'''Kobe''' is a [[Japanese]] port city located in the island of [[Honshu]]. It is part of the ''[[Osaka]]-Kobe-Kyoto'' metropolitan area and currently has a population of over 1.5 million people.
'''Kobe''' is a [[Japanese]] port city located in the island of [[Honshu]]. It is part of the ''[[Osaka]]-Kobe-Kyoto'' metropolitan area and currently has a population of over 1.5 million people.
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The [[Karaoke]] inventor, [[Daisuke Inoue]], in 1971 leases the first set of karaoke machines to nightspots in Kobe.
The [[Karaoke]] inventor, [[Daisuke Inoue]], in 1971 leases the first set of karaoke machines to nightspots in Kobe.
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::''Kobe is known as a city having a unique style with the exotic atmosphere in Japan, which has been affected by the foreign cultures and flourished as the international port since old days.'' [http://feel-kobe.jp/english/]
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::''Kobe is known as a city having a unique style with the exotic atmosphere in Japan, which has been affected by the foreign cultures and flourished as the international port since old days.''<ref>http://feel-kobe.jp/english</ref>
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== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[Nara]]
*[[Nara]]
*[[Tokyo]]
*[[Tokyo]]
*[[Kamakura]]
*[[Kamakura]]
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*[[Fu-kushima|<nowiki>Fu'kushima</nowiki>]]
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==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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*[http://www.kobecityinfo.com/ An Introduction to Kobe]
*[http://www.kobecityinfo.com/ An Introduction to Kobe]
*[http://www.city.kobe.jp/index-e.html Kobe City]
*[http://www.city.kobe.jp/index-e.html Kobe City]
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*[http://www.edutraveller.com/jp/en/places/kinki.html The Kinki region]
*[http://www.edutraveller.com/jp/en/places/kinki.html The Kinki region]