In order to ward off conflicts between the foreigners and Japanese, the location of the port to be opened and its accompanying foreign settlement was made the village of Kobe, which at that time was 3.5 kilometers east of the urban area of Hyogo.
日本人と外国人との紛争を避けるため、開港場や外国人居留地は当時の兵庫市街地から3.5kmも東に離れた神戸村に造成される。