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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex%C3%B3n_de_Kansai" title="Rexón de Kansai – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Rexón de Kansai" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansay_regionu" title="Kansay regionu – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kansay regionu" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%A4%D9%84%DA%AF%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C" title="کانسای بؤلگه‌سی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="کانسای بؤلگه‌سی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wawengkon_Kansai" title="Wawengkon Kansai – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Wawengkon Kansai" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87_%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%B2" title="কান্‌সাই অঞ্চল – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কান্‌সাই অঞ্চল" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinki_t%C4%93-hng" title="Kinki tē-hng – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Kinki tē-hng" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B9" title="Кансай – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Кансай" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai" title="Kansai – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Kansai" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai" title="Kansai – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kansai" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai" title="Kansai – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Kansai" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai" title="Kansai – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kansai" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinki" title="Kinki – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kinki" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai" title="Kansai – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kansai" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regi%C3%B3n_de_Kansai" title="Región de Kansai – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Región de Kansai" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansajo" title="Kansajo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kansajo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai_eskualdea" title="Kansai eskualdea – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kansai eskualdea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D9%87_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C" title="منطقه کانسای – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="منطقه کانسای" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9gion_du_Kansai" title="Région du Kansai – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Région du Kansai" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai" title="Kansai – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Kansai" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinki" title="Kinki – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Kinki" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B8%B4%ED%82%A4_%EC%A7%80%EB%B0%A9" title="긴키 지방 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="긴키 지방" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%AF%D5%AB_(%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%AE%D5%A1%D5%B7%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6)" title="Կինկի (տարածաշրջան) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կինկի (տարածաշրջան)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0" title="कान्साइ क्षेत्र – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कान्साइ क्षेत्र" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai" title="Kansai – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Kansai" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehion_ti_Kansai" title="Rehion ti Kansai – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Rehion ti Kansai" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai" title="Kansai – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kansai" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B9" title="Кансай – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Кансай" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai" title="Kansai – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Kansai" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%99" title="קנסאי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קנסאי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai" title="Kansai – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Kansai" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai_labuad" title="Kansai labuad – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Kansai labuad" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%98" title="კანსაი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კანსაი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai_re%C4%A3ions" title="Kansai reģions – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kansai reģions" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansajo_regionas" title="Kansajo regionas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kansajo regionas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanszai" title="Kanszai – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kanszai" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%98" title="Кансај – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Кансај" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88" title="कन्साई – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="कन्साई" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasan_Kansai" title="Kawasan Kansai – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kawasan Kansai" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansairegionen" title="Kansairegionen – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kansairegionen" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai" title="Kansai – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Kansai" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C" title="کینسائی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="کینسائی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region_Kinki" title="Region Kinki – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Region