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Actually Kobe has its beginnings, unexpected things you do not know.
I will tell you the items originating in Kobe.

Kaimon Tsunesitii, a famous Kobe specialties and Kobe beef's beef bowl, is located near the gate gate west of Motomachi.
Until then, the habit of eating beef was not common, but in Kobe after the opening of the port, we did not leave the meat of the cow being brought to another place.
In addition, Sukiyaki was sold as a meat dish using "plow" where it was an agricultural tool at storefront in Meiji 6, and it spread all over Japan.

Kobe Regatta and Athletic Club (KR & AC) was established with the advocacy of British-born pharmacist Alexander Cameron Shim who lived in the settlement in Meiji 3, and it is still the beginning of modern sports in Japan .
At the Dong Yuen, a battle with KR & AC and Doshisha University was held, and private exchanges were brought up.

Established in 1874, Oi's meat shop is still operating at Maomachi Motomachi 7-chome, which is close to Minatogawa Shrine.
Nowadays it is unusual to develop beef's tsukudani and miso pickles, and its name is also known for selling for the first time.

Keika opened its predecessor export merchant in Keio 3 years and continues to operate in Kobe Motomachi. Originally it is a shop dealing with high-quality Uji tea while importing coffee beans, We began selling brand name coffee drinks and coffee powder as "Beverage Coffee."