Source: UNISDR Disaster Risk Reduction
Mission Toyooka City is a city located in the northern part of Hyogo Prefecture (Tajima region). It is under the jurisdiction of the Tajima Prefectural Bureau. It is the central city of the northern part of the prefecture and the Tajima region that forms the Toyooka metropolitan area, and is the largest city in Hyogo Prefecture in terms of area.
May 23, 1925 (Taisho 14) – The Kita-Tajima earthquake (Kita-Tajima Great Earthquake) caused damage to Toyooka Town, Kinosaki Town, Kinosaki Town, and Minato Village in Kinosaki County. In particular, about 1,500 houses on the main street of Toyooka Town were completely burned down.
The 1925 North Tajima earthquake created severe damage in Toyooka, with official government reports, indicating that there were 428 fatalities, 1,016 injuries, 7,863 buildings destroyed, and 45,659 houses damaged by collapse or fire.