Kinki" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai_(regi%C3%A3o)" title="Kansai (região) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Kansai (região)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiunea_Kansai" title="Regiunea Kansai – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Regiunea Kansai" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai_suyu" title="Kansai suyu – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Kansai suyu" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B9" title="Кансай – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Кансай" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai" title="Kansai – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Kansai" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai" title="Kansai – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Kansai" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%92_%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%BA" title="කන්සායි කලාපය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="කන්සායි කලාපය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai_region" title="Kansai region – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Kansai region" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai" title="Kansai – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Kansai" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai" title="Kansai – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Kansai" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%DA%86%DB%95%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C" title="ناوچەی کانسای – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ناوچەی کانسای" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%98" title="Кансај – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Кансај" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai" title="Kansai – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Kansai" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wewengkon_Kansai" title="Wewengkon Kansai – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" 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It comprises the mid-west area of the island of Honshu." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Kansai_Region_in_Japan.svg/250px-Kansai_Region_in_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Kansai_Region_in_Japan.svg/375px-Kansai_Region_in_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Kansai_Region_in_Japan.svg/500px-Kansai_Region_in_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="413" data-file-height="373" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">The Kansai region in Japan</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 255px; height: 255px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="255" data-height="255" data-zoom="6" data-lat="34.4" data-lon="135.7" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Kinki-en.png/375px-Kinki-en.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Kinki-en.png/500px-Kinki-en.png 2x" data-file-width="642" data-file-height="463" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Kansai region with prefectures</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Japan</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">33,124.82 km<sup>2</sup> (12,789.56 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(1 October 2010)<sup id="cite_ref-population_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-population-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">22,757,897</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">690/km<sup>2</sup> (1,800/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_people" title="Japanese people">Japanese</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Gross Regional Product<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-esri.cao.go.jp_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-esri.cao.go.jp-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" title="Japanese yen">JP￥</a>88.722 trillion<br /><a href="/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">US$</a>814 billion</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B9" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+9">UTC+9</a> (<a href="/wiki/Japan_Standard_Time" title="Japan Standard Time">JST</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Kansai region</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">関西地方</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Kansai-chihō</i></span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ja-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Japanese" title="Help:IPA/Japanese">[ka(ꜜ)ɰ̃sai<span class="wrap"> </span>tɕiꜜhoː]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton 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class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:TomJ-KansaiRegion.ogg" title="File:TomJ-KansaiRegion.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span>)</span> or the <b>Kinki region</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">近畿地方</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Kinki-chihō</i></span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">IPA:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ja-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Japanese" title="Help:IPA/Japanese">[ki(ꜜ)ŋki̥<span class="wrap"> </span>tɕiꜜhoː]</a></span>)</span> lies in the southern-central region of <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>'s main island <a href="/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu">Honshū</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The region includes the <a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan" title="Prefectures of Japan">prefectures</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nara_Prefecture" title="Nara Prefecture">Nara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wakayama_Prefecture" title="Wakayama Prefecture">Wakayama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kyoto_Prefecture" title="Kyoto Prefecture">Kyoto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Osaka_Prefecture" title="Osaka Prefecture">Osaka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hy%C5%8Dgo_Prefecture" title="Hyōgo Prefecture">Hyōgo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shiga_Prefecture" title="Shiga Prefecture">Shiga</a>, often also <a href="/wiki/Mie_Prefecture" title="Mie