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  • Ship Kobe Kaigan Building
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    Hyougo Pref. Koubeshi Chuou-ku Kaigandori 3
    An office building standing on Kaigan-dori Street in Chuo Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. The building was originally constructed to serve as the Kobe branch office for Mitsui & Co. in 1918. The modern stone building was completely destroyed by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. The granite outer walls were salvaged and reused for the facade of a new skyscraper built on the same spot. Accordingly, today the building has a unique design consisting of a retro stone building style base from which rise a towering glass skyscraper. The structure is still used as an office building.
  • Moegi House
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    Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Chuou-ku Kitanochou 3-10-11
    This is a Western-style residence originally built for US Consul General Hunter Sharp in 1903, located in Chuo Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. The two-story, light-green wooden building has been designated as one of Japan’s Important Cultural Properties. It has an extravagant design reminiscent of its era, with highlights being the two differently-shaped overhanging windows and the staircase with ornaments. There is also a wonderful view from the veranda, allowing one to see all the way to the Port of Kobe.
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  • Mukogawa Women's University Koshien Hall
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    Hyogo Nishinomiya-shi Tozakicho 1-13
    This unique building, a fusion of Western and Japanese architecture, creates a unified landscape with the renowned Muko Ohashi Bridge backed by the Rokko Mountains. Completed as the Koshien Hotel in 1930, the magnificent resort would eventually become known as one of Japan's two greatest hotels together with Tokyo's Imperial Hotel. The building, which features green tile roof and walls with Nikka Stone and bisque tiles, was once a bustling social hub for the members of Hanshinkan's upper class. The hotel would later serve as a navy hospital and then as quarters for American military officers before finally becoming the campus of the Mukogawa Women's University in 2006.
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  • Ikitsugi Well
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    Hyogo Ako-shi Kariya
    This well located next to the Ako Information and Products Center is associated with the masterless samurai immortalized by tale of the Forty-Seven Ronin. The small well stands next to a four-meter-tall automaton clock on the northwestern corner of Oshiro-dori Street. It is said that Hayami Tozaemon and Kayano Sanpei, two retainers of the Ako Domain, quenched their thirst with water from the well as they rushed from the capital Edo to the home of Oishi Kuranosuke in 1701 to inform him about what had happened to their lord Asano Takuminokami Naganori at the palace. It is said the pair departed Edo on the evening of March 14th in an express palanquin and arrived at Ako Castle early in the morning on March 19th just four and a half days later, an astoundingly short time to complete a journey of approximately 620 kilometers.
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  • Kondo Genpachi Residence Nagayamon Gate
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    Hyogo Ako-shi Kamikariya 124
    "This former site of a samurai residence is located across from the Oishi Yoshio Residence Nagayamon Gate. It is known by the nickname ""Genpachi Nagaya,"" a reference to the common name of the second head of the Kondo Family. The Kondo family who once resided here were scholars of the Koshu School of military science. Today only a part of the row house still remains. The nagayamon is believed to have originally been comprised of four row houses that served as quarters for low-ranked samurai. This row house and the Oishi Yoshitaka Residence Nagayamon Gate are two valuable examples of Edo period buildings and also the only structures remaining inside the site of Ako Castle. For this reason, they were both designated as cultural properties of Ako City in 1998."
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  • Site of Oishi Yoshio Residence
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    Hyogo Ako-shi Kamikariya Former
    This place was the site of the residence of Oishi Yoshio also known as Oishi Kuranosuke, who was one of the central figures in the Tale of the 47 Ronin. The grounds of Oishi Shrine are said to have been the site of a massive residence that measured 50 meters wide and 80 meters deep and had more than 500 square meters of total floor space. While most of the residence's buildings were lost in a 1729 fire, its nagayamon gate survived and remains standing today. Hayami Tozaemon and Kayano Sanpei are said to have knocked on this gate when they rushed to bring news of their lord Asano Takuminokami's now-famous attempt life of Kira Kouzunosuke. The former residence and its garden were designated as a national historic site as rare surviving examples of Edo period architecture.
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  • Octagonal Well
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    Hyogo Minami-awaji-shi Nushima
    About 35 minutes by car from the Nishidan Mihara IC on the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway, about 10 minutes by boat from Dojo Port's Numajima Kisen boarding gate, and about 5 minutes on foot after disembarking. octagonal well at the entrance to the Numajima Garden. Many wells were dug in Numashima, where groundwater is abundant, and this well still gushes clean groundwater without drying up.
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  • Amarube Viaduct
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    Hyogo Mikata-gun Kamicho Kasumi-ku Amarube
    The bridge was built in 1912 using the most advanced technology at the time of its completion. 309.4m long and 41.5m high, it was the tallest trestle-style bridge in Japan. The bridge is now used as an observation facility and an empty station using the three preserved piers.
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  • Main Keep
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    Hyogo Himeji-shi Honmachi 68
    It is located about 5 minutes on foot from the Otemon-mae stop of Himeji Castle, past the Sakuramon Bridge and San-no-Maru Plaza, and further north. In 2009, conservation and repair work began, and the beauty of the castle can still be seen today.
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  • Ubagaishi
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    Hyogo Himeji-shi Honmachi 68
    The millstone is located in the stone wall on the north side of the dry small keep of Himeji Castle, and a large chipped stone can be seen being used as a filler stone. Legend has it that this led to the gathering of stones and the completion of the castle, but it is unclear why the stones were actually used.
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  • Makoto-juku
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    Hyogo Himeji-shi Aboshi-ku Shinzaike 1396
    Located a 5-minute walk from Sanyo Aboshi Station on the Sanyo Electric Railway Line, this historical building is designated as an Important Cultural Property by Himeji City and was originally a private school called "Inaka-muraya" built by Toma Kono in 1868 and officially called "Seijuku" in 1899. The school produced a number of outstanding individuals, including Kaoru Kagurae, who served in the Privy Council, and Ryu Hizuka, who served as Vice President of the House of Representatives.
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  • Kazamidori no Yakata
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    Hyogo Kobe-shi Chuo-ku Kitanocho 3-13-3

    A nice walk through a historical neighbourhood. I truly enjoyed the Hoegi House and the information centre.

  • Koshien History
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    Hyogo Nishi-miyaichi Koshiencho 8-15 Koshien Plus 2F Koshien History
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Central Kobe City Between Osaka and Kobe Mt. Rokko / Arima Sanda / Tamba / Sasayama Tajima / Kinosaki Akashi Harima (Himeji, Tatsuno, Ako) Awaji Island
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Hyogo prefecture stretches from the north coast to the south coast on the western end of the popular Kansai region, encompassing verdant mountains, urban beaches, and fantastic historical sights. The prefecture’s main attractions lie along the south coast at Kobe, the prefectural capital, a pretty harbor city best known for its production of the renowned Kobe beef, and Himeji, the home of Himeji Castle, one of the country’s most beautifully preserved feudal castles, perched magically atop a hill.

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