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Prefecture of Japan
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By train
Kobe, Akashi, and Himeji are all on the San'yo Shinkansen line, with through services on the Tokaido Shinkansen for one-seat rides from Tokyo.
By bus
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The prefectural capital, a cosmopolitan port city with an international flavor
Aioi (相生) is a small port city in western Hyogo.
A port city known for its fresh seafood and Akashi-yaki (a variant of Takoyaki) and the world's longest suspension bridge
A city famous for salt and the legendary 47 Loyal Samurai
Amagasaki (尼崎) is an industrial city in Hyogo prefecture, Japan. It is located just west of Osaka.
Asago (朝来市) is a city in northern Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
Home to Japan's most beautiful castle
Home of Koshien Ball Park and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Famous for its all-female theater productions and Tezuka Osamu Museum
Tatsuno (たつの) is a city of 71,000 people (2024) in Hyogo. It is home to a reconstructed Edo Period palace castle.
Toyooka (豊岡) is a city in northern Hyogo, facing the Sea of Japan.
Historic hot spring within easy striking distance of Kobe
Onion farms and large bridges to Shikoku
Kinosaki (城崎) is an onsen (hot spring) town in the Kansai region of Japan, and now part of the city of Toyooka. While Kinosaki has been bundled together with Toyooka for administrative purposes, it remains a geographically and culturally distinct polity within the wider city.
Shin-onsen (新温泉町) is a small town in Hyogo, home of 17,000 people.
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