Prefecture">Mie</a>, sometimes <a href="/wiki/Fukui_Prefecture" title="Fukui Prefecture">Fukui</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokushima_Prefecture" title="Tokushima Prefecture">Tokushima</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tottori_Prefecture" title="Tottori Prefecture">Tottori</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan region">metropolitan region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kobe" title="Kobe">Kobe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a> (<a href="/wiki/Keihanshin" title="Keihanshin">Keihanshin</a> region) is the second-most populated in Japan after the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Tokyo_Area" title="Greater Tokyo Area">Greater Tokyo Area</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansai_region&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The terms Kansai<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%96%A2%E8%A5%BF" class="extiw" title="wikt:関西">関西</a></span></span>)</span>, Kinki<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%BF%91%E7%95%BF" class="extiw" title="wikt:近畿">近畿</a></span></span>)</span>, and <a href="/wiki/Kinai" title="Kinai">Kinai</a><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%95%BF%E5%86%85" class="extiw" title="wikt:畿内">畿内</a></span></span>)</span> have their roots during the <a href="/wiki/Asuka_period" title="Asuka period">Asuka period</a>. When the <a href="/wiki/Old_provinces_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Old provinces of Japan">old provinces of Japan</a> were established, several provinces in the area around the then-capital <a href="/wiki/Yamato_Province" title="Yamato Province">Yamato Province</a> were collectively named Kinai and Kinki, both roughly meaning "the neighbourhood of the capital". </p><p>Kansai (literally <i>west of the tollgate</i>) in its original usage refers to the land west of the Osaka Tollgate (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">逢坂関</span></span>), the border between <a href="/wiki/Yamashiro_Province" title="Yamashiro Province">Yamashiro Province</a> and <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cmi_Province" title="Ōmi Province">Ōmi Province</a> (present-day <a href="/wiki/Kyoto_prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Kyoto prefecture">Kyoto</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shiga_prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiga prefecture">Shiga</a> prefectures).<sup id="cite_ref-kojien_kansai_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kojien_kansai-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Kamakura_period" title="Kamakura period">Kamakura period</a>, this border was redefined to include <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cmi_Province" title="Ōmi Province">Ōmi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iga_Province" title="Iga Province">Iga</a> Provinces.<sup id="cite_ref-kojien_kansai_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kojien_kansai-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is not until the <a href="/wiki/Edo_period" title="Edo period">Edo period</a> that Kansai came to acquire its current form.<sup id="cite_ref-kojien_kamigata_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kojien_kamigata-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<i>see <a href="/wiki/Kamigata" title="Kamigata">Kamigata</a></i>) </p><p>While the use of the terms "Kansai" and "Kinki" have changed over history, in most modern contexts the use of the two terms is interchangeable. The term "Kinai", once synonymous with Kinki, now refers to the <a href="/wiki/Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe" class="mw-redirect" title="Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe">Kyoto–Osaka–Kobe</a> (Keihanshin) area at the center of the Kansai region. Like all <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Regions of Japan">regions of Japan</a>, the Kansai region is not an administrative unit, but rather a cultural and historical one, which emerged much later during the <a href="/wiki/Heian_period" title="Heian period">Heian period</a> after the expansion of Japan saw the development of the <a href="/wiki/Kant%C5%8D_region" title="Kantō region">Kantō region</a> to the east and the need to differentiate what was previously the center of Japan in Kansai emerged. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Kinki"_from_an_international_perspective"><span id=".22Kinki.22_from_an_international_perspective"></span>"Kinki" from an international perspective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansai_region&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: "Kinki" from an international perspective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name "Kinki" is pronounced similarly to the English word "<a href="/wiki/Kink_(sexuality)" title="Kink (sexuality)">kinky</a>", which means "twisted" or "<a href="/wiki/Perversion" title="Perversion">perverted</a>". This has become a problem due to <a href="/wiki/Internationalization" title="Internationalization">internationalization</a>, and some organizations have changed their name as a result. </p><p>In April 2016, Kinki University<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">近畿大学</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn"><i>Kinki Daigaku</i></i></span>)</span> changed its English name to <a href="/wiki/Kindai_University" title="Kindai University">Kindai University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Keizai sangyō-kyoku</i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">経済産業局</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Kinki Bureau of Economy</i></span>)</span> uses "Kansai" in English notation, and <i>Kinki Unyukyoku</i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">近畿運輸局</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Kinki Transport Bureau</i></span>)</span> also uses "Kansai" in English notation since 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-sankeiw150721_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sankeiw150721-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, the <i>Kinki shōkō kaigi-sho rengō-kai</i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">近畿商工会議所連合会</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Kinki Chamber of Commerce and Industry Association</i></span>)</span> changed its name to "Kansai Chamber of Commerce and Industry Association" on July 22, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the fall of 2014, <i>Kansai Keizai Rengōkai</i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">公益社団法人関西経済連合会</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Kansai Economic Federation</i></span>)</span> asked the government to unify the name of the local agency to "Kansai".