
** After the quake **
6 months after the quake all the eletricity, water and gas services were working fully. The railways were fully working by 7 months after the quake.
After 3 weeks all the telephone lines were working. A year after the quake 80% of the port was up and running again.
By January 1999, 134,000 housing units had been built After 14 months all the bridges that had collapsed were now repaired.
The Kobe earthquake taught the authorities what to do encase this happens again. Also buildings have been developed to withstand another earthquake of that magnitude encase it happens again.
Advantages: New,lots to do.Not too westernised Disadvantages: Helps to be able to speak Japanese
To get to Kobe flying into Kansi is the easiest route from the West. The Airport is very user friendly and easy to navigate.Never seems busy within the terminal although immigration can take a while. Customs are always polite but be prepeared to be searched if flying in from Schipol :). Buses are available to take you into Kobe or Osaka and the bus station attendants all speak english.As with most things in Japan helpfulness extends to baggage handlers ... ...on in the recovery process. Kobe looks new because of this . There are few buildings that are old. For the westerner Kobe offers a good insight into Japan but is not as westernised as say Tokyo.There is a youth movement there that is in some ways like Osaka but more refined.Osaka is a short distance by train and worth a vist. Like most cities in Japan there is many a fine watering hole. The most used by westerners (and Japanese as well) is probably ...
Bigglesworth 08.10.2001
· Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Kobe
Advantages: For a newly rebuilt city it is remarkably pretty Disadvantages: There isn't a great deal of history left and the reconstruction was only recently finished
Kobe is primarily famous for the earthquake that devastated the city on 17 January 1995, killing 6,000 people. Fortunately the city has managed to rebuild itself over the past nine years, with some of the final rebuilding only being completed last year. As a result Kobe does look new and fresh. Although it is not a must see city, it is somewhere that is incredibly pleasant place to spend the day.
GETTING THERE
The nearest airport is Kansai International Airport in Osaka, and is probably best if you are only intending on visiting the Kansai region. If you are arriving in Tokyo, you will need to take the Shinkansen (bullet train) bound for Hikari stopping at Shin-Kobe station (taking around two and half to three hours). This is an expensive way to travel, but is spacious and comfortable. Unreserved tickets are cheaper ...
ickkate 10.10.2004
· Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Kobe
Advantages: Its good one Disadvantages: you got be in Amsterdam Holland
, what makes Toro Dorado special is the Japanese beef. If you've never tried Wagyu beef, you're in for a treat. Wagyu is one of the most exclusive kinds of beef in the world. Imported from Japan, every cut of Wagyu Kobe beef is marked with origin and quality? and Toro Dorado only gets the best.
If you want to try a Wagyu steak, get ready to pay an arm and a leg for it. A 180 gram (6 oz) Wagyu tenderloin will run you 54 euros. A 200 gram Rib Eye or Sirloin will cost you 55 euros. Even a simple rump steak is 45 euros. But these steaks are worth every cent.
In addition to wonderful (if expensive) steaks, Toro Dorado also has some wonderful starters, such as the Langostinos a la Cazuela, and desserts. Don't forget to ask for chimichurri with your steak? this sauce is to die for. ...
Advantages: learning was never so much fun - free entrance - amazing museum Disadvantages: could be crowded... that's all
the sequoia sadly fell at the age of 1335!
There is a section entirely dedicated to our beloved planet Earth. The entrance to this gallery is portentous: you travel via an escalator, passing through a giant suspended globe and twinkling images of the star system. It leads straight into a noisy gallery called Restless Surface, whose most famous exhibit is a mock-up of a Kobe supermarket, where the floor shakes to video coverage of the 1995 earthquake.
Another important part is the Darwin Centre, whose first stage of development was completed in 2002 and it houses about 22 million specimens, 450,000 of them stored in jars of formaline. Another part of this centre store a collection of insects and plants.
A daily programme called Darwin Centre Live (2.30 pm Tuesday to Friday, noon and 2.30pm weekends) allows visitors to meet researchers ...
