Kobe City Archives

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Kobe City Archives
Kobe City Archives building
LocationKobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Established1938
Other information
WebsiteKobe City Archives

The Kobe City Archives (神戸市文書館, Kōbe-shi Bunshokan) is the archive of the city of Kobe in Japan.[1] It contains records dating back to the mid 19th century. The building containing the archive is currently located in the Chuo district of Kobe, near Shin-Kobe Station. The building is in Art Deco style, and was recognised as a "significant building" in 2000.

Archived items

Archived items[2] include:

  • English language newspapers:
    • The Hiogo and Osaka Herald (4 January 1868 to March 1870)
    • The Hiogo News (23 April 1868 to 30 December 1887)
    • The Kobe Chronicle (3 July 1897 to 31 December 1901)
    • The Japan Chronicle (8 January 1902 to 26 December 1912)
  • Japan Gazette Official Directory from 1868 to the early 20th Century
  • Japanese Newspapers in the Archives include,
  • Records from the Kobe foreign settlement and court records from that period (in both English and Japanese)

References
  1. 地方公文書館について (PDF) (in Japanese). Cabinet Secretariat. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
  2. A full list of archived items can be found on the official website of the archives
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