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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]
History of the Kansai region (16 C, 1 P) History of the Kanto region (4 C, 1 P) History of the Kyushu region (1 C, 7 P) S. ... Category: History of Japan by region.
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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.
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).
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 ...
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