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Most of Hyogo's population lives on the southern coast, which is part of the Osaka-Kyoto-Kobe metropolitan area.
Hyogo borders on Osaka, Kyoto, Tottori and Okayama prefectures.
Hyogo (兵庫) is a prefecture in the Kansai area of Japan, near Osaka and Kyoto.
www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/h/hy/hyogo_prefecture.html   (162 words)

  
 KOSHIRAE: Mountings of Japanese Swords
Women used to carry a tanto in the Edo period in a "brocade bag" in their obi; this tanto for self-defense was called kaiken.
They then put a tanto into their sash, which was not subject to any restrictions, and was often lavishly decorated.
Physicians wore tanto made of solid wood, and firefighters sometimes had a tanto with a saw instead of a blade.
www.geocities.com /alchemyst/koshirae/koshirae.htm   (2965 words)

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