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Geofeatures map of Kansai Kansai region, satellite photo The Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world until 2022, with a centre span of 1,991 m. The Kansai region is a cultural center and the historical heart of Japan, with 11% of the nation's land area and 22,757,897 residents as of 2010. [1]
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Kamigata (上方) was the colloquial term for a region today called Kansai (kan, barrier; sai, west) in Japan. [1] This large area encompasses the cities of Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe. The term was also sometimes used to refer only to Kyoto city.
العربية; Azərbaycanca; বাংলা; Башҡортса; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Català; Чӑвашла
Osaka (Japanese: 大阪市, Hepburn: Ōsaka-shi, pronounced; commonly just 大阪, Ōsaka ⓘ) is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan.It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third-most populous city in Japan, following the special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama.
Retail power and gas heavyweights Kansai Electric Power and Osaka Gas are locked in a struggle for dominance in the Kansai region, whose economy is nearly the size of South Korea's and includes ...
The name is still used to describe part of the Kansai region, but the area of the Kinai corresponds only generally to the land of the old provinces. [ 1 ] The region was established as one of the Gokishichidō ("Five provinces and seven roads") during the Asuka period (538-710).
Ōtsu is home to numerous museums. The Shiga Prefectural Lake Biwa Culture Museum, founded in 1948, has exhibits on the culture of the Lake Biwa region. [30] The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, was founded in 1984 and is located in the Setaminamigaya-chō district of the city. [31]