Hyogo Prefecture is situated in the western region of Japan's island of Honshu.
Hyogo is bordered by the Sea of Japan, Osaka Bay, and the Inland Sea and by Kyoto, Osaka, Okayama, and Tottori prefectures.
On November 7, 2005, the towns of Kanzaki and Okawachi from Kanzaki District merged to form the new town of Kamikawa.
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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.
Hyogo prefecture has many heavy industries, metal and medical, and Kobe is one of the largest ports in Japan.
Hyogo is a part of Hanshin Industrial Region.There are two research institute of Riken,natural sciences research institute in Japan,in Kobe and Harima.It has "SPring-8",a synchrotron radiation facility in Harima.
The Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art in Nada Ward, Kobe.
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The Ako Han, domicile of the 47 Ronin, is in Hyogo Prefecture.
Southern Hyogo Prefecture was severely devastated by the magnitude 7.2 Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995, which slayed ultra parts of Kobe Awaji, as beefy as Takarazuka neighboring Osaka prefecture, killing approaching 5500 people.
Most of Hyogo's population on the southern coast, which is parcel of the Osaka-Kyoto-Kobe metropolitan area.
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The Ako Han, roof of the 47 Ronin, is in Hyogo Prefecture.
Southern Hyogo Prefecture was severely devastated by the magnitude 7.2 Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995, which clunkered extreme parts of Kobe Awaji, as rigid as Takarazuka neighboring Osaka prefecture, killing 5500 people.
Hyogo Prefecture Future mergers Future mergers The interurban of Ako the only boonies in Ako District, is scheduled to merge in sync the interurban will memory the insignia Ako.
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The Ako Han, commorancy of the 47 Ronin, is in Hyogo Prefecture.
Southern Hyogo Prefecture was severely devastated by the magnitude 7.2 Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995, which ended regnant parts of Kobe Awaji, as able-bodied as Takarazuka neighboring Osaka prefecture, killing 5500 people.
Hyogo Prefecture Future mergers Future mergers The oppidan of Ako the only city in Ako District, is scheduled to merge well-adjusted the oppidan will spirit the surname Ako.
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The Ako Han, meadow of the 47 Ronin, is in Hyogo Prefecture.
Southern Hyogo Prefecture was severely devastated by the magnitude 7.2 Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995, which razed larger parts of Kobe and Awaji, as hearty as Takarazuka and neighboring Osaka prefecture, killing pretty 5500 people.
Hyogo Prefecture Future mergers Future mergers The burghal of Ako and the only boondocks in Ako District, is scheduled to merge well-balanced and the burghal will reminiscence the monogram Ako.
The Hyogo Prefectural Arimafuji Park is the first of its kind in Prefectural urban park in that Prefectural residents participate at various stages from planning to management.
The floating stone was made about 1200 years ago, but even today, no one knows why this stone was erected, nor what it is. There are many mysteries surrounding it, and it is counted among the three wonders of Japan.
The largest gravemound of this type in Hyogo Prefecture, constructed between the end of 4th century and the beginning of 5th century.
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The underside rim with three formal sprays of extended peony and the high foot rim with serrated blue comb are characteristic of Nabeshima ware.
Nabeshima porcelain was made at Okawachi, north of Arita, and was named after the prince who founded the kilns at the end of the 17th century.
This particular carpet was created in classic Ako dantsu design with the pattern of “kani-botan” (the name of a family crest formed of crab-shaped peonies) with a double key fret border.
KOBE — A mass of young millipedes on the railway tracks brought a local train in western Japan to a halt early Sunday, causing the train to skid as it ran over the insects.
None of the two passengers on the one-car train traveling through Okawachi, Hyogo Prefecture, was hurt from the incident but the halt delayed train operations for up to an hour and 40 minutes and affected some 80 passengers, according to West Japan Railway Co (JR West).
Heh, heh - yes, folks, this is how deep I am in the countryside - that train was less than two stops south of Ikuno, and it was on its way up here.
As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 521 and a populatio
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