page_title: Hyōgo Prefecture
section_title: Sports
hierarchical_section_title: Hyōgo Prefecture / Sports
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 阪神×オリックスのオープン戦。京セラドーム大阪にて。
context_page_description: Hyōgo Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 and has a geographic area of 8,400 km². Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, and Okayama Prefecture and Tottori Prefecture to the west.
  Kōbe is the capital and largest city of Hyōgo Prefecture, and the sixth-largest city in Japan, with other major cities including Himeji, Nishinomiya, and Amagasaki. Hyōgo Prefecture's mainland stretches from the Sea of Japan to the Seto Inland Sea, where Awaji Island and a small archipelago of islands belonging to the prefecture are located. Hyōgo Prefecture is a major economic center, transportation hub, and tourist destination in western Japan, with 20% of the prefecture's land area designated as Natural Parks. Hyōgo Prefecture forms part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area, the second-most-populated urban region in Japan after the Greater Tokyo area and one of the world's most productive regions by GDP.
context_section_description: The sports teams listed below are based in Hyōgo.
  Football (soccer)
  Vissel Kobe  (Kobe)
  INAC Kobe Leonessa (Women's) (Kobe)
  Baseball
  Orix Buffaloes  (Kobe)
  Hanshin Tigers  (Nishinomiya)
  Volleyball
  Hisamitsu Springs  (Kobe)
  JT Marvelous  (NIshinomiya)
  Rugby
  Kobelco Steelers  (Kobe)
  World Fighting Bull  (Kobe)
  Basketball
  Hyogo Storks (Kobe)
caption: Kyocera Dome Osaka.
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