Hyogoology

Description: Hyogoology is a English documentary project (International) that explores research and development of Japanese Culture (National). Connecting and understanding of different areas of Hyogo Prefecture (Region) through Hyogo Culture (Prefectoral) of both Urban and Rural. The focus of port-city Yoshoku heritage, Tajima beef (Tajima-gyu 但馬牛), ancient hot-spring culture and bathhouse lore (yuna 湯女), or traditional incense craft (senko 線香 / yuki 雪) on Awaji Island. The intention is to unpack history, daily life, and cultural importance moving seamlessly from the popular to the obscure, the local to the foreign. Hyogoology involves deep research through appreciative understanding, deep analysis, ground-level perspectives of what's going on from young to old. And it seeks to understand Hyogo as intimately to respect those who have been there, stayed there, or live there for a lifetime. The goal is to turn what seems ordinary to locals into the fascinating by showing how even ev...