page_title: Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
section_title: Hyogo Canals
hierarchical_section_title: Hyōgo-ku, Kobe / Geography / Hyogo Canals
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 兵庫運河（兵庫県神戸市兵庫区）。御崎橋より東方向を撮影。 English: Hyōgo Canal(Hyōgo-ku,Kobe,Hyogo,Japan)
context_page_description: Hyogo is one of nine wards of Kobe in Japan. It has an area of 14.56 km² and a population of 106,322.
  The area's location with a natural harbour near the Akashi Strait which links Osaka Bay and the Seto inland sea has been an important location throughout the history of Japan. The capital of Japan was located in the area for a short period in the 12th century. Today the area is an important manufacturing zone.
  The modern ward of Hyogo was formed as Sōsai-ku when the City of Kobe adopted the system of wards in 1931. Its name was changed to Hyogo in 1933 and its current boundaries were settled in 1971. The floral emblem of the ward is the pansy.
context_section_description: The Hyogo Unga is the generic name for the network of five canals located along the southern coast of Hyogo and Nagata Wards, facing Osaka Bay. The canals have a total length of 6,470 metres and total area of almost 34 hectares, making it one of the largest canal networks in Japan. They were first planned in the 1870s and completed in December 1899.
  The five canals are:
  Shinkawa Canal – The first canal to be completed, it was built between 1874 and 1876.
  Hyogo Canal
  Hyogo Feeder Canal
  Karumojima Canal – The longest canal at 2,200m.
  Shinminatogawa Canal – The shortest canal at 320m.
caption: Hyogo Canal
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