Category: Hyogo Prefecture

Toyooka is a rural city in northern Hyogo, off the beaten path from Kobe and Himeji in southern Hyogo. The city’s famous symbol seen everywhere in town is the Oriental white stork or “kounotori“ in Japanese. The storks are elegant birds when soaring in the air with their huge wings spread across. These photos were taken at the Hyogo Park

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In Oct. 2018, I visited Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture for the first time. Famous for the Oriental white stork, Toyooka turned out to be a great tourist town with lots to see besides the beautiful storks. Toyooka is about a 2.5-hour express train ride north of Osaka or Kyoto Station. First on my list for Toyooka was the Hyogo Park of

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