Hyogo Ward

Hyogo Ward straddles the transition from the Rokko Mountains to Osaka Bay in Kobe, a position that has long tied residential districts to a working port and industrial shoreline. The ward includes the old port area of Hyogo-no-tsu, an important maritime centre in medieval Japan that later became part of modern Kobe’s harbour city. Nofukuji Temple is known for the Hyogo Daibutsu, a large bronze Buddha that gives the district a distinctive religious landmark. Along the bay, freight facilities, canals and dense neighbourhoods reveal a side of Kobe beyond its central shopping streets. See how Hyogo Ward fits within Kobe and the Osaka Bay coast by browsing webcams nearby.

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