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Where to stay in Hyōgo Prefecture

This guide covers 18 destinations in Hyōgo Prefecture, a first-level administrative division of Japan, with 106 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Kobe, Himeji and Nishinomiya. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Osaka Itami International Airport (ITM).

Destinations in this guide
18
Places to stay
106
Main airport
ITMOsaka Itami International Airport
Currency
JPYyen
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo

Destinations

Destinations in Hyōgo Prefecture

Every destination in this guide in Hyōgo Prefecture, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.

DestinationPopulationPlaces to stayBest monthsNearest airport
Kobe1,521,70738UKB · 7 km
Ashiya94,11619ITM · 14 km
Toyooka77,00515TJH · 5 km
Himeji527,59610UKB · 53 km
Akashi299,69910UKB · 21 km
Amagasaki455,5555ITM · 6 km
Sanda109,2432ITM · 23 km
Tamba60,8242TJH · 44 km
Nishinomiya487,0101ITM · 10 km
Takarazuka224,0551ITM · 8 km
Miki74,2551UKB · 28 km
Akō45,4731OKJ · 49 km
Aioi28,3501OKJ · 56 km
Kakogawa260,595UKB · 38 km
Itami198,522ITM · 4 km
Kawanishi152,076ITM · 11 km
Takasago87,220UKB · 42 km
Tatsuno73,952OKJ · 64 km

Where to stay

Places to stay in Hyōgo Prefecture

10 places to stay in Hyōgo Prefecture from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.

Place to stayWhereType
Toyoko Inn Aioi-eki Shinkansen-guchi
2-17 Hongo-cho, Aioi city, 678-0006
hotel
Aioihotel
Toyoko Inn Banshu Ako Ekimae
30-19 Kariya, Ako city, 678-0239
hotel
Akōhotel
Toyoko Inn Hanshin Amagasaki Ekimae
19 Misono-cho, Amagasaki city, 660-0861
hotel
Amagasakihotel
Toyoko Inn Himeji-eki Shinkansen Kita-guchi
52-2 Nishiekimaecho, Himeji city, 670-0913
hotel
Himejihotel
Toyoko Inn Himeji-eki Shinkansen Minami-guchi
97 Ekimae-cho, Minami, Himeji city, 670-0962
hotel
Himejihotel
Toyoko Inn JR Kobe-eki Kita-guchi
5-17-3 Aioi-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe city, 650-0025
hotel
Kobehotel
Toyoko Inn Kobe Minatogawa Koen
32-13 Fukuhara-cho, Hyogo-ku, Kobe city, 652-0036
hotel
Kobehotel
Toyoko Inn Kobe Sannomiya Ekimae
4-3-8 Nunobiki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, 651-0097
hotel
Kobehotel
Toyoko Inn Kobe Sannomiya-eki Higashi
2-2-2 Gokoudoori, Chuouku, Kobe City, 651-0087
hotel
Kobehotel
Toyoko Inn Kobe Sannomiya-eki Shiyakusho Mae
4-1-3 Hachimandori ,Chuo ard, Kobe city, 651-0085
hotel
Kobehotel

Where to stay

More hotels in Hyōgo Prefecture

96 hotels in Hyōgo Prefecture recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.

When to go

Best time to visit Hyōgo Prefecture

From the climate of 18 destinations in Hyōgo Prefecture with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.

MonthComfortable destinationsTypical highTypical rainfall
January0 of 189 °C56 mm
February0 of 189 °C66 mm
March0 of 1813 °C108 mm
April0 of 1819 °C109 mm
May0 of 1824 °C135 mm
June0 of 1827 °C188 mm
July0 of 1831 °C184 mm
August0 of 1832 °C107 mm
September0 of 1828 °C196 mm
October0 of 1823 °C119 mm
November0 of 1817 °C70 mm
December0 of 1811 °C58 mm

Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).

Getting there

Airports serving Hyōgo Prefecture

The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Hyōgo Prefecture name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.

large airport · Osaka

ITM · Osaka Itami International Airport

Nearest for 7 destinationsNamed by 15 destinations3.7 km from the closest
large airport · Kobe

UKB · Kobe Airport

Nearest for 6 destinationsNamed by 16 destinations6.9 km from the closest
large airport · Okayama

OKJ · Okayama Momotaro Airport

Nearest for 3 destinationsNamed by 3 destinations49 km from the closest
medium airport · Toyooka

TJH · Konotori Tajima Airport

Nearest for 2 destinationsNamed by 3 destinations4.6 km from the closest
large airport · Osaka

KIX · Kansai International Airport

Named by 13 destinations30 km from the closest
large airport · Tokushima

TKS · Tokushima Awaodori Airport / JMSDF Tokushima Air Base

Named by 2 destinations72 km from the closest
medium airport · Tottori

TTJ · Tottori Sand Dunes Conan Airport

Named by 1 destination59 km from the closest
large airport · Takamatsu

TAK · Takamatsu Airport

Named by 1 destination69 km from the closest

Good to know

Public holidays in Hyōgo Prefecture, 2026

Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).

Nationwide in Japan

1 Jan · New Year's Day12 Jan · Coming of Age Day11 Feb · Foundation Day23 Feb · Emperor's Birthday20 Mar · Vernal Equinox Day29 Apr · Showa Day3 May · Constitution Day4 May · Greenery Day5 May · Children's Day6 May · Substitute Holiday20 Jul · Marine Day11 Aug · Mountain Day21 Sept · Respect for the Aged Day22 Sept · National Holiday23 Sept · Autumnal Equinox Day12 Oct · Sports Day3 Nov · Culture Day23 Nov · Labor Thanksgiving Day

Nearby

Regions near Hyōgo Prefecture

Other regions of Japan with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.

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Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.