<sup id="cite_ref-sankeiw150721_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sankeiw150721-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 28, 2003, the English name of the major private railway company <a href="/wiki/Kintetsu_Railway" title="Kintetsu Railway">Kintetsu Railway</a> was changed from <i>Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd.</i> to the official abbreviation Kintetsu Corporation. It was subsequently changed again to <i>Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd.</i> on April 1, 2015. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansai_region&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Geofeatures_map_of_Kansai_Japan_ja.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Geofeatures_map_of_Kansai_Japan_ja.svg/220px-Geofeatures_map_of_Kansai_Japan_ja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Geofeatures_map_of_Kansai_Japan_ja.svg/330px-Geofeatures_map_of_Kansai_Japan_ja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Geofeatures_map_of_Kansai_Japan_ja.svg/440px-Geofeatures_map_of_Kansai_Japan_ja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="1100" /></a><figcaption>Geofeatures map of Kansai</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kansai_Region_Japan_2003.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Kansai_Region_Japan_2003.png/220px-Kansai_Region_Japan_2003.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Kansai_Region_Japan_2003.png/330px-Kansai_Region_Japan_2003.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Kansai_Region_Japan_2003.png/440px-Kansai_Region_Japan_2003.png 2x" data-file-width="1028" data-file-height="1113" /></a><figcaption>Kansai region, satellite photo</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Akashi_Bridge.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Akashi_Bridge.JPG/220px-Akashi_Bridge.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Akashi_Bridge.JPG/330px-Akashi_Bridge.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Akashi_Bridge.JPG/440px-Akashi_Bridge.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Akashi_Kaiky%C5%8D_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Akashi Kaikyō Bridge">Akashi Kaikyō Bridge</a>, the longest suspension bridge in the world until 2022, with a centre span of 1,991 m</figcaption></figure> <p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-population_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-population-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Osaka_Plain" title="Osaka Plain">Osaka Plain</a> with the cities of <a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a> forms the core of the region. From there the Kansai area stretches west along the <a href="/wiki/Seto_Inland_Sea" title="Seto Inland Sea">Seto Inland Sea</a> towards <a href="/wiki/Kobe" title="Kobe">Kobe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Himeji,_Hy%C5%8Dgo" class="mw-redirect" title="Himeji, Hyōgo">Himeji</a>, and east encompassing <a href="/wiki/Lake_Biwa" title="Lake Biwa">Lake Biwa</a>, Japan's largest freshwater lake. In the north, the region is bordered by the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Japan" title="Sea of Japan">Sea of Japan</a>, to the south by the <a href="/wiki/Kii_Peninsula" title="Kii Peninsula">Kii Peninsula</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>, and to the east by the <a href="/wiki/Ibuki_Mountains" title="Ibuki Mountains">Ibuki Mountains</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ise_Bay" title="Ise Bay">Ise Bay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four of <a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_Japan" title="List of national parks of Japan">Japan's national parks</a> lie within its borders, in whole or in part. The area also contains six of the seven top prefectures in terms of <a href="/wiki/National_Treasures_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="National Treasures of Japan">national treasures</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-kansai_now2_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kansai_now2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other geographical features include <a href="/wiki/Amanohashidate" title="Amanohashidate">Amanohashidate</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kyoto_Prefecture" title="Kyoto Prefecture">Kyoto Prefecture</a> and <a href="/wiki/Awaji_Island" title="Awaji Island">Awaji Island</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hy%C5%8Dgo_Prefecture" title="Hyōgo Prefecture">Hyōgo</a>. </p><p>The Kansai region is often compared with the <a href="/wiki/Kant%C5%8D_region" title="Kantō region">Kantō region</a>, which lies to its east and consists primarily of <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> and the surrounding area. Whereas the Kantō region is symbolic of standardization throughout Japan, the Kansai region displays many more idiosyncrasies – the culture in <a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a>, the mercantilism of <a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a>, the history of <a href="/wiki/Nara,_Nara" class="mw-redirect" title="Nara, Nara">Nara</a>, or the cosmopolitanism of <a href="/wiki/Kobe" title="Kobe">Kobe</a> – and represents the focus of <a href="/wiki/Counterculture" title="Counterculture">counterculture</a> in Japan. This East-West rivalry has deep historical roots, particularly from the <a href="/wiki/Edo_period" title="Edo period">Edo period</a>. With a samurai population of less than 1% the culture of the merchant city of Osaka stood in sharp contrast to that of <a href="/wiki/Edo" title="Edo">Edo</a>, the seat of power for the <a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_shogunate" title="Tokugawa shogunate">Tokugawa shogunate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-omusubi_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-omusubi-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many characteristic traits of Kansai people descend from Osaka merchant culture. Catherine Maxwell, an editor for the newsletter <i><a href="/wiki/Omusubi" class="mw-redirect" title="Omusubi">Omusubi</a></i>, writes: "Kansai residents are seen as being pragmatic, entrepreneurial, down-to-earth and possessing a strong sense of humor. Kantō people, on the other hand, are perceived as more sophisticated, reserved and formal, in keeping with Tokyo's history and modern status as the nation's capital and largest metropolis."