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The Kobe Earthquake Memorial Park is located on the eastern side of Meriken Park. A wharf that was partially destroyed by the earthquake has been stabilized and left as is. |
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Members of the secretariat of the Letters of Thanks from Kobe Association. Horiuchi Masami is in the front row, second right. |
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Kuri Keiichi of Meister Daigakudo, a store selling glasses on Sannomiya Center Street. He was a leading force among the storekeepers here, volunteering after the earthquake, and now for the World Cup. |
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On a platform at JR's Motomachi Station. |
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Shortcake and strawberry mascarpone prepared at Bocksun, one of many shops selling Western-style confectionaries in the Sannomiya district. |
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Kobe's Chinatown, Nanking-machi, measures about 300 m east-west and 110 m north-south. In front of some storefronts, vapor rises from steamed rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo grass (15), and from Chinese buns. Nanking-machi Square (16), in the middle of the avenue, is a good place to rest after walking and eating. |
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The port of Kobe and the Ferris wheel seen in the evening glow from a pier. |
