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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
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nara
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osaka
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region
related topics:
Kyoto prefecture
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Osaka prefecture
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Hyogo prefecture
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Hakone
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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.
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