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4 Former Foreign Settlement in Kobe, Japan

At the start of the Meiji period in 1868, Japanese ports reopened to international trade, resulting in a flood of maritime shippers, businessmen, governments and entrepreneurs. To house them and their operations in Kobe, a 126 block district was designated near the port. Unfortunately, during WWII, about 70% of the Western-style structures in Kyu-kyoryuchi were destroyed and more were lost in the 1995 earthquake. However, a few excellent examples of the Former Foreign Settlement remain squeezed in among modern buildings. The oldest is the Former U. S. Consulate General office, built in 1881. It is now occupied by the Tooth Tooth Maison 15th restaurant. This company has a few outlets in Kobe serving Japanese-style sweets (dagashi) and Western-Japanese sweets (yōgashi) … perfect confections for your sweet tooth tooth.

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Former Foreign Settlement in Kobe, Japan

Naniwamachi, 15, Chūō-ku, Kōbe-shi, Hyōgo-ken 650-0035, Japan

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