Kobe's International Quarter
More like the French Quarter! England gets two houses, America, Panama (!), Italy and Netherlands get one house each and the French get several streets, a Patisserie (we'll let'em have that), numerous restaurants and a flamin' jazz club... what do the French know about Jazz?
I should add that Scotland and Ireland are both represented in the usual manner: The Dubliner (paint a bar green, serve Guinness and nail lobster pots to the ceiling) and The Highlander (paint a bar blue, serve watery local lager and deck the place in tartan and stuffed animals).
In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more 
