Hyogo Prefecture (Hyogo-ken) is located in the Kinki region on Honshu island,
Japan. The capital is the city of Kobe. Hyogo has coastlines on two seas:
to the north, the Sea of Japan, to the south, the Seto Inland Sea. The
northern portion is sparsely populated and the central highlands are only
populated by tiny villages. Most of Hyogo's population lives on the southern
coast, which is part of the Osaka-Kyoto-Kobe metropolitan area. Awajishima
is an island in the Inland Sea, lying between Honshu and Shikoku. Kobe
is also the home of world famous Kobe beef.Wedged in between the coast
and the mountains (Rokko Mountain), the city of Kobe is long and narrow.
The landmark of the port area is the red steel Port Tower.
Prefectural Symbols
Hyogo Flower is Nojigiku (Chrysanthemum japonense)
SGI practice Soka Gakkai's particular form of Nichiren Buddhism. Butsudan
Buddhist altar Nichiren taught that by chanting "Nam Myoho Renge Kyo"
to the Gohonzon. SGI practitioners call this process a "human revolution."