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Hyogo Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Southern Hyogo Prefecture was severely devastated by the magnitude 7.2 Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995, which destroyed major parts of Kobe and Awaji, as well as Takarazuka and neighboring Osaka prefecture, killing nearly 5500 people. |
 | | Hyogo has coastlines on two seas: to the north, the Sea of Japan, to the south, the Inland Sea. |
 | | Hyogo borders on Osaka Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture and Okayama Prefecture. |
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