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is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region on Honshu island.〔Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hyōgo prefecture" in ; "Kansai" in .〕 The capital is Kobe.〔Nussbaum, "Kobe" in .〕 The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo. == History == Present-day Hyōgo Prefecture includes the former provinces of Harima, Tajima, Awaji, and parts of Tamba and Settsu.〔Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" in .〕 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. There the capital remained for five months. Himeji Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is in the city of Himeji. Southern Hyōgo Prefecture was severely devastated by the magnitude 7.2 Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995, which destroyed major parts of Kobe and Awaji, as well as Takarazuka and neighboring Osaka Prefecture, killing nearly 6,500 people. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hyōgo Prefecture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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