<sup id="cite_ref-omusubi_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-omusubi-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-prime_living_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prime_living-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kansai is known for its food, especially Osaka, as supported by the saying "Kyotoites are ruined by overspending on clothing, Osakans are ruined by overspending on food."<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">京の着倒れ、大阪の食い倒れ</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Kyō no Kidaore, Ōsaka no Kuidaore</i></span>)</span>. Popular Osakan dishes include <a href="/wiki/Takoyaki" title="Takoyaki">takoyaki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Okonomiyaki" title="Okonomiyaki">okonomiyaki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Udon" title="Udon">kitsune udon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kushikatsu" title="Kushikatsu">kushikatsu</a>. Kyoto is considered a mecca of traditional <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cuisine" title="Japanese cuisine">Japanese cuisine</a> like <a href="/wiki/Kaiseki" title="Kaiseki">kaiseki</a>. Kansai has many <a href="/wiki/Wagyu" title="Wagyu">wagyu</a> brands such as <a href="/wiki/Kobe_beef" title="Kobe beef">Kobe beef</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tajima_cattle" class="mw-redirect" title="Tajima cattle">Tajima cattle</a> from Hyōgo, <a href="/wiki/Matsusaka_beef" title="Matsusaka beef">Matsusaka beef</a> from Mie and <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cmi_beef" title="Ōmi beef">Ōmi beef</a> from Shiga. <a href="/wiki/Sake" title="Sake">Sake</a> is another specialty of the region, the areas of <a href="/wiki/Nada-Gog%C5%8D" title="Nada-Gogō">Nada-Gogō</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fushimi-ku,_Kyoto" title="Fushimi-ku, Kyoto">Fushimi</a> produce 45% of all sake in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As opposed to food from Eastern Japan, food in the Kansai area tends to be sweeter, and foods such as <a href="/wiki/Natt%C5%8D" title="Nattō">nattō</a> tend to be less popular.<sup id="cite_ref-omusubi_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-omusubi-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-prime_living_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prime_living-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Japanese_dialects" title="Japanese dialects">dialects</a> of the people from the Kansai region, commonly called <i><a href="/wiki/Kansai_dialect" title="Kansai dialect">Kansai-ben</a></i>, have their own variations of pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. Kansai-ben is the group of dialects spoken in the Kansai area, but is often treated as a dialect in its own right. </p><p>Kansai is one of the most prosperous areas for baseball in Japan. Two <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Nippon Professional Baseball</a> teams, <a href="/wiki/Hanshin_Tigers" title="Hanshin Tigers">Hanshin Tigers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Orix_Buffaloes" title="Orix Buffaloes">Orix Buffaloes</a>, are based in Kansai. <a href="/wiki/Koshien_Stadium" title="Koshien Stadium">Koshien Stadium</a>, the home stadium of the Hanshin Tigers, is also famous for the <a href="/wiki/High_school_baseball_in_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="High school baseball in Japan">nationwide high school baseball tournaments</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Football_(soccer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Football (soccer)">association football</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kansai_Soccer_League" title="Kansai Soccer League">Kansai Soccer League</a> was founded in 1966 and currently has 16 teams in two divisions. <a href="/wiki/Cerezo_Osaka" title="Cerezo Osaka">Cerezo Osaka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gamba_Osaka" title="Gamba Osaka">Gamba Osaka</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vissel_Kobe" title="Vissel Kobe">Vissel Kobe</a> belong to <a href="/wiki/J._League_Division_1" class="mw-redirect" title="J. League Division 1">J. League Division 1</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kyoto_Sanga_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Kyoto Sanga F.C.">Kyoto Sanga F.C.</a> belongs to <a href="/wiki/J._League_Division_2" class="mw-redirect" title="J. League Division 2">J. League Division 2</a>, the top professional leagues in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansai_region&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gokishichido_Seven_Circuits_Japan_Map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Gokishichido_Seven_Circuits_Japan_Map.png/220px-Gokishichido_Seven_Circuits_Japan_Map.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Gokishichido_Seven_Circuits_Japan_Map.png/330px-Gokishichido_Seven_Circuits_Japan_Map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Gokishichido_Seven_Circuits_Japan_Map.png/440px-Gokishichido_Seven_Circuits_Japan_Map.png 2x" data-file-width="2156" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Map of the provinces and circuits in 8th-century Japan</figcaption></figure> <p>As a part of the <span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Ritsury%C5%8D" title="Ritsuryō">Ritsuryō</a></i></span> reforms of the seventh and eighth centuries, the <a href="/wiki/Old_provinces_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Old provinces of Japan">provinces</a> of <a href="/wiki/Yamato_Province" title="Yamato Province">Yamato</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yamashiro_Province" title="Yamashiro Province">Yamashiro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kawachi_Province" title="Kawachi Province">Kawachi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Settsu_Province" title="Settsu Province">Settsu</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Izumi_Province" title="Izumi Province">Izumi</a>, were established by the <a href="/wiki/Gokishichid%C5%8D" title="Gokishichidō">Gokishichidō</a>. These provinces were collectively referred to as Kinai or Kinki.