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The Kurokawa Institute of Ancient Cultures (黒川古文化研究所, Kurokawa Kobunka Kenkyūjo) is a private research institute in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan that preserves, researches, publishes, and exhibits materials relating to the arts, crafts, archaeology, history, and cultures of East Asia, in particular China and Japan. Established in 1950, the Institute relocated from Ashiya to Nishinomiya in 1974. The collection numbers some 8,500 works (20,000 individual items).

Ashiya College (芦屋学園短期大学, Ashiya Gakuen Tanki Daigaku) is a private junior college in Ashiya, Hyōgo, Japan.

Ashiya University (芦屋大学, Ashiya daigaku) is a private university in Ashiya, Hyōgo, Japan, founded in 1964.

The Kitayama Botanical Garden (北山緑化植物園, Kitayama Ryokka Shokubutsuen), sometimes called the Nigawa Botanical Garden, is a botanical garden located at 6-14-15 Nigawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan. The garden is next to Kabutoyama Forest Park at Mount Kabutoyama, and contains a greenhouse, flower collections, and cherry trees.

Kitayama No.1 Dam (Japanese: 北山第１ダム) is an earthfill dam located in Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for water supply. The catchment area of the dam is 5 km2. The dam impounds about 13 ha of land when full and can store 1185 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1965 and completed in 1968.

Kitayama No.4 Dam (Japanese: 北山第４ダム) is an earthfill dam located in Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for water supply. The catchment area of the dam is 5 km2. The dam impounds about 13 ha of land when full and can store 1185 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1965 and completed in 1968.

The Hōrai Valley (蓬莱峡, Hōrai-kyō) is a geographical area that is located in the Rokkō Mountains, Hyōgo, Japan. This valley is a part of Setonaikai National Park in Japan. The name of Hōrai Valley coming from a name of the mountain in a mystical land found in Chinese mythology.

The Yodokō Guest House was built as the summer villa for the well-to-do brewer of Sakura-Masamune sake, Tazaemon Yamamura, and is the only surviving Frank Lloyd Wright residence in Japan. The guest house was designed in 1918, and construction was completed in 1924.Set into a hilltop in Ashiya, overlooking the Port of Kobe in western Japan, the villa demonstrates Wright's genius for spatial composition: although it has four levels, none is taller than two stories. By stepping the house into the hill, Wright took advantage of the extraordinary views of Osaka Bay the site offered. The exterior evokes Wright's Los Angeles textile block houses, but its decorative blocks are of Oya stone, not concrete.In 1947, the house became the property of Yodogawa Steel Works, Ltd., and was used as an official residence for the company president. It was the first Taishō period building in Japan to be named an Important Cultural Property, in 1974. It was opened to the public as Yodokō Guest House in 1989. The building was damaged due to the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995, but was subsequently repaired and has been re-opened.

Koshikiiwa Jinja (越木岩神社, Koshikiiwa-jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan. The other name of this shrine is Ebisu Daijingū. The focus of this shrine is a megalith called 'Koshiki-iwa', literally, 'Rice Steamer Rock', because ancient Japanese thought the shape resembled a traditional rice steamer. The height of the megalith is 10 metres with a circumference of 40 metres. The grounds of this shrine also include an outdoor sumo dohyo and a stage, possibly used for kagura.

Ashiyagawa Station (芦屋川駅, Ashiyagawa-eki, station number: HK-10) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company Hankyu Railway.

Konan Women's University (甲南女子大学, Kōnan joshi daigaku) is a private women's college in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1920, and it was chartered as a junior college in 1955. In 1964 it became a four-year college.

Kobe Pharmaceutical University (神戸薬科大学, Kobe yakka daigaku) is a private university in Higashinada, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1930, and it was chartered as a women's college in 1949. In 1994 the school became coeducational, adopting the present name.