抄録
This paper described a leading action in the modern city in Japan. Foreigner's land speculation in Kobe open port led to the urban development business that expected of price of land rise by Japanese private companies and Japanese local residents in Kobe. And, the foreigner's autonomy led to the establishment of the local assembly in Hyogo Prefecture. It was Takahira KANDA to have initiated these. Kanda is known as a person who begins the land tax reform and the local assembly in Japan. It can be said that KANDA received these concrete idea from the foreigners' activities in Kobe open port.
