Kobe

The city is also widely associated with cosmopolitanism and fashion, encapsulated in the Japanese phrase, "If you can't go to Paris, go to Kobe."^[40] The biannual fashion event Kobe Fashion Week, centered around the Kobe Collection is held in Kobe.^[41] The jazz festival "Kobe Jazz Street" has been held every October at jazz clubs and hotels since 1981.