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Rokko Bridge

Rokko Bridge, the world's first double-deck continuous truss cable-stayed bridge=Date:October 24, 2023, Place:Hyogo

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Rokko Bridge

Rokko Bridge, the world's first double-deck continuous truss cable-stayed bridge=Date:October 24, 2023, Place:Hyogo

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Rokko Bridge

Rokko Bridge, the world's first double-deck continuous truss cable-stayed bridge=Date:October 24, 2023, Place:Hyogo

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Golf: Suntory Ladies Open

Chisato Iwai of Japan celebrates after winning the Suntory Ladies Open tournament at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on June 11, 2023.

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Golf: Suntory Ladies Open

Chisato Iwai (R) of Japan poses with the tournament's ambassador, Ai Miyazato, after winning the Suntory Ladies Open at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on June 11, 2023.

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Golf: Suntory Ladies Open

Chisato Iwai of Japan poses with the trophy after winning the Suntory Ladies Open tournament at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on June 11, 2023.

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Golf: Suntory Ladies Open

Chisato Iwai of Japan poses with the trophy after winning the Suntory Ladies Open tournament at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on June 11, 2023.

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Golf: Suntory Ladies Open

Chisato Iwai of Japan hits off the fifth tee during the final round of the Suntory Ladies Open tournament at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on June 11, 2023.

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Golf: Suntory Ladies Open

Chisato Iwai of Japan hits a shot on the 18th hole during the final round of the Suntory Ladies Open tournament at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on June 11, 2023.

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Restaurant on 57th floor

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Marriott Miyako Hotel, which is set to open March 7, 2014, inside the 300-meter-tall Abeno Harukas skyscraper in Osaka, unveils ZK, one of its restaurants located on the 57th floor with a view of the Osaka Bay and Mt. Rokko, on Feb. 4.

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Rice balls sold in Tokyo to aid quake-hit region

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds "Rokko" rice balls made from ingredients from the six northeastern Japan prefectures of Aomori, Akita, Iwate, Yamagata, Miyagi and Fukushima and sold in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2014, at an event to help the region recover from damage by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Event to sell food from Tohoku region held in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A shopper buys a pack of "Rokko" rice balls made up of ingredients from six prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2014, at an event to help the region recover from damage by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Ahn wins Suntory Ladies Open

KOBE, Japan - Ahn Sun Ju (R) of South Korea holds the trophy after winning the Suntory Ladies Open golf tournament at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Kobe on June 15, 2014. Haruka Morita (L) won the Best Amateur Award.

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Ahn, Iijima hug at Suntory Ladies Open

KOBE, Japan - Ahn Sun Ju (R) of South Korea and Akane Iijima of Japan hug after completing the final round of the Suntory Ladies Open golf tournament at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Kobe on June 15, 2014. Ahn won the tournament and Iijima finished second.

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"Mothers of women's golf" in Japan, S. Korea

SANDA, Japan - File photo shows Ku Ok Hee holding the cup after clinching her second JLPGA title in 2002 at Taiheiyo Club's Rokko course in Hyogo Prefecture.

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Morita wins Suntory Ladies

KOBE, Japan - Japan's Rikako Morita holds the victor's trophy after winning the Suntory Ladies at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on June 16, 2013. Morita finished with an overall total of 10-under-par 278 for her third victory of the season, the fifth of her career.

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Golfer Miyazato

KOBE, Japan - Ai Miyazato takes part in the Suntory Ladies Open at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on June 10, 2011. Miyazato finished the first half of the tournament in a tie for 14th at 3 under.

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Golfer Miyazato

KOBE, Japan - Ai Miyazato takes part in the Suntory Ladies Open at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on June 10, 2011. Miyazato finished the first half of the tournament in a tie for 14th at 3 under.

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Jones captures Panasonic Open

KOBE, Japan - Australia's Brendan Jones holds the winner's trophy after winning in the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Kobe on Sept. 26, 2010.

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Ishikawa fades at Panasonic Open

KOBE, Japan - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa acknowledges the gallery after holing out in the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Kobe on Sept. 26, 2010. He ended up in a three-way tie for 13th place.

