Meriken Park and Harborland
兵庫県
Symbol of the international port opened in 1868, where damaged wharves from the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake are preserved as a memorial
A waterfront district in Kobe's Chuo Ward on the site of the former American Legation. Meriken Park houses the iconic red Kobe Port Tower (1963), the Kobe Maritime Museum, and the Kobe Port Earthquake Memorial Park preserving damage from the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. Harborland features repurposed red-brick warehouses, making the area a centerpiece of one of Japan's three great night views.
The history of Kobe's waterfront dates to the opening of Kobe Port in 1868. With the port's inauguration, a foreign settlement was established, and an American ("Meriken") consulate was located in the area now known as Meriken Park—a name derived from the Japanese pronunciation of "American." Throug…
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