Word: nishinomiya
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From there it was a matter of improvisation--persuading someone to drive them toward Kobe, then stopping at the suburb of Nishinomiya, where damage was appalling. In Kobe, Kunii had to cover neighborhoods on foot, masking her mouth from smoke and fumes that burned the throat. One night she took shelter on the concrete floor of a school when the temperature was below freezing. Finally she was able to borrow a bicycle. The owner's stipulation: it must eventually be passed on to another needy person. When she left for Tokyo, Kunii bequeathed it to an arriving German correspondent, wishing...
...city of Nishinomiya, nine miles outside the port of Kobe, contains many rooms the same size as those simulators. They tend to be in two-story, traditional wooden houses built in the years just after World War II. The roofs of such houses are heavy blue or brown tile. The walls are a thin lattice of light wood finished with stucco. The effect, says Laurence Kornfield, a San Francisco chief building inspector familiar with the style, is ``a lot like putting a heavy book up on top of a frame of pencils...
Winston Davis Nishinomiya, Japan...
...plateau in Nishinomiya, Japan, in the social center of Kobe College, is a room dedicated to Radcliffe in commemoration of the pre-war sister-college relationship between the two schools. A plaque in the room reads, "Veritas: In Knowledge and Love of Truth," words suggested by Radcliffe's affiliation with Harvard, and chosen by ex-Radcliffe President Ada L. Comstock during her visit to Kobe...