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Hygototsu

Hyogo Prefectural Museum Garden is located in the birthplace of Hyogo Prefecture. The first Hyogo Prefectural Government Building complete with its own Japanese garden and jail behind the building - a restoration of the first Hyogo Prefectural Office. The dry landscape garden in the first prefectural office building called Hygotottsu In the Nara period, Gyoki was involved in the construction. It is essentially a replica of the First Prefectural Government Building based on old drawings and paintings. In front of the old prefectural office, there is a Japanese garden composed of pine tree, gentle moss, artificial hills make up a dry landscape garden with many garden stones that represent the islands of the Seto Inland Sea leading to Hyogo. The five islands of moss and stonework represent the five countries: Settsu, Harima, Tajima, Tamba, and Awaji) that make up Hyogo Prefecture. Garden stones and gravel from Hyogo Prefecture, such as Rokko granite, were used for the stones, and the moss covering the islands, which is relatively resistant to tides.

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Hyogo Prefectural Museum Garden is located in the birthplace of Hyogo Prefecture. The first Hyogo Prefectural Government Building complete with its own Japanese garden and jail behind the building - a restoration of the first Hyogo Prefectural Office. The dry landscape garden in the first prefectural office building called Hygotottsu In the Nara period, Gyoki was involved in the construction. It is essentially a replica of the First Prefectural Government Building based on old drawings and paintings. In front of the old prefectural office, there is a Japanese garden composed of pine tree, gentle moss, artificial hills make up a dry landscape garden with many garden stones that represent the islands of the Seto Inland Sea leading to Hyogo. The five islands of moss and stonework represent the five countries: Settsu, Harima, Tajima, Tamba, and Awaji) that make up Hyogo Prefecture. Garden stones and gravel from Hyogo Prefecture, such as Rokko granite, were used for the stones, and the moss covering the islands, which is relatively resistant to tides.