
Two girls looking out to sea on the waterfront of Meriken Park in Kōbe, Japan.

Two girls looking out to sea on the waterfront of Meriken Park in Kōbe, Japan.

The Old Kōbe Harbor Signal Tower, Mosaic Ferris Wheel, and Kōbe Port Tower rise up over Harborland, in Kōbe, Japan.

A giant robot, or more specifically, Tetsujin 28, stands ready for action, in Kōbe, Japan.

A woman holds a sign seeking blood donations at an exit from a train station in Kōbe, Japan.

The Xian Gate marks the west entrance to Nankin-machi and the Chinese community in Kōbe, Japan.

The Changan Gate marks the east entrance to Nankin-machi and the Chinese community in Kōbe, Japan.

One of the oldest Shinto shrines, the founding of Ikuta-jinja is linked with the beginnings of Kōbe, Japan.

A grey heron stands on an old pier on a lake in Nara, Japan.

A man exits a restaurant in a narrow alleyway in the Nara-machi district of Nara, Japan.

Posters found plastered over the side of a building in Nara, Japan.