28220 ／ かさいし
Hyogo PrefectureOne of the 459 faces looks like your parent's.
Five Hundred Rakan of Hojo01 ／ Stone buddhas
The Five Hundred Rakan of Hojo, at Rakan-ji (羅漢寺), number 459 stone figures. People have long said that among all those different faces one always resembles your parent or your child. They are thought to date from the early 17th century, made when Sagami-ji was rebuilt, and became a prefectural cultural property in 2018.
02 ／ National treasure
The three-storey pagoda of Ichijo-ji (一乗寺) on Mount Hokke is a National Treasure. An inscription on its finial bowl reads 1171, making it the oldest surviving pagoda in Hyogo. Old forms and newer techniques sit side by side in it, down to the slight upward curve of the third roof.
03 ／ Sky
In 2016 the city passed the Balloon-Flying Town of Kasai Ordinance: the mild weather and varied local winds suit ballooning. Under the same sky stood the Uzurano airfield (鶉野飛行場) of the Himeji naval air group, for about three years from 1943 to the end of the war.
Living here
There is no JR station in the city: the Hojo Railway runs 22 minutes from Ao to Hojomachi. Highway and local buses reach Hojo directly from Osaka, Sannomiya and Himeji.
−3.6% since 2015
51,706 → 42,700
85.26km² of it habitable
2024
2.6 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
7.5 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow 市公式「交通アクセス」が掲載している値 (checked 2026-09-23). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
19.8km
If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.
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