Sepia postcard showing a sweeping aerial view over the densely packed tile-roofed townhouses of Kobe, Japan, with the Rokko mountain range rising in the haze behind the city. Telegraph poles and a few larger buildings punctuate the roofscape, with wisps of smoke rising in the middle distance.

• Caption: "Bird Eye of Kode" [Kobe] / 神戸市全景
• Postmark: Manila, P.I., Jul 3, 1919
• Status: Posted
• Notable stamp: Philippine Islands 2c green José Rizal definitive