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   The Kansai region (関西地方, Kansai-chihō, [ka (ꜜ)ɰ̃sai tɕiꜜhoː] ⓘ) or the Kinki region (近畿地方, Kinki-chihō, IPA: [ki (ꜜ)ŋki̥ tɕiꜜhoː]) lies in the southern-central region of Japan 's main island Honshū. [3] The region includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo and Shiga, often also Mie ...

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     The Kansai region (関西地方, Kansai-chihō) is one of Japan 's...

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   The Kansai region or the Kinki region lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū. The region includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo and Shiga, often also Mie, sometimes Fukui, Tokushima and Tottori. The metropolitan region of Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto is the second-most populated in Japan after the Greater Tokyo Area.

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   Where is Kansai in Japan?

   • Kansai (関西) is the western region of the main Japanese island of Honshu, second only to Kanto region of Eastern Japan in population. The area is also known as Kinki (近畿) District, literally "near the capital" (referring to ancient capital Nara and Kyoto ), and its three big cities — Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe — as Keihanshin (京阪神).

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   What is the Kansai region?

   • Like all regions of Japan, the Kansai region is not an administrative unit, but rather a cultural and historical one, which emerged much later during the Heian period after the expansion of Japan saw the development of the Kantō region to the east and the need to differentiate what was previously the center of Japan in Kansai emerged.

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   What is Kansai famous for?

   • Kansai, with Osaka and Kyoto in it, is the region where Japan’s capital used to be placed for over 1,000 years. Consequently, timeless traditional culture is passed on in many locations. Almost a quarter of world heritage sites registered in Japan cluster here in Kansai, a repository of numerous national treasures and important cultural assets.

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   What does Kansai mean in Japanese?

   • …the two corresponds to the Kansai, one of Japan’s traditional cultural areas. The Kansai, a region of ancient cities to the west ( sai) of the mountain barrier ( kan) near Mount Fuji, is the birthplace of the earliest Japanese state. It is an area of historically dense population that until well…

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   Kansai (関西) is the western region of the main Japanese island of Honshu, second only to Kanto region of Eastern Japan in population. The area is also known as Kinki (近畿) District, literally "near the capital" (referring to ancient capital Nara and Kyoto), and its three big cities - Kyoto (京都), Osaka (大阪), and Kobe (神戸) - as Keihanshin (京阪神).

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   Other articles where Kansai is discussed: Ōsaka-Kōbe metropolitan area: …the two corresponds to the Kansai, one of Japan’s traditional cultural areas. The Kansai, a region of ancient cities to the west (sai) of the mountain barrier (kan) near Mount Fuji, is the birthplace of the earliest Japanese state. It is an area of historically dense population that until well…

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   Kansai, with Osaka and Kyoto in it, is the region where Japan’s capital used to be placed for over 1,000 years. Consequently, timeless traditional culture is passed on in many locations. Almost a quarter of world heritage sites registered in Japan cluster here in Kansai, a repository of numerous national treasures and important cultural assets.