Hyōgo Prefecture
Present-day Hyōgo Prefecture includes the former provinces of Harima, Tajima, Awaji, and parts of Tanba and Settsu.
[5] 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.
Southern Hyōgo Prefecture was severely devastated by the 6.9 Mw Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995, which destroyed major parts of Kobe and Awaji, as well as Nishinomiya and Ashiya and the neighboring Osaka Prefecture, killing nearly 6,500 people.
On Awaji Island, Hyōgo borders the Pacific Ocean coastline in the Kii Channel.
Most of Hyōgo's population lives on the southern coast, which is part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.
Awaji is an island that separates the Inland Sea and Osaka Bay, lying between Honshu and Shikoku.
Arima Onsen in the south of the province in Kita-ku, Kobe is one of the Three Ancient Springs in Japan.
[14] To commemorate the 10th anniversary of this agreement in 1992, the Hyogo Prefectural Government Cultural Centre was established in Perth.
1. □ Kobe city (divided between Harima and Settsu )
2. ■ Settsu (Hanshin South office)
3. ■ Settsu (Hanshin North office)
4. ■ Harima East office
5. ■ Harima North office
6. ■ Harima Central office
7. ■ Harima West office
9. ■ Tanba office
8. ■ Tajima office
10. ■ Awaji office
Areas beyond Harima West belonged to Mimasaka (north) and Bizen (south)
