Live camera Kobe, Japan

Kobe is a city determined by the decree of the Japanese government, located on the island of Honshu, the administrative center of Hyogo Prefecture. Since the 8th century, Kobe has been one of the main ports in Japan and the center of international trade. The port's cargo turnover is about 150 million tons (1/3 of the country's foreign trade turnover). Kobe is a large industrial center: metallurgy, mechanical engineering (1/3 of the tonnage of ships under construction in Japan), military, chemical and textile industries are concentrated here. Watch camera online in Kobe Historically, Kobe was part of the Izumi province and was an important transport and trade point on the way to the Japanese capital of Kyoto. In this settlement there were traditionally many offices of wholesalers and usurers, as well as producers of Japanese rice wine - sake. In addition, Kobe was a significant religious center and was famous for the "three shrines", the Shinto shrines of Ikuta, Nagata and Minatogawa. Since the middle of the 19th century, the city has become one of the main centers of modernization of the country, industry and production of artificial pearls. Kobe suffered terrible destruction during the 1995 earthquake, but quickly recovered its potential. The area of ​​the city is 552.26 km², the population is 1,538,267 people (August 1, 2014), the population density is 2785.40 people / km².