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Himeji_Castle_The_Keep_Towers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Himeji_Castle_The_Keep_Towers.jpg/220px-Himeji_Castle_The_Keep_Towers.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Himeji_Castle_The_Keep_Towers.jpg/330px-Himeji_Castle_The_Keep_Towers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Himeji_Castle_The_Keep_Towers.jpg/440px-Himeji_Castle_The_Keep_Towers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>Himeji Castle</figcaption></figure> <p>The Kansai region lays claim to the earliest beginnings of Japanese civilization. It was <a href="/wiki/Nara,_Nara" class="mw-redirect" title="Nara, Nara">Nara</a>, the most eastern point on the <a href="/wiki/Silk_Road" title="Silk Road">Silk Road</a>, that became the site of Japan's first permanent capital.<sup id="cite_ref-kansai_bh_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kansai_bh-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This <a href="/wiki/Nara_period" title="Nara period">period</a> (AD 710–784) saw the spread of <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> to Japan and the construction of <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Ddai-ji" title="Tōdai-ji">Tōdai-ji</a> in 745. The Kansai region also boasts the <a href="/wiki/Shinto" title="Shinto">Shinto</a> religion's holiest shrine at <a href="/wiki/Ise_Shrine" title="Ise Shrine">Ise Shrine</a> (built in 690 AD) in <a href="/wiki/Mie_prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Mie prefecture">Mie prefecture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-jr_ise_jingu_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jr_ise_jingu-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Heian_period" title="Heian period">Heian period</a> saw the capital moved to <a href="/wiki/Heian-ky%C5%8D" title="Heian-kyō">Heian-kyō</a> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">平安京</span></span>, present-day <a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a>), where it would remain for over a thousand years until the <a href="/wiki/Meiji_Restoration" title="Meiji Restoration">Meiji Restoration</a>. During this golden age, the Kansai region would give birth to traditional Japanese culture. In 788, <a href="/wiki/Saicho" class="mw-redirect" title="Saicho">Saicho</a>, the founder of the <a href="/wiki/Tendai" title="Tendai">Tendai</a> sect of Buddhism established his monastery at <a href="/wiki/Mount_Hiei" title="Mount Hiei">Mount Hiei</a> in <a href="/wiki/Shiga_prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiga prefecture">Shiga prefecture</a>. Japan's most famous tale, and some say the world's first novel, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tale_of_Genji" title="The Tale of Genji">The Tale of Genji</a></i> was penned by <a href="/wiki/Murasaki_Shikibu" title="Murasaki Shikibu">Murasaki Shikibu</a> while performing as a <a href="/wiki/Lady-in-waiting" title="Lady-in-waiting">lady-in-waiting</a> in Heian-kyo. <a href="/wiki/Noh" title="Noh">Noh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kabuki" title="Kabuki">Kabuki</a>, Japan's traditional dramatic forms both saw their birth and evolution in Kyoto, while <a href="/wiki/Bunraku" title="Bunraku">Bunraku</a>, Japanese puppet theater, is native to <a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:World_Heritage_Sites_in_Kansai(2008).PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/World_Heritage_Sites_in_Kansai%282008%29.PNG/220px-World_Heritage_Sites_in_Kansai%282008%29.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/World_Heritage_Sites_in_Kansai%282008%29.PNG/330px-World_Heritage_Sites_in_Kansai%282008%29.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/World_Heritage_Sites_in_Kansai%282008%29.PNG/440px-World_Heritage_Sites_in_Kansai%282008%29.PNG 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="704" /></a><figcaption>World Heritage Sites in Kansai region</figcaption></figure> <p>Kansai's unique position in Japanese history, plus the lack of damage from wars or natural disasters, has resulted in Kansai region having more UNESCO World Heritage Listings than any other region of Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The five <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Listings</a> include: <a href="/wiki/Buddhist_Monuments_in_the_H%C5%8Dry%C5%AB-ji_Area" title="Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area">Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area</a>, <a href="/wiki/Himeji_Castle" title="Himeji Castle">Himeji Castle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Historic_Monuments_of_Ancient_Kyoto_(Kyoto,_Uji_and_Otsu_Cities)" title="Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)">Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Historic_Monuments_of_Ancient_Nara" title="Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara">Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sacred_Sites_and_Pilgrimage_Routes_in_the_Kii_Mountain_Range" title="Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range">Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wh_sites_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wh_sites-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansai_region&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The economy of Kansai region is largely based on that of <a href="/wiki/Keihanshin" title="Keihanshin">Keihanshin</a> (Greater Osaka) metropolitan area. Keihanshin metropolitan area contains the <a href="/wiki/Hanshin_Industrial_Region" title="Hanshin Industrial Region">Hanshin Industrial Region</a> and is centered mainly around chemical, metal, and other heavy industries. Keihanshin region also contains strong medical and electronics industries within its economy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansai_region&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Per Japanese census data,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kansai region much like <a href="/wiki/Keihanshin" title="Keihanshin">Keihanshin</a> has experienced a small population increase beginning around 2010. