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English Hyogo Prefecture Map – All local governments (Cities, Towns) included

English Hyogo Prefecture Map

For Japanese, it is not difficult to read and write the names of local government (cities, towns). Also, if the name of the area is in the vicinity of where you live, you may have heard of many place names, such as station names, name of local governments, high school names. However, for foreigners, it is very difficult to understand how to read the names of regions in Japanese, as they are different from the normal way of reading them. In spite of the fact that it is difficult to read the Kanji itself.
So I created a English Hyogo Map with all the cities, towns, villages and areas listed on it in Kanji, Hiragana and Romaji, which should be very helpful for foreigners.

In Hyogo, there are 29 cities, 12 towns and 0 village. In total 41 地方自治体 [CHIHOU JICHITAI] (ちほうじちたい) “local governments”.

*兵庫県 [Hyogo-ken] (ひょうご けん) is one of the 都道府県 [TO DO FU KEN] (とどうふけん).
*都道府県 [TO DO FU KEN] (とどうふけん) consist of 47 prefectures. (43 県[KEN](けん) , 2 府 [FU](ふ) “Urban prefectures”; Osaka Fu and Kyoto Fu, 1 道 [DŌ] (どう) “Circuit/Territory”; Hokkai DŌ and 1 都 [TO] (と); Tokyo To.
*To know more detail information about Japanese addressing system, please refer to Wikipedia

県庁所在地:Prefectural Capital

神戸市 [Kobe-shi] (こうべし)

How many wards in Kobe-shi?

There are 9 wards in Osaka-shi

東灘区 [Higashinada-ku] (ひがしなだ く)
灘区 [Nada-ku] (なだ く)
中央区 [Chuo-ku] (ちゅうおう く)
兵庫区 [Hyogo-ku] (ひょうご く)
北区 [Kita-ku] (きた く)
長田区 [Nagata-ku] (ながた く)
須磨区 [Suma-ku] (すま く)
垂水区 [Tarumi-ku] (たるみ く)
西区 [Nishi-ku] (にし く)

 

 

WHERE IS 阪神 [Hanshin] (はんしん) area IN HYOGO?

三田市 [Sanda-shi] (さんだ し)
宝塚市 [Takarazuka-shi] (たからずか し)
西宮市 [Nishinomiya-shi] (にしのみや し)
伊丹市 [Itami-shi] (いたみ し)
尼崎市 [Amagasaki-shi] (あまがさきし)
芦屋市 [Ashiya-shi] (あしや し)
川西市 [Kawanishi-shi] (かわにし し)
川辺郡 [Kawabe-gun] (かわべ ぐん) 猪名川町 [Inagawa-cho] (いながわ ちょう)

WHERE IS 播磨 [Harima] (はりま) area IN HYOGO?

東播磨 [Higashi harima] (ひがし はりま)
明石市 [Akashi-shi] (あかし し)
加古川市 [Kakogawa-shi] (かこがわ し)
高砂市 [Takasago-shi] (たかさご し)
加古郡 [Kako-gun] (かこ ぐん) 稲美町 [Inami-cho] (いなみ ちょう)
加古郡 [Kako-gun] (かこ ぐん) 播磨町 [Harima-cho] (はりま ちょう)

中播磨 [Naka harima] (なか はりま) 
姫路市 [Himeji-shi] (ひめじ し)
神崎郡 [Kanzaki-gun] (かんざき ぐん) 神河町 [Kamikawa-cho] (かみかわ ちょう)
神崎郡 [Kanzaki-gun] (かんざき ぐん) 市川町 [Ichikawa-cho] (いちかわ ちょう)
神崎郡 [Kanzaki-gun] (かんざき ぐん) 福崎町 [Fukusaki-cho] (ふくさき ちょう)

西播磨 [Nishi harima] (にし はりま)
たつの市 [Tatsuno-shi] (たつの し)
相生市 [Aioi-shi] ( あいおいし)
赤穂市 [Akoh-shi] ( あこうし)
宍粟市 [Shiso-shi] (しそう し)
揖保郡 [Ibo-gun] (いぼ ぐん) 太子町 [Taishi-cho] (たいし ちょう)
赤穂郡 [Akoh-gun] (あこう ぐん) 上郡町 [Kamigori-cho] (かみごおり ちょう)
佐用郡 [Sayo-gun] (さよう ぐん) 佐用町  [Sayo-cho] (さよう ちょう)

北播磨 [Kita harima] (きた はりま)
西脇市 [Nishiwaki-shi] (にしわき し)
三木市 [Miki-shi] (みき し)
小野市 [Ono-shi] (おの し)
加東市 [Kato-shi] (かとう し)
加西市 [Kasai-shi] (かさい し)
多可郡 [Taka-gun] (たか ぐん) 多可町 [Taka-cho] (たか ちょう)

WHERE IS 但馬 [Tajima] (たじま) area IN HYOGO?

豊岡市 [Toyooka-shi] (とよおか し)
養父市 [Yabu-shi] (やぶ し)
朝来市 [Asago-shi] (あさご し)
美方郡 [Mikata-gun] (みかた ぐん) 香美町 [Kami-cho] (かみ ちょう)
美方郡 [Mikata-gun] (みかた ぐん) 新温泉町 [Shin onsen-cho] (しんおんせん ちょう)

WHERE IS 丹波 [Tanba] (たんば) area IN HYOGO?

丹波篠山市 [Tanba sasayama-shi] (たんば ささやまし)
丹波市 [Tanba-shi] (たんば し)

WHERE IS 淡路 [Awaji] (あわじ) area IN HYOGO?

淡路市 [Awaji-shi] (あわじ し)
洲本市 [Sumoto-shi] (すもと し)
南あわじ市  [Minami awaji-shi] (みなみ あわじ し)