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Kobe Handmade Marche 2025

Kobe Handmade Marche 2025

Jun 28th - Jun 29th

The Kobe Handmade Marche is Hyogo Prefecture's largest handmade market, and is set to include around 1000 booths selling a wide..

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Tsukashin Summer Bon Odori 2025

Tsukashin Summer Bon Odori 2025

Early Aug

An easily accessible bon odori event held at a shopping complex in Hyogo Prefecture showcases the beauty of this traditional festival,..

Nanko Sunflower Festival 2025

Nanko Sunflower Festival 2025

Jul 19th - Aug 3rd

During summer, cheerful sunflowers grow in abundance in various places across Japan. One great place to enjoy them in all their..

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Nishimuraya Honkan

Nishimuraya Honkan

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Nishimuraya Honkan is a traditional and luxurious ryokan in Kinosaki Onsen, Hyogo. The hotel has won numerous awards and continues..

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Arima Or Gero?

Arima Or Gero?

Scott Brause

Arima and Gero onsens, both on the island of Honshu, have been reecognized for centuries as two of the 'Three Renowned Onsen..

Gorgeous Genbudo

Gorgeous Genbudo

Arlene Bastion

The Genbudo Caves are like a large topsy turvy sculpture patterned by discordant striations. Nature is the sculptor, as the patterns..

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About Hyogo

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Okinawa Nagasaki Fukuoka Saga Kumamoto Kagoshima Miyazaki Oita Ehime Kochi Tokushima Kagawa Yamaguchi Hiroshima Okayama Tottori Shimane Hyogo Kyoto Osaka Wakayama Nara Shiga Mie Fukui Ishikawa Toyama Gifu Aichi Nagano Shizuoka Niigata Yamanashi Kanagawa Tokyo Saitama Gunma Tochigi Chiba Ibaraki Fukushima Miyagi Yamagata Iwate Akita Aomori Hokkaido
Region Kansai
Island Honshu
Capital Kobe
Population 5,588,133
Area 8,400.90 km²

One of Japan’s first international ports, significant foreign influences made Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture’s (兵庫県, Hyōgo-ken) capital, a city not like many others in Japan – it has a Chinatown, while many Western-style residences of foreigners during the Meiji Period are still preserved in the Kitano district. Arima Onsen is one of Japan’s oldest hot springs, while the view from Mount Maya is absolutely marvelous.

Outside of Kobe, other tourist spots in Hyogo include the spectacular Himeji Castle and the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world.

Go take in a show by the famous Takarazuka Revue, or if you’re visiting in August, see the dramatic Koshien High School Baseball Championship at Koshien Stadium as well. 

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