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1920 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">9,212,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1930 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">11,015,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+19.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1940 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">13,133,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+19.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1950 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">13,118,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 1960 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">15,515,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+18.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1970 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">18,944,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+22.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1980 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">21,208,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+12.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1990 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">22,206,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2000 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">22,712,924</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 2010 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">22,757,897</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+0.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2020 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">22,794,173</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.2%</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_cities">Major cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansai_region&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Major cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kobe" title="Kobe">Kobe</a>: a designated city, the capital of <a href="/wiki/Hy%C5%8Dgo_Prefecture" title="Hyōgo Prefecture">Hyōgo Prefecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a>: a designated city, the capital of <a href="/wiki/Kyoto_Prefecture" title="Kyoto Prefecture">Kyoto Prefecture</a>, formerly the Imperial <a href="/wiki/Capital_of_Japan" title="Capital of Japan">capital of Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nara,_Nara" class="mw-redirect" title="Nara, Nara">Nara</a>: a core city, the capital of <a href="/wiki/Nara_Prefecture" title="Nara Prefecture">Nara Prefecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a>: a <a href="/wiki/Cities_designated_by_government_ordinance_of_Japan" title="Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan">designated city</a>, the capital of <a href="/wiki/Osaka_Prefecture" title="Osaka Prefecture">Osaka Prefecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otsu,_Shiga" class="mw-redirect" title="Otsu, Shiga">Otsu</a>: a core city, the capital of <a href="/wiki/Shiga_Prefecture" title="Shiga Prefecture">Shiga Prefecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakai,_Osaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Sakai, Osaka">Sakai</a>: a designated city</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsu,_Mie" title="Tsu, Mie">Tsu</a>: the capital of <a href="/wiki/Mie_Prefecture" title="Mie Prefecture">Mie Prefecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakayama,_Wakayama" class="mw-redirect" title="Wakayama, Wakayama">Wakayama</a>: a <a href="/wiki/Core_cities_of_Japan" title="Core cities of Japan">core city</a>, the capital of <a href="/wiki/Wakayama_Prefecture" title="Wakayama Prefecture">Wakayama Prefecture</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_major_cities">Other major cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansai_region&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other major cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amagasaki,_Hy%C5%8Dgo" class="mw-redirect" title="Amagasaki, Hyōgo">Amagasaki, Hyōgo</a>: a <a href="/wiki/Core_cities_of_Japan" title="Core cities of Japan">core city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akashi,_Hy%C5%8Dgo" title="Akashi, Hyōgo">Akashi, Hyōgo</a>: a core city</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Higashi%C5%8Dsaka,_Osaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Higashiōsaka, Osaka">Higashiōsaka, Osaka</a>: a core city</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himeji,_Hy%C5%8Dgo" class="mw-redirect" title="Himeji, Hyōgo">Himeji, Hyōgo</a>: a core city</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirakata,_Osaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Hirakata, Osaka">Hirakata, Osaka</a>: a core city</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibaraki,_Osaka" title="Ibaraki, Osaka">Ibaraki, Osaka</a>: a special city</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakogawa,_Hy%C5%8Dgo" title="Kakogawa, Hyōgo">Kakogawa, Hyōgo</a>: a special city</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishiwada,_Osaka" title="Kishiwada, Osaka">Kishiwada, Osaka</a>: a special city</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neyagawa,_Osaka" title="Neyagawa, Osaka">Neyagawa, Osaka</a>: a core city</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nishinomiya,_Hy%C5%8Dgo" class="mw-redirect" title="Nishinomiya, Hyōgo">Nishinomiya, Hyōgo</a>: a core city</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suita,_Osaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Suita, Osaka">Suita, Osaka</a>: a special city</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takarazuka,_Hy%C5%8Dgo" title="Takarazuka, Hyōgo">Takarazuka, Hyōgo</a>: a special city</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takatsuki,_Osaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Takatsuki, Osaka">Takatsuki, Osaka</a>: a core city</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toyonaka,_Osaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Toyonaka, Osaka">Toyonaka, Osaka</a>: a core city</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao,_Osaka" title="Yao, Osaka">Yao, Osaka</a>: a core city</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokkaichi,_Mie" class="mw-redirect" title="Yokkaichi, Mie">Yokkaichi, Mie</a>: a special city</li></ul> <p><br /> </p> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansai_region&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_schools">International schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansai_region&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: International schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>International schools have served expatriates in the Kansai region since 1909. Outside of Tokyo and Yokohama, Kansai has the largest number of international schools. </p><p>In 1909, <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Schule_Kobe/European_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Deutsche Schule Kobe/European School">Deutsche Schule Kobe</a> was founded to serve German, Austrian and German-speaking Swiss expatriates, traders and missionaries living in the Kobe area.