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2 unusual facts about Hyogo Prefecture


Hidehiko Yamabe

Hidehiko Yamabe was born on August 22, 1923 in the city of Ashiya, belonging to the Hyōgo Prefecture, the sixth son of Takehiko and Rei Yamabe.

Honshū–Shikoku Bridge Project

Crossing the Akashi Strait, this connection links Hyōgo Prefecture on Honshu with Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku, using Awaji Island for most of its length.


Emmanuel Metter

In early 1920s Osovskaya was invited to become a professor at the Takarazuka Revue in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, then Metter moved to Japan also in March 1926.

Jean Francisque Coignet

Jean Francisque Coignet (1835 - 18 June 1902) was a French mining engineer and government advisor in Bakumatsu and Meiji period Japan noted for his modernization of the Ikuno Silver Mine at Ikuno, Hyōgo Prefecture, near Kobe.

Mass of the Fermenting Dregs

Mass of the Fermenting Dregs was formed in 2002 in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, with the original all-female lineup of Natsuko Miyamoto, Chiemi Ishimoto and Reiko Gotoh.


see also

Aboshi

Aboshi Station, a train station in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Imazu

Hankyū Imazu Line, 9.3 km long commuter rail in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Kobe Station

# Kōsoku Kōbe Station - (高速神戸駅) on the Hanshin Railway Kobe Kosoku Line and the Hankyu Railway Kobe Kosoku Line in Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Phosphofructokinase deficiency

It was named after the Japanese Physician, Seiichiro Tarui (1927- ), who was a native of Hyōgo Prefecture in Japan.

Takijirō Ōnishi

Ōnishi′s ashes were divided between two graves – one at the Zen temple of Sōji-ji in Tsurumi, Yokohama, and the other at the public cemetery in former Ashida village in Hyōgo prefecture.

Yōjirō

Yojiro Terada (born 1947), Japanese racing driver from Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture