Shingū, Hyōgo
Shingū was a town located in Ibo District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 17,139 and a density of 172.16 persons per km². The total area was 99.55 km².
On October 1, 2005, Shingū, along with the towns of Ibogawa and Mitsu, was merged into the expanded city of Tatsuno.
The town of Shingū lied approximately 35 km west of the city of Himeji. The town consisted of numerous old homes of traditional Japanese design and sits among abundant rice fields. The town is surrounded on three sides by mountains of several hundred feet.