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Ishikawa nails hole-in-one

KOBE, Japan - Ryo Ishikawa smiles as he throws his ball to the gallery after hitting a hole-in-one on the sixth hole of the second round of the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Kobe on Sept. 25, 2010.

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Ishikawa nails hole-in-one

KOBE, Japan - Ryo Ishikawa smiles as he picks up the ball after hitting a hole-in-one on the sixth hole of the second round of the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Kobe on Sept. 25, 2010.

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Ishikawa nails hole-in-one

KOBE, Japan - Ryo Ishikawa acknowledges the gallery after hitting a hole-in-one on the sixth hole of the second round of the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Kobe on Sept. 25, 2010.

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Ishikawa at Panasonic Open

KOBE, Japan - Ryo Ishikawa hits an approach shot from the rough on the 18th hole during the first round of the Panasonic Open at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on Sept. 24, 2010. Ishikawa shot a 2-under 69, two shots out of first place shared by four, on the first day of the tournament.

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Ishikawa at Panasonic Open

KOBE, Japan - Ryo Ishikawa tees off in the first round of the Panasonic Open at the Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on Sept. 24, 2010. Ishikawa shot a 2-under 69, two shots out of first place shared by four, on the first day of the tournament.

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China's Zhang holds off Oyama charge to win Suntory Ladies

KOBE, Japan - Zhang Na became the first golfer from mainland China to win on the Japan LPGA tour at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Kobe June 10, holding off a final-round charge by money title holder Shiho Oyama of Japan to capture the Suntory Ladies Open title by three shots.

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Kobe residents unite to restore scenic landscape around pond

KOBE, Japan - Residents near Kobe's Mt. Rokko have decided to restore the exotic landscape around the Mikuni Ike pond (in file photo) which was once lined with holiday mansions of foreigners but has been left in poor shape since the economic slowdown in the 1990s.

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Campbell wins Suntory Ladies for 1st title in Japan

KOBE, Japan - Australia's Nikki Campbell smiles with her cup in hands after capturing her first title on the Japan LPGA tour at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club on June 11.

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Ice carvings dedicated to 1995 Kobe quake victims

KOBE, Japan - Ice carvings dedicated to the souls of 6,433 people who were killed in the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji Great Earthquake are illuminated on Feb. 10 on the eve of the opening of the annual Mt. Rokko Ice Festival in Kobe.

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(1)Mika Miyazato youngest to win amateur c'ship matchplay

KOBE, Japan - Okinawa junior high school student Mika Miyazato watches her tee shot during the women's amateur championship matchplay tournament at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on June 26. She defeated Shinobu Moromizato by three strokes to become the youngest ever to win the tournament.

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(2)Mika Miyazato youngest to win amateur c'ship matchplay

KOBE, Japan - Mika Miyazato, a third-year student at Matsushima Junior High School in Okinawa Prefecture, smiles with her cups in hands after winning the women's amateur championship matchplay tournament at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on June 26. Miyazato, at 14 years and eight months, is the youngest ever to win the tournament and first junior high school student to achieve the feat.

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Miyase comes from behind to triumph at Munsingwear Open

OSAKA, Japan - Hirofumi Miyase holds up a trophy after winning the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Kobe on May 25.

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Ku seals Japan LPGA C'ship for back-to-back triumphs

YOKAWA, Japan - South Korean veteran Ku Ok Hee holds up the winners' trophy at the Taiheiyo Club's Rokko Course in the town of Yokawa in Hyogo Prefecture on Sept. 15 after winning the Japan LPGA Championship for a second time.

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Australian Laycock leads Munsingwear Open golf

KOBE, Japan - Scott Laycock of Australia ties the course record with a 5-under-par 67 on May 17 to grab a one-shot lead after the first round of the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup golf tournament at the Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture.

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Cargo ship runs aground on rocks off Ehime Pref.

MATSUYAMA, Japan - A tugboat (front) on March 14 approaches the 1,999-ton cargo ship Rokko 3, which ran aground on a rocky shoal off Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The 14 crew members, all Philippine nationals, were rescued by the Coast Guard.

