兵库 Traditional form: 兵庫 Pinyin (reading): Bīngkù Definitions: Hyōgo prefecture in the midwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州 ( Běnzhōu) Characters: 兵 - soldier; troops, an army; warlike 库 - armory, treasury, warehouse Traditional characters: 兵 - soldier; troops, an army; warlike 庫 - armory, treasury, warehouse