Tajima Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Hyōgo Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tajima" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 930. It was sometimes called . 

The province had borders with Harima, Inaba, Tamba, and Tango provinces.

The ancient provincial capital city was near Hidaka.  

History
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures.  The maps of Japan and Tajima Province were reformed in the 1870s.Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.

Shrines and Temples
Izushi jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Tajima."Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 ; retrieved 2012-1-17.

Related pages
 Provinces of Japan
 Prefectures of Japan
 List of regions of Japan
 List of islands of Japan

References

Other websites 

  Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

Category:Former provinces of Japan
Category:Hyōgo Prefecture