Kobe Incident was an incident that occurred on February 4, 1868, in which in front of Sannomiya-jinja Shrine of Kobe (present-day Kobe City), a troop of the domain of Bizen (present-day Okayama Prefecture) injured French sailors who had crossed the array of the troop, and shot horizontally to the Minister-Counselors from Western countries who were inspecting the place which was supposed to be the settlement site (present-day Former Foreign Settlement).
神戸事件（こうべじけん）とは慶応4年1月11日(旧暦)（1868年2月4日）、神戸（現・神戸市）三宮神社前において備前藩（現・岡山県）兵が隊列を横切ったフランス人水兵らを負傷させたうえ、居留地（現・旧居留地）予定地を検分中の欧米諸国公使らに水平射撃を加えた事件である。