Hyogo Ken Postal code

Hygo Prefecture is a prefecture in Japan. It is in the Kansai region of the country's main island, Honshu. There are 5,469,762 people in Hygo Prefecture as of June 2019. It has an area of 8,400 square kilometres (3,200 sq mi). In the east, Hygo Prefecture is near Kyoto Prefecture. In the southeast, Hygo Prefecture is near Osaka Prefecture and Okayama Prefecture. There are a lot of big cities in Hyogo Prefecture, including Kbe, which is the capital and largest one. Kbe is also the seventh-largest city in Japan. The mainland of Hygo Prefecture goes from the Sea of Japan to the Seto Inland Sea, where Awaji Island and a small group of islands belong to the prefecture. Hygo Prefecture is a major economic centre, transportation hub, and tourist destination in western Japan. It has 20% of its land area designated as Natural Parks, which is a lot. People live in Hyogo Prefecture, which is part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area, which is the second-most-populated urban area in Japan after the Greater Tokyo area. It is also one of the world's most productive places by GDP.