Hyogo

Hyogo Prefecture is so diverse that it is sometimes called a microcosm of Japan. It has a wide range of tourist attractions, including the World Heritage Site Himeji Castle, hot spring resorts such as Arima and Kinosaki, Japanese sake made in Japan’s largest sake-producing region, and Kobe beef, an internationally renowned brand. There are also many facilities related to anime and manga, such as the Tezuka Osamu Manga Museum in Takarazuka, where you can experience making anime while coming into contact with the works of Tezuka Osamu, the Amako Sobei Manga Gallery in Amagasaki, which has an exhibition space centred around the original drawings of ‘Rantaro the Dropout Ninja’, and the Nijigen no Mori in Awaji Island, where you can enjoy attractions based on motifs from Japan’s representative anime works.

Recommended facility

Amako Soubei Manga Gallery

This gallery mainly introduces the original drawings of the manga artist Amago Saubei, who was born and lives in Amagasaki, and his work ‘Rantaro the RakuDai Ninja’. In addition to the exhibition space, which makes use of a former primary school building to create the image of a ‘ninja academy’, there is also a purchasing department (goods sales corner) where original products are sold and a space for fans to meet and mingle.

Nijigen no Mori

‘An anime park where visitors can experience the world of ‘two-dimensional content’ such as anime, manga and games, located in Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Island Park, just across the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge.
Attractions that make you feel as if you have entered the world of the works, and activities that follow the world view of two-dimensional content add ‘new value’ to anime and other Cool Japan content, and can only be found here. You can have a unique ‘two-dimensional experience’ here.

Booth in EXPO

Various local products from Hyogo Prefecture will be on sale, as well as special limited edition goods from the Amago Saubei Manga Gallery!
There will also be a tasting event of fruit onion soup from Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, made from original fruit onions grown using special methods!