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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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The ukiyo-e art of the Kamigata area, for a long time consisted primarily of woodblock printed illustrated books (such as Amayo no Sanbai Kigen) and paintings.Single-sheet prints depicting kabuki actors, landscapes, or beautiful women (), popular in Edo beginning around 1700 did not become common in Kamigata until roughly one hundred years later.
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).
But, these are not themselves local public entities under the local autonomy law and national or local government functions cannot be directly transferred to them, unlike the "Union of Kansai governments" (Kansai kōiki-rengō) [12] which has been established by several prefectural governments in the Kansai region.
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