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Location of Hyogo Prefecture
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Shinkansen
Kyoto
Sapporo
Hyogo
Osaka
Kansai Int’l Airport
Sea of Japan
Tokyo
Kansai Region
Hiroshima
Pacific Ocean
Seto Inland Sea
Okinawa
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Hyogo Prefecture in the Kansai Region
Hyogo
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Kyoto
Osaka
100ｋｍ
Chugoku
Region
Shikoku
Region
Nara
Kansai
Int’l
Airport
Wakayama
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Access to Hyogo-Kobe
Kyoto
50 min by train
Himeji
2:50 by Shinkansen
from Tokyo
Arima Hot Springs
40 min by train
30 min by train
Kobe
1:15 from Tokyo
2:15 from Okinawa
1:50 from Sapporo
Awaji Island
20 min by train
Osaka
20 min
Kobe Airport
30 min
by high-speed boat
65 min by bus
Kansai Int’l Airport
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Outline of Hyogo
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Basic data
Area: 8,396 km2 (12th in Japan)
Population: 5.57 million (7th in Japan)
Real GDP: 20 trillion 631.4 billion yen
= 257.5 billion dollars
*Almost as large as that of Finland
Toyooka
豊岡
日本海
姫路
Himeji
神戸
Kobe
太平洋
The purple area is a
Government
Ordinance City,
pink areas are cities,
yellow areas are
towns. Total 29
cities and 12 towns.
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Symbols of Hyogo
Oriental White Stork
Special Natural Monument of Japan
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Nojigiku (Wild Chrysanthemum)
Small, white or yellow flowers bloom in mid
November. Hyogo is the northern and eastern
limit of its wild habitat.
Camphor Laurel
Large evergreen tree in
Lauraceae family. Produces
unique smell from branches and
leaves.
Hyogo’s Mascot: Habatan
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Enjoyable experiences in Hyogo
“gourmet, sightseeing, hot springs, and more…”
For
Tourists
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“Gourmet Kingdom” Hyogo
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Cake lovers’ paradise, Kobe
Universally acclaimed “Kobe Beef”
Matsuba crab
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Akashi Sea Bream
Awaji Puffer Fish
Akashi Octopus
Oysters from Harimanada
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【Kobe】 Nada–
Japanese Sake Brewery Area
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Nada is the largest sake brewing area in Japan.
It occupies 30% share of the sake production market in Japan.
Many of the traditional brewers present their old breweries as museums.
Sake tasting is also available.
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The “B-Class” Local Gourmet Foods in Hyogo
Steamed pork buns
(Nankinmachi in Kobe)
Himeji Oden
(Himeji)
Bokkake
(Nagata in Kobe)
Katsumeshi (Cutlet
on rice) (Kakogawa)
Tamago-yaki
(Akashi)
Pan-fried udon noodles
with organ meats (Sayo)
【Kobe】
Night View from Mt. Rokko
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One of three most beautiful night views in Japan
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【Kobe】
The Longest Suspension Bridge in the World
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The longest suspension bridge, the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (3,911 m)
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【Awaji】 Flowery
Island Awaji
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Awaji Yumebutai
Entire park designed by Ando Tadao
Awaji Hanasajiki
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【Awaji】 Naruto
Whirlpools
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Awaji Puppet Theater
Naruto Whirlpools - One of world’s biggest whirlpools
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【Himeji】 Himeji
Castle - World Heritage site
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The Greatest Castle in Japan: Himeji Castle
(World Heritage)
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【Himeji】 Engyoji
Temple
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Engyoji Temple on Mt. Shosha: “The Last Samurai” shooting location
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【Kobe】 Takarazuka
Area
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Takarazuka Revue
- one of the most popular shows in Japan
Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum
“The father” of Japanese animation
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【Kobe】 Arima
Hot Springs
-The greatest hot springs in Japan
Beautiful Hyogo
Only 30 minutes from downtown Kobe
Two types of spring water: gold-colored and transparent
Traditional performing arts by 13 geisha
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Seasonal Events in Hyogo
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Nada Fighting
Festival
Ako Samurai
Festival
Kobe Luminarie
Sakura festivals in various
locations
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Enjoy Skiing in Hyogo!
Sites Open from Dec. to Mar.
Harima
・Chikusa Kogen Ski Ground
・Banshu Tokura Snow Park
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Tajima
・Kannabe Kogen Ski Ground
・Hachi Kita Ski Ground
・Hyper Bowl Tohachi Ski Ground
・New Ojiro Ski Ground
・Mikata Snow Park
・Tajima Bokujo Koen Ski Ground
・Wakasugi Kogen Ohya Ski
Ground…And more!
