Everything about Hy Go Prefecture totally explained
is a
prefecture of
Japan located in the
Kinki region on
Honshū island. The capital is
Kobe.
The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as
Hiogo.
History
Present-day Hyōgo Prefecture includes the former
provinces of
Harima,
Tajima,
Awaji, and parts of
Tamba and
Settsu.
In 1180, near the end of the
Heian Period,
Emperor Antoku,
Taira no Kiyomori, and the Imperial court moved briefly to Fukuhara, in what is now the city of Kobe. There the capital remained for five months.
Himeji Castle, a
UNESCO World Heritage Site, is in the city of Himeji.
The
Ako Han, home of the
47 Ronin, is in Hyōgo Prefecture.
Southern Hyōgo 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.
Geography
Hyōgo has coastlines on two seas: to the north, the
Sea of Japan, to the south, the
Inland Sea. The northern portion is sparsely populated, except for the city of
Toyooka, and the central highlands are only populated by tiny villages. Most of Hyōgo's population lives on the southern coast, which is part of the
Osaka-
Kyoto-
Kobe metropolitan area.
Awaji Island is an island in the Inland Sea, lying between Honshū and
Shikoku.
Summertime weather throughout Hyōgo is hot and humid. During the winter, the north side tends to get lots of
snow, while the south side only gets occasional flurries.
Hyōgo borders on
Osaka Prefecture,
Kyoto Prefecture,
Tottori Prefecture and
Okayama Prefecture.
Cities
Twenty-nine cities are located in Hyōgo Prefecture:
Towns and villages
Towns and villages in each
district:
Mergers
Future mergers
The city of Akō and the only town in Akō District (Kamigōri), is scheduled to merge together and the city will retain the name Akō. Akō District will be defunct if the merger is successful. (External Link
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Economy
Hyōgo Prefecture has many heavy industries, metal and medical, and Kobe is one of the largest ports in Japan.
Hyōgo 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.
Demographics
Culture
The Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Art in Nada Ward, Kobe.
Sports
The sports teams listed below are based in Hyōgo.
Football (soccer)
Vissel Kobe (Kobe)
Baseball
Orix Buffaloes (Kobe)
Hanshin Tigers (Nishinomiya)
Volleyball
Hisamitsu Springs (Kobe)
JT Marvelous (NIshinomiya)
Rugby
Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers (Kobe)
World Fighting Bull (Kobe)
Tourism
Kobe remains a popular tourist destination. To Japanese, it symbolizes contact with the West. Many homes of early American, English and European visitors still stand on the bluff overlooking the harbor. The vista of the Inland Sea remains a "million-dollar view."
The Kobe port is one of the ports which are the most famous in Japan.
The Takarazuka Revue plays in the city of Takarazuka. This is popular among Japanese tourists.
Himeji Castle receives this (and more) praise from UNESCO: "masterpiece of construction in wood, combining function with aesthetic appeal... ." Together with its historical significance and its easy access from Kyoto or Osaka by Shinkansen, Himeji Castle receives tremendous numbers of visitors annually.
Prefectural symbols
Miscellaneous topics
So Taguchi, outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, was born in Hyōgo Prefecture.
Katsumi Yamada, one of the All-Star competitors of Sasuke (and who is known as Mr. Sasuke), is from Harima in Hyōgo Prefecture.Further Information
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