Hankyu railway阪急電鉄 阪急alternative words: Hankyu dentetsu, Hankyu tetsudo keywords: company , osaka , railroad related topics: Osaka city , Kobe city , Kyoto city , Takarazuka city related web sites: http://www.hankyu.co.jp explanation: Railway company serving 3 major cities of Kinki region, i.e. Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe. Founded in 1907, it has developed quickly thanks to an innovative idea of Kobayashi Ichizo, i.e. to build real estate properties along railroads and department stores at terminus. The company owns many bus lines and distribution business too. Hanshin electric railway阪神電気鉄道 阪神電鉄 阪神alternative words: Hanshin denki tetsudo, Hanshin dentetsu keywords: company , osaka , railroad related topics: Osaka city , Kobe city related web sites: http://www.hanshin.co.jp explanation: Railway company serving the highly urbanized zone between Osaka and Kobe cities. Founded in 1899, it owns bus lines and department stores too. Hanshin is also highly implicated in baseball business as the owner of Koshien stadium and a professional baseball team. Itami airport伊丹空港 伊丹飛行場 大阪国際空港 伊丹alternative words: Osaka airport, Itami international airport, Osaka international airport, Itami keywords: airport , osaka related topics: Osaka prefecture , Hyogo prefecture related web sites: http://www.osaka-airport.co.jp explanation: Located between Hyogo and Osaka prefectures in a highly urbanized zone and highly frequented, this airport was a center of many court struggles to stop nightly landing until 80s. Since the opening of Kansai airport in 1994, the airport is reserved for internal flights. You can reach there by using a monorail coming from Kadoma city. Kansai Airport関西空港 関西国際空港 関空alternative words: Kanku, Kansai international airport keywords: airport , osaka related topics: Osaka prefecture , Nankai electric railway , Itami airport , Kansai region , Osaka bay related web sites: http://www.kansai-airport.or.jp explanation: Principal airport of Osaka and its environment. Initial airport of Osaka, Itami being saturated, the government decided to build a new airport. In order to avoid the same mistake as Narita, the airport has been built off the coast of south Osaka on Osaka Bay and opened in 1994. It has one runway and the second is under construction. You can reach there from Osaka's downtown (Naniwa or Tenoji stations) by train or bus (between 1 hour and 30 minutes of trip) Kansai region関西地方 近畿地方 関西 近畿alternative words: Kansai area, Kansai, Kinki region, Kinki area, Kinki keywords: kyoto , nara , osaka , region related topics: Kyoto prefecture , Osaka prefecture , Hyogo prefecture , Hakone , Kanto region related web sites: http://www.senri-i.or.jp/kansai/ explanation: Kansai region is the old political center of Japan. It includes actual Hyogo, Kyoto, Shiga, Osaka, Nara, Mie and Wakayama prefectures. Though the political center of Japan has moved to Tokyo, it still owns 3 cities of more than 1 million inhabitants (Kobe, Osaka and Kyoto) and remains the second Japanese economic and industrial area. Kansai means " west of customs barrier" which was at Mt Hakone, while Kinki means "near the capital" which was Kyoto. Kinki nippon railway近畿日本鉄道 近鉄alternative words: Kinki nippon tetsudo, Kinki nihon tetsudo, Kintetsu keywords: company , nara , osaka , railroad related topics: KNT , Osaka city , Nara prefecture , Nagoya city related web sites: http://www.kintetsu.co.jp explanation: Owing many lines in Kinki region around Osaka, Nara and Nagoya, Kintetsu is the biggest private railroad company after JR group. It was founded in 1944 and has diversified its activity to different business such as bus lines, real estates, department stores and leisure lands. It owns "Kinki nippon tourist bureau" too. Nakanoshima island中之島alternative words: Nakanoshima, Nakano shima, Naka no shima keywords: district , island , osaka related topics: Osaka city related web sites: http://www.ncs.co.jp/nakanoshima/ , http://www.mydome.or.jp/nakanoshimalib/ explanation: A tiny island located inside Yodo river in Osaka city and near Osaka castle. Town hall, Osaka university, Bank of Japan and park of Nakanoshima being there, it forms the political and economic center of Osaka. Nakanoshima means "middle island". Naniwa難波 難波区alternative words: Naniwa district, Naniwa ward keywords: district , osaka related topics: Osaka city explanation: Ward located in the center of Osaka city around Naniwa station of Nankai railroad. It owns Tsutekaku tower, Osaka baseball stadium and gymnasium. Nippon Bashi district, where electric appliance and computer shops are concentrated, is in the east while along Kizugawa river in the west there are shipyards. By the way, Naniwa is an old name of Osaka. Nankai electric railway南海電鉄 南海alternative words: Nankai denki tetsudo, Nankaidentetsu, Nankai dentetsu keywords: company , osaka , railroad related topics: Kansai airport , Osaka prefecture , Wakayama prefecture , Kongobuji temple , Kinki nippon railway related web sites: http://www.nankai.co.jp , http://www.natts.net explanation: Small railroad company serving between Osaka and Wakayama prefectures. The company has separated from Kinki nippon railway since 1947. It owns now many bus lines and is in estate business too. You can get to Kansai airport from Osaka city by using this company too. Osaka bay大阪湾alternative words: Osanawan bay, Osakawan, Osaka wan, Osaka inlet keywords: osaka , sea related topics: Osaka prefecture , Awaji island , Kansai airport , Kobe city , Akashi strait related web sites: http://www.osakawan-center.or.jp/Default.htm , http://www.alpha-net.ne.jp/users2/mouko/ , http://www.rinku.or.jp/umi/matabei.htm , http://www2.ocn.ne.jp/~osakawan/ explanation: Osaka bay is an inlet surrounded in the west by Osaka plain, in the north by Rokko mountain and in the west by Awaji island. The south is open to Pacific ocean through Kitan strait while the north-west communicates with Inland sea (Setonaikai) through Akaishi strait. The depth is about 20m in the east and 60m in the west. The north-eastern coast is highly industrialized area and owns big harbors such as Osaka and Kobe. Kansai airport is on an artificial islet built on Osaka bay. Page number: 1 2 15 articles extracted from postgresql database. | |
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