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Awaji Highway Oasis Illuminations 2024

Awaji Highway Oasis Illuminations 2024

Nov 3rd - Dec 25th

From early November right up until Christmas Day, the Awaji Highway Oasis roadside rest area will feature an impressive 9-meter..

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Nankinmachi Lantern Festival 2024

Nankinmachi Lantern Festival 2024

Early - Late Dec

The Nankinmachi Lantern Festival is an annual event that takes place at Kobe's Nankinmachi Square, which is one of the city's..

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SPY×FAMILY Exhibition 2024-2025

SPY×FAMILY Exhibition 2024-2025

Dec 19th - Jan 8th

After drawing over 150,000 visitors at its previous locations, Kobe Hankyu will host the final stop of the highly anticipated ..

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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 Hot Spring 7

Arima Hot Spring

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Arima hot spring in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, is one of the top three oldest hot springs in Japan. Its relatively small size, back..

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Arima Or Gero?

Arima Or Gero?

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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

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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

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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