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Kobe City Overview Kobe City Overview May 17, 2019 Kobe City Overview of Kobe City Japan Kobe Tokyo Population 1,527,757 (September 2018) Number of households 718,127 households (September 2018) Area 557.02 km2 (September 2018) Height above sea level: 931.3 m Average temperature of 17.0 ° C 1 1 Refined Cityscape, Abundant Nature Mt. Rokko, one of the 3 best Kitano foreign settlement night views in Japan The natural coast of Suma Arima Onsen, one of the 3 Beach oldest hot springs in Japan 2 ”Kobe Brand” KOBE BEEF KOBE SWEETS PEARLS NADA SAKE 3 KBIC (Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster) Over 350 Companies / Organizations 9,400 Researchers and Employees 4 We Are a Startup City To be a city Further economic chosen by young people development in Kobe Events Community Code for Japan Infinity Venture Summit Code for KOBE 500 Startups Urban Innovation KOBE Accelerator KOBE ＋ Subsidies for Innovation Base Creative Human Resource Development KOBE Open Innovation Personal Exchange & Overseas Training Private Sector Academy 5 Urban Innovation KOBE Pilot Projects to solve Social / Operational problems “with” KOBE Social Problem Introduction of Government Cutting-Edge cooperation Technology experience Joint 協働開発・実証実験Development ＋ Project Implementation Kobe City Officer Startups Improved Public Services Citizen 6 Marseille and フランスと神戸Kobe-55th Anniversary 7 Overview of Kobe Port Hanshin PORT(KOBE and OSAKA PORT)has been designated as strategic international container port. Central point of distribution in western Japan that supports the Japanese economy Be suitable for design cities waterfront zone KOBE city has been designated City of Design by UNESCO. 8 Size of Kobe Port Port Area: The tip of the right bank of Boji River to the tip of the left bank of Sakai River Coastline: 126 km Water surface area: 9,171 ha Waterfront area: 2,101 ha 9 The Port of Kobe (2018) *Total amount handled: 95.49 million tons (Foreign trade goods: 52.16 million tons, domestic trade goods: 43.32 million tons) *Total containers handled 2.94 million TEUs (Foreign Trade Currency: 2.22 million TEU, Domestic Trade Currency: 720,000 TEU) Breakdown of Export Cargo Types (23.71 Breakdown of Imported Cargo Types (28.45 million tons) million tons) machinery, 糸及び紡績半 Coal 11.7% closes, 6.7% 16.8% その他; Chemical 製品; 2,5% Clhemical 23,8% products, その他; products, 13.0% 42,9% 6.5% その他繊維工 cars, 11.0% 業品; 2,5% Chemical 再利用資 iron, 8.5% agents6.0% 材; 3,2% Fooods 4.7% 電気機械; Chemical Parts of cars, その他農産品; 野菜・果物; 動植物性製造 家具装備 4,8% agents, 5.0% 9.1% 4,2% 麦; 4,3% 4,1% 飼肥料; 4,4%品; 4,5% 10 Trends of Kobe Port Ports (WantEU) A record 2.94 million 6th in the world in 1994 TEU in 2018 The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake 1995 2018 11 Regular container service at Kobe Port passage number of Number of routes monthly port calls Kobe west coast of North 4 16 America Port eastern coast of 1 4 North America Europe and the 1 4 Mediterranean Africa 1 4 Oceania 1 4 Southeast Asia 31 132 China 30 122 South Korea 9 40 Nakhodka 1 4 Total 79 330 As of October 2018 8 12 Trends in the number of cruise passenger ships entering Kobe Port 140 141 130 120 外国籍客船 日本籍客船 74 100 Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake (Jun.1994) 80 73 119 55 88 68 72 75 81 60 83 74 83 68 93 81 71 75 62 63 40 73 56 63 67 54 51 45 20 42 32 32 23 25 22 22 12 18 17 19 11 10 13 11 11 10 6 7 7 0 2 4 2 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2018 Record high, exceeding pre-disaster levels 13 Promotion of the Cruise Ship ～Seto Inland Sea Cruise～ ・Setouchi Cruise is getting well-known to for its beautiful scenary and diverse food culture. ・In Kobe port, 31 Setouchi Cruises was held in 2018. ・In cooperation with each port of Seto Area, we jointly carry out invitation activities as “Cruise Seto”. Kobe Hiroshima広島 宇野Uno 神戸 Moji（North- Takamatsu Kyushu） Beppu 14 Urban Waterfront Area Redevelopment 1 Ria Redevelopment Kamome area Kobe Port oasis Opened in March 1998 Meriken Illumination started in July 2017. Park Transfer of land to business operators in May 2018 Opened in July 2017 Kobe Opened in April 1987 Sannomiya Renewal in April 2017 Minato Onsen ferry Kobe Port Ren Terminal Terminal Open Harborland Opened in September 2014 Completed in April 1970 Opened December 2015 Renewal in March 2015 September 1992: Machibiraki (streetscape) April 2013: Umie opened Anpanman Museum. 15 Urban Waterfront Area Redevelopment 2 Rebuilt to commemorate the 150 year anniversary of Kobe's opening (Renovated and reopened in April 2017) Meriken Park 16 Formulation of the Kobe Port Future Plan 1868 1917 1967 1995 (50 th) (100 th) 2017 2050 (150 th) 17 Future Vision for Kobe Port Minato Kobe Continues Challenge and Evolution ~ Creating New Value ~ 18 Major Initiatives of "Ports and harbors and industry" In the global Supply Chains Ports that create new value - Kobe International Logistics Spark Initiative - 19 Major Initiatives of "busy cities" Luxury time, place, encounter, Creating New Value - Waterfront concept that fascinates the world - 20 Thank you for listening. 2 1 21.
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