Editing Kobe (section)

== Culture ==
[[File:Kobe kitano thomas house07 2816.jpg|thumb|Weathercock House, one of the many [[:ja:異人館|foreign residences]] of the [[Kitano-cho|Kitano area]] of Kobe]]

Kobe is most famous for its [[Kobe beef]] (which is raised in the surrounding Hyōgo Prefecture) and [[Arima Onsen]] (hot springs). Notable buildings include the [[Ikuta Shrine]] as well as the [[Kobe Port Tower]]. Nearby mountains such as [[Mount Rokkō]] and [[Mount Maya]] overlook the city.

The city is widely associated with cosmopolitanism and fashion, encapsulated in the Japanese saying, "If you can't go to Paris, go to Kobe."<ref name="nytimes">Hassan, Sally. (April 9, 1989). "Where Japan Opened a Door To the West". ''[[The New York Times]]'', retrieved from [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEED6173FF93AA35757C0A96F948260&sec=travel&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink New York Times website] on February 7, 2007.</ref> The biannual fashion event Kobe Fashion Week, featuring the [[Kobe Collection]], is held in Kobe.<ref>[http://kobe-collection.com/ Kobe Collection Official Website] (Japanese). Retrieved February 27, 2007.</ref> The jazz festival "Kobe Jazz Street" has been held every October at jazz clubs and hotels since 1981.<ref>[http://www.kobejazzstreet.gr.jp/history/english.html Kobe Jazz Street] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210181938/http://www.kobejazzstreet.gr.jp/history/english.html |date=February 10, 2007 }}. Retrieved March 12, 2007.</ref> It also hosts both a Festival, as well as a statue of [[Elvis Presley]], the unveiling of which was heralded by the presence of former [[Prime Minister of Japan]] [[Junichiro Koizumi]]. Kobe is well known in Japan as being a city for the affluent, as many high-end stores and mansions line its streets.

Kobe is the site of Japan's first golf course, [[Kobe Golf Club]], established by [[Arthur Hesketh Groom]] in 1903,<ref name="golfclubatlas">[http://www.golfclubatlas.com/alison1.html Golf Club Atlas] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218222750/http://www.golfclubatlas.com/alison1.html |date=February 18, 2007 }} – "Gliding Past Fuji – C.H. Alison in Japan". Retrieved February 7, 2007.</ref> and Japan's first [[mosque]], [[Kobe Mosque]], built in 1935.<ref>Penn, M. "Islam in Japan", ''[http://www.asiaquarterly.com/content/view/168/ Harvard Asia Quarterly] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202212653/http://www.asiaquarterly.com/content/view/168/ |date=February 2, 2007 }}'' Vol. 10, No. 1, Winter 2006. Retrieved February 15, 2007.</ref> The city hosts the [[Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club]], founded in 1870 by [[Alexander Cameron Sim]],<ref name="krac">[http://www.krac.org/history.shtml Kobe Regatta and Athletic Club] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310152249/http://www.krac.org/history.shtml |date=March 10, 2007 }} – "a distinguished history". Retrieved February 7, 2007.</ref> and a prominent [[Foreign cemeteries in Japan#Kobe|foreign cemetery]]. A number of Western-style residences – {{nihongo||[[:ja:異人館|異人館]]|ijinkan}} – from the 19th century still stand in [[Kitano-chō|Kitano]] and elsewhere in Kobe. Museums include the [[Kobe City Museum]] and [[Kobe City Museum of Literature|Museum of Literature]].

The city headquarters the [[professional wrestling promotion]] [[Dragongate]], established in 2004 as an offshoot of [[Último Dragón]]'s original [[Toryumon (Último Dragón)|Toryumon]] system.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carroll |first=John |date=January 7, 2013 |title=Dragon Gate 101 – History and Generations |url=https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2016/01/07/dragon-gate-101-history-and-generations/ |access-date=December 21, 2023 |website=Voices of Wrestling}}</ref>

The dialect spoken in Kobe is called ''Kobe-ben'', a sub-dialect of [[Kansai dialect]].{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}