KOBE
・Mt Rokko Ski Ground
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Seasonal Events in Hyogo
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Kinosaki Hot Springs:
Relax as you stroll around
the nation’s top hot spring
destination
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Matsuba Crab
Copyight © Hyogo Prefectural Government
Exciting Shopping Spot “Kobe”
Kobe Downtown Area
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Lovely cafes and shops
Kobe Bay shopping site
Department stores
Outlet Mall
Arima Hot Springs
Kobe downtown
Marine Pia
Kobe
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
Kobe Sanda Premium Outlets
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Fruitful experiences in Hyogo
For Business
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Appeals of Hyogo:
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Domestic & international trasnportation network
Three domestic/international airports (to 73 cities in 27 countries;
26 cities in Japan)
◆ Gateway to the world:
Kansai Int’l Airport
Kansai Int’l
Airport
Kansai Int’l Airport
Kobe Airport
◆Domestic hubs:
Osaka-Itami & Kobe Airports
Three airports in Kansai
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Appeals of Hyogo: Social infrastructureBeautiful Hyogo
Traffic & logistics network
Tajima Airport
Shinkansen
Port of Kobe
Kobe Airport
Osaka Int’l Airport
Kansai Int’l Airport
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Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
Appeals of Hyogo:
State-of-the-art Science & Technology Bases
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Inspiring innovation by connecting Hyogo’s two intellectual creation bases
Cutting costs & time for new drug discovery
Highly functional/reliable next-generation batteries and energy conservation
materials
Harima Science Garden
City
- Global radiation research hub
- Large-scale synchrotron
radiation facility SPring-8
- X-ray Free Electron Laser
facility SACLA
Kobe Biomedical
Innovation Cluster
○Himeji
Global life science
research hub
K supercomputer
4th fastest in the world
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Cutting-edge S&T facilities
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Large-scale Synchrotron Radiation Facility SPring-8 (Since Oct. 1997)
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A large synchrotron radiation facility located in Harima Science Garden City that can produce
the world’s most powerful synchrotron radiation (1,000,000,000 times brighter than X-rays).
The radiation is widely used for research into nanotechnology and biotechnology, as well as
for industrial uses.
X-ray Free Electron Laser Facility (SACLA) (Since Mar. 2012)
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Succeeded for the first time in oscillating the world’s shortest wavelength X-ray laser (1.2 Å)
through the use of XFEL in June 2011.
Capable of capturing instantaneous movements of substances at an atomic level, thus capable of
observing very short period reactions enabling R&D of new materials
K Supercomputer (Since Sep. 2012)
・ RIKEN established the world’s fastest performing ultra-high speed computational system
in Kobe (Port Island) as one of the “Key Technologies of National Importance.”
Versatile Usage: (1) Manufacturing, (2) Nanotechnology, (3) Disaster Risk Reduction,
(4) Aviation/Space, (5) Life science, (6) Earth Science
SPring-8
& SACLA
K Supercomputer
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Cutting-edge S&T facilities
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Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster
■ A core facility for the life science industry under an academia-industry-government partnership
in the Keihanshin area:
◆Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation ◆RIKEN (Molecular Imaging Science Research Center & Center for Developmental Biology, etc.)
Kobe is Home to 14 cluster bases!
• 272 top-class research
organizations and medical
related companies in
Hyogo/Kobe
(out of which 24 are foreign/foreignaffiliated companies)
Corporate Research Facilities
・ Boehringer Ingelheim Japan (Germany)
・ Johnson & Johnson K.K (U.S.A.)
・ GE Healthcare Japan (U.S.A.)
・ Olympus (Japan)
［As of the end of Apr. 2014]
Creating New Technology & Industries – Hyogo’s Efforts
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Formation of Hyogo-Kobe Science Cluster
Council meetings are held by academic, industrial and governmental organizations located in Kobe Port Island in
order to promote organic partnership of research facilities and researchers.
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Encourage activities of Hyogo Industry-Academia-Government Coordinators
Hyogo promotes activities to reinforce the coordinator network and improve their skills in ways corresponding to
industrial and academic partnership demands from companies and universities. This is with the aim of fostering the
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growth of industry through industry-academic-government partnerships.
A Wealth of Manufacturing Industries
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► From Heavy Industry to SMEs
・Total product shipment is approx. 14 trillion 347 billion yen, National share of 5.0％
(ranked 5th in the nation）
(Source: 2012 Industrial Statistics)
\301.2 bil.
(Toyooka)
Power Generation
Turbines
Solar Panels
Li-ion Batteries
Railway vehicle electric equipment
\588.2 bil.
\7 trillion
589.5 bil
Car Navigation
\5 trillion710.1
bil.
(Himeji and
Kakogawa)
Ironmaking/steel plates
Motorcycles
Thin TV Panels
\186.5 bil.
Hyogo Total Shipment:
\14 trillion 347 bil.
Nickel batteries
Railway Vehicles
Ships
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A Wealth of Manufacturing Industries
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Top-class companies in global niche market
Many “Global Niche Top Companies” aiming at the top share in niche fields of
growing markets are located in Hyogo.
〔Examples〕
・Sysmex Corporation
・Teikoku Electric
Mfg. Co. Ltd
・Nakamura Koki
Co, Ltd.
Medical testing equipment
(Hematology analyzer)
Canned motor pump for
chemical agents, etc.
Accumulator
・Tacmina
Corporation
・Itoh Denki
Co., Ltd.