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Ice carvings dedicated to 1995 Kobe quake victims

KOBE, Japan - Ice carvings dedicated to the souls of 6,433 people who were killed in the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji Great Earthquake are illuminated on Feb. 10 on the eve of the opening of the annual Mt. Rokko Ice Festival in Kobe. (Kyodo)

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Campbell wins Suntory Ladies for 1st title in Japan

KOBE, Japan - Australia's Nikki Campbell smiles with her cup in hands after capturing her first title on the Japan LPGA tour at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club on June 11. (Kyodo)

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China's Zhang holds off Oyama charge to win Suntory Ladies

KOBE, Japan - Zhang Na became the first golfer from mainland China to win on the Japan LPGA tour at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Kobe June 10, holding off a final-round charge by money title holder Shiho Oyama of Japan to capture the Suntory Ladies Open title by three shots. (Kyodo)

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Australian Laycock leads Munsingwear Open golf

KOBE, Japan - Scott Laycock of Australia ties the course record with a 5-under-par 67 on May 17 to grab a one-shot lead after the first round of the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup golf tournament at the Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture.

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Japan's Mt. Rokko covered with snow

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a snow-covered Mt. Rokko and the urban zone of the western Japanese city of Kobe (rear) on March 14, 2016. Snowfall reached to about 20 centimeters at Rokko Snow Park, a ski area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Mt. Rokko covered with snow

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a snow-covered Mt. Rokko and the urban zone of the western Japanese city of Kobe (rear) on March 14, 2016. Snowfall reached to about 20 centimeters at Rokko Snow Park, a ski area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Narita wins Suntory Ladies Open golf tournament

Japan's Misuzu Narita poses with the winner's trophy after her victory in the Suntory Ladies Open golf tournament at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Kobe on June 14, 2015. Narita won the event with a 16-under 272. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese schools win awards at 2015 int'l Model U.N. conference

Students from Rokko High School in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, and Toin Gakuen Secondary Education School in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, pose for a photo in New York on May 16, 2015, after their schools won prizes at the 2015 Global Classrooms International High School Model United Nations Conference. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tadao Ando's solo exhibition in Shanghai

A model of "Rokko Housing" is on display in Japanese architect Tadao Ando's solo exhibition in Shanghai on March 19, 2021.

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Kodaira wins Japan Open Golf

Overnight leader Satoshi Kodaira of Japan sinks the winning putt on the 18th hole at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Kobe on Oct. 18, 2015, winning the 80th Japan Open Golf Championship with a four-round total of 13-under 275. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kodaira takes 1-stroke win in Japan Open Golf

Japan's Satoshi Kodaira holds the victor's trophy after winning the 80th Japan Open Golf Championship by a one-stroke margin over defending champion and compatriot Yuta Ikeda at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Kobe on Oct. 18, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kobe residents unite to restore scenic landscape around pond

KOBE, Japan - Residents near Kobe's Mt. Rokko have decided to restore the exotic landscape around the Mikuni Ike pond (in file photo) which was once lined with holiday mansions of foreigners but has been left in poor shape since the economic slowdown in the 1990s. (Kyodo)

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Mt. Suwa,Kobe

Rokko Mountain Range and Mt. Suwa seen from the south. Present-day Chuo Ward. The park on the right is the residence of Kodera Yasujiro (present-day Sorakuen). The building on the hillside is the restaurant Tokiwaro. A group of French scientists succeeded in observing the Venus eclipse of the sun in 1874 from the area above. A commemorative monument was later erected, and the site came to be referred to as Kinseidai (Venus Hill).==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number79‐10‐0]

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A view of Yamate, Kobe

The hill on the left is Ujinoyama, the area from present-day Nakayamate Dori 6- and 7-chome to Yamamoto Dori 5-chome in Chuo Ward, probably taken sometime in the first half of the Meiji Period. Although part of a mixed-residence area outside the foreign settlement, this section to the west contained some Western-style buildings. Yet to be reforested, the Rokko Mountain Range looks desolate.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number56‐31‐0]

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Arima Spa

Arima Hot Springs, located in the basin to middle of the north of Rokko mountains, is one of the best spas in the Kinki area and is also famous as a summer resort. The photo provides an overall view of the basin and houses which crowd the area.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number7‐36‐0]