The current English translation on the bronze plaque in the front of Sannomiya Shrine is mine. One of my English students brought the assignment to me while I lived there between 2006 and 2010!
The Kobe incident (神戸事件, kōbe jiken), also known in Japanese as the Bizen incident (備前事件, bizen jiken) and in English as the Bizen Affray or Bizen Affair. Some view it as the starting point of Meiji Diplomacy.
So there was such a thing in the history of Sannomiya Shrine, wasn't there? For some reason, this land reminds me of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.
