Sister cities

Twinned with Kobe

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Kobe holds twinning agreements with municipalities across several continents, including Barcelona, Brisbane, Faisalabad, Incheon, Philadelphia, Riga, Rio de Janeiro, and Tianjin. Every one of these pairings is mutual, with each partner city naming Kobe in return. The list spans Europe, Oceania, South Asia, East Asia, North America, and South America, reflecting a broad geographic spread rather than concentration in any single region.