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Treatv Port of Hiwo [Jaoanl
On January 1,1868, Hiogo Port was officially opened to foreign trade. The Port of Kobe (Hiogo
Pmt) was one of the first Japanese ports to open to trade with the West after the Meiji Restoration. It
was therefore influencxxi by Western cultures, md m y f6teig1-1residences md buildiqs were
comtructed there.
The foreign d e r s choose to build their concession across the Minato River, in the village of Kobe.
Some, 21 years later, the once tiny village had completely overtaken Hiogo, and on April 1,1889
Hiogo was finally absorbed when Kobe was incorporated as a city.
QV.SG47 2d blue, Plate 13 1859.Barred oval D30 allo68td to S o g o (Kobe) JAPAN.