・Furuno
Electric
Co., Ltd.
Precision pump
Internally motorized conveyor
roller
Radar for ships
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Foreign/Foreign-Affiliated Companies
in Hyogo
Number of Foreign Companies’ HQs
Number
Recent FDIs in Hyogo
件数
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
27
25
25
０７
０８
０９
・近年の主な進出企業
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320 companies have invested in
Hyogo since1998
(Research by International Economic Development Division,
Hyogo Prefectural Government)
Major companies recently moved in
Airbus Helicopters Japan
(France, 2012)
Umicore Japan (Belgium, 2011)
IKEA Japan (Sweden, 2008)
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Prefecture
No. of HQs of
foreign companies
National share (%)
1
Tokyo
2,331
75.5
2
Kanagawa
277
9.0
3
Osaka
123
4.0
4
Hyogo
82
2.7
5
Chiba
50
1.6
6
Aichi
36
1.2
7
Saitama
33
1.1
8
Shizuoka
18
0.6
Others
136
4.4
Total
3,086
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(Toyo Keizai Inc. “Foreign affiliated companies in Japan,
a comprehensive directory 2012”
Costco Wholesale Japan
(USA, 2012)
Air Liquide Japan
(France, 2008)
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To Expand Economic Exchange
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Hyogo-Kobe International Business Square
(Kobe Commerce, Industry and Trade Center Building)
Hyogo International Business Center (HIBC)
Hyogo-Kobe Investment Support Center (HKIS)
http://www.hyogo-kobe.jp/his/
Kobe Asian Business Support Center (KABSC)
http://www.city-kobe-asiabiz.com/
One-stop Service
http://www.hyogo-kobe.jp/hibc/
JETRO Invest Japan Business Support Center (IBSC Kobe)
http://www.jetro.go.jp/invest/ibsc/locations/
Hyogo Business Support Center in Tokyo
http://www.hyogo-kobe.jp/his/profile.html
Todofuken Kaikan Building (Chiyoda ward, Tokyo)
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Hyogo’s Overseas Network
Enhancing
economic functions
of Hyogo's overseas
offices
Increasing/enhancing
functions of Hyogo
International Business
Support Desks
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・Develop systems of cooperation with local
specialists (legal, tax, accounting) through overseas
offices
・Additional offices in major Asian cities, in
cooperation with local private sectors
・Strengthen consulting functions in cooperation
with local specialists
Support Hyogobased
companies in
business &
sales channel
expansion
International Business Support Desks
The European
Representative
Office of Hyogo
Prefecture (Paris)
China (Guangdong,
Shanghai, Dalian), Vietnam
(Ho Chi Minh), India (Delhi)
Indonesia (Jakarta), Thailand
(Bangkok)
The Hyogo Business and
Cultural Center (Washington)
Hyogo Business and
Tourism Centre (Hong
Kong)
Hyogo Prefectural Government
Culture Centre (Western Australia)
Governo da Provincia de
Hyogo-Japao Escritorio no
Brasil
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Fruitful experiences in Hyogo
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Comfortable Living Environment
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for All
100,000 expatriates from 142 countries live in Hyogo.
Hyogo has long accepted many expatriates and as such, boasts a
comfortable living environment for all.
Education
12 international schools
(Canadian Academy, Kobe Chinese School,
Deutsche Schule Kobe, Marist Brothers
International School, etc.)
Medical care
4,000 medical institutions
accessible in foreign
languages
Consultation service
Information and Advisory
Service Center
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Comfortable Living Environment
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for All
There are many foreign students studying abroad in
universities in Hyogo.
Number of foreign students in universities, graduate
schools, colleges, high schools, etc: Approx. 5,100 (8th
largest in Japan)
Universities in Hyogo with 100 or more foreign students
studying abroad
Name
Undergraduate
Graduate
school
University of Hyogo
Research
students
Total
Kobe Univ.
107
720
328
1,155
Kwansei Gakuin Univ.
462
124
117
703
Univ. of Marketing and
Distribution Sciences
367
41
50
458
Japan Univ. of Economics
373
Kobe International Univ.
282
Univ. of Hyogo
373
79
361
59
97
20
176
Himeji Dokkyo Univ.
152
12
10
174
Ashiya Univ.
100
1
2
103
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Comfortable Living Environment
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for All
Various religious facilities show that Hyogo has a long history of
welcoming expatriates.
Religion
Many religious facilities
within 5 km radius in
Kobe City
Kitano Church
Kobe Muslim Mosque
Jewish church
Chua Hoa
Lac
(Vietnamese
temple)
Kanteibyo
Jain Temple
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Comfortable Living Environment
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for All
Hyogo is home to many foreign communities.
Foreign Communities
Kobe Club, Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club,
Comunidade Brasileira de Kansai, Comunidad
Latina Hyogo, etc.
Native language class
by Comunidad Latina
Hyogo
Comunidade Brasileira
Kansai (CBK)
Kobe Regatta &
Athletic Club
Salon Carnival by CBK
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Kobe Club
A Destination Every Visitor Will Love
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