What is Hyogo prefecture known for?

Hyogo Prefecture is home to the famous Himeji Castle, Kobe beef, and various onsen resorts and towns. It is made up of twenty nine cities, one of which is Kobe: the capital of Hyogo. One of the three largest Buddha statues in Japan was also built in Hyogo Prefecture, at Nofukuji Temple in Kobe.

Is Hyogo a countryside?

Japan’s Regions: Hyogo Prefecture 兵庫県 Hyogo is a mainly rural prefecture on its northern coastline and central hinterlands and predominately industrial along its Pacific coast, where the majority of Hyogo’s population lives.

How big is Hyogo?

8,396 km²
Hyogo/Area

How many cities are in Hyogo?

41 cities
The following table lists the 41 cities, towns and villages in Hyōgo with a population of at least 10,000 on October 1, 2020, according to the 2020 Census.

Is Kobe beef sold outside Japan?

There are only 3000 head of certified Kobe Beef cattle in the world, and none are outside Japan. The process is so strict that when the beef is sold, either in stores or restaurants, it must carry the 10-digit identification number so customers know what particular Tajima-gyu cow it came from. Or what makes it “Kobe.”

What language is spoken in Osaka?

Kansai dialect
Kansai dialect Kansai-ben is considered Japan’s second major dialect group, spoken most widely across the denser cities of Osaka and Kyoto.

Is Hyogo a city in Japan?

Hyōgo Prefecture (兵庫県, Hyōgo-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Kōbe is the capital and largest city of Hyōgo Prefecture, and the seventh-largest city in Japan, with other major cities including Himeji, Nishinomiya, and Amagasaki.

What’s better wagyu or Kobe?

Wagyu marbling is also better tasting. Wagyu fat melts at a lower temperature than any other cattle’s, resulting in a rich, buttery flavor unseen in other strains of beef. Because Kobe beef exemplifies everything that makes Wagyu better! It is considered the most abundantly marbled beef in the world.

Is Kobe beef still banned in the US?

The U.S. banned Kobe beef, along with all other Japanese beef imports, over concerns about mad cow disease in 2001. That ban was lifted in 2005, but a similar ban was put in place in 2009.

Is there an Osaka accent?

The Kansai pitch accent is called the Kyoto-Osaka type accent (京阪式アクセント, Keihan-shiki akusento) in technical terms. It is used in most of Kansai, Shikoku and parts of western Chūbu region.

Do people in Osaka speak Kansai Ben?

Technically, Kansai-ben refers to a group of dialects spoken in the Kansai region. But, in popular usage, the term most commonly refers to the dialect spoken in Osaka, the largest city in Kansai. However, the Kansai region is still the second most-populated region in Japan and Kansai dialect is very widely spoken.