The Former Foreign Settlement in Kobe was built on the isolated area, surrounded by Saigoku-kaido Road on the north, former Ikuta-gawa River (now Flower Road) on the east, Koikawasuji Road (now Koikawasuji Road) on the west, Port of Kobe on the south, designed by English engineer J.W.HART, who built neat western town on it.
神戸の旧居留地は、北は西国街道、東は旧生田川(現在のフラワーロード)、西は鯉川筋(現在の鯉川筋)、南は神戸港に囲まれた周囲と隔絶されていた地区で、そこにイギリス人技師J.W.ハートが居留地の設計を行い、整然とした西洋の街を造り上げた。