34°40N 135°12E, pop (2000e) 1 500 000. Port capital of Hyogo prefecture, C Honshu, Japan, W of Osaka; Japan's leading international commercial port; continuing land reclamation on seaward side of the city; railway; 15 universities; badly damaged by earthquake, January 1995; food industry, machinery, electronics, shipbuilding, iron and steel, chemicals, saké; harbour and naval museum, Museum of Namban Art, Minatogawa Shrine; Port Island; Kobe Wing Stadium (2001); Nankosai Festival of Minatogawa Shrine (May).