Symbol Mark in Kobe

 

Kobe city's symbol shows the shape of fan and it also relate with history of Kobe. This is designed in 1907.

          Kobe is one of the most famous port towns. In the old days, harbors of Hakodate, Niigata, Nagasaki and Kobe were opened by Perry who came to Japan by black ship. Kobe port used to be said "Fan port", because the shape of Hyogo bay and Kobe bay look fan. So each of semicircle shows each port.

          There are one more reason. Kobe was used to be said "Kaube". To take over the old name, this symbol look like the word "Ka" in Hiragana.

          Although there are so many transportation such as plane, bullet train or bus, port of Kobe is still working. Big gorgeos cruises often come to Kobe. Both visiters and people around Kobe visit Kobe port to see these ships. International and historical city: Kobe is loved by people all over the world.

          So the symbol of kobe shows its history and now in Kobe.