Of the three Chinatowns in Yokohama, Japan is the largest in Nagasaki - the oldest and Kobe - the brightest. From the half million inhabitants of the city, foreign immigrants make up about 70 thousand people, most of who came to Japan from China and Korea.

The first foreign ship arrived at the port of Kobe in 1868 after a long isolation of Japan, which lasted two and a half centuries. Foreign missionaries, merchants and immigrants bring to the life of the Kobe culture of their countries. Chinatown Nanjing mother began to develop rapidly after opening a port for international trade, and today is a popular destination among tourists and residents of Kobe prefer to spend their lunch breaks here. In the quarter there are about hundreds of Chinese eateries offering traditional Chinese cuisine, as well as shops and souvenir shops. Centre quarter is the area of ​​Nanjing Park, which you can enter through the gates mounted on three of its sides, and the fourth, the north entrance to the area guarded by a pair of stone lions. In the square there are figures of the twelve animals of the Chinese calendar symbols and pavilion with stone carvings.

In the XIX century the quarter was the center for all Chinese immigrants, who were called "the people of Nanjing," and appeared in the name of the Chinatown of Kobe. In 20-ies of XX century, many Chinese fled Kobe in response to Japan to expand their territories and the Second Sino-Japanese War. The outcome of the Chinese continued during the Second World War, Nanjing mother was destroyed during the bombing and then rebuilt. In 1995, damage caused Chinatown Hanshin earthquake, but the center of Chinese culture was again restored. Today Nanjing mother live about 10 thousand people.