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a long history of teaching a German curriculum, the school changed to The Primary Years Programme (PYP) in 2002. Today, <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Schule_Kobe/European_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Deutsche Schule Kobe/European School">Deutsche Schule Kobe/European School</a> provides curriculum in three languages: German, English, and Japanese. </p><p>In 1913, Canadian Methodist Academy opened its doors to sixteen children.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The school, renamed <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Academy" title="Canadian Academy">Canadian Academy</a> in 1917, served children of missionary parents from grade one through high school and offered boarding facilities for students from throughout Asia. Today, the day and boarding school offers a PreK to Grade 12 education on the campus on <a href="/wiki/Rokk%C5%8D_Island" title="Rokkō Island">Rokkō Island</a>, a human-made island. The school, which is no longer affiliated with Canada or the church, is the largest school for expatriates in Kansai. The school is approved by the Japanese Ministry of Education and accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Council of International Schools.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The school awards both the <a href="/wiki/IB_Diploma_Programme" title="IB Diploma Programme">International Baccalaureate (IB)</a> and U.S. high school diplomas. </p><p>The number of international schools burgeoned after World War II. </p><p>In 1946, St. Michael's International School was established by Anglican Bishop Michael Yashiro and Miss Leonora Lee, a British missionary.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, the school offers a distinctive British-style primary education based on the National Curriculum of England and Wales. The school has joint accreditation from the Council of International Schools and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. </p><p>Brother Charles Fojoucyk and Brother Stephen Weber founded <a href="/wiki/Marist_Brothers_International_School" title="Marist Brothers International School">Marist Brothers International School</a> in 1951 after communist authorities pressured them to leave Tientsin, China.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, the international Montessori - Grade 12 school enrolls approximately 300 students. The school is accredited by the <a href="/wiki/Western_Association_of_Schools_and_Colleges" title="Western Association of Schools and Colleges">Western Association of Schools and Colleges</a>. </p><p>In 1957, a missionary homeschooled her son, his best friend and another student in their home. The next year, the home turned into Kyoto Christian Day School and a full-time teacher was hired.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The school was renamed <a href="/wiki/Kyoto_International_School" title="Kyoto International School">Kyoto International School</a> in 1966. Today, the school serves students from two to fourteen years old. The school has been accredited by the <a href="/wiki/Western_Association_of_Schools_and_Colleges" title="Western Association of Schools and Colleges">Western Association of Schools and Colleges</a> (WASC) since 1992 and authorized by the <a href="/wiki/International_Baccalaureate_Organisation" class="mw-redirect" title="International Baccalaureate Organisation">International Baccalaureate Organisation</a> (IBO) since 2006. </p><p>Kansai is also served by <a href="/wiki/Osaka_International_School" title="Osaka International School">Osaka International School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lyc%C3%A9e_fran%C3%A7ais_international_de_Kyoto" title="Lycée français international de Kyoto">Lycée français international de Kyoto</a> as well as Chinese and Korean schools. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansai_region&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NintokuTomb_Aerial_photograph_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Daisen Kofun, the largest burial mound in the world[33]"><img alt="Daisen Kofun, the largest burial mound in the world[33]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/NintokuTomb_Aerial_photograph_2007.jpg/120px-NintokuTomb_Aerial_photograph_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/NintokuTomb_Aerial_photograph_2007.jpg/180px-NintokuTomb_Aerial_photograph_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/NintokuTomb_Aerial_photograph_2007.jpg/240px-NintokuTomb_Aerial_photograph_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="982" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Daisen_Kofun" class="mw-redirect" title="Daisen Kofun">Daisen Kofun</a>, the largest <a href="/wiki/Burial_mound" class="mw-redirect" title="Burial mound">burial mound</a> in the world<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Horyu-ji42s3200.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hōryū-ji Golden Hall, the oldest wooden structure in the world"><img alt="Hōryū-ji Golden Hall, the oldest wooden structure in the world" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Horyu-ji42s3200.jpg/120px-Horyu-ji42s3200.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Horyu-ji42s3200.jpg/180px-Horyu-ji42s3200.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Horyu-ji42s3200.jpg/240px-Horyu-ji42s3200.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4592" data-file-height="3056" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Dry%C5%AB-ji" title="Hōryū-ji">Hōryū-ji</a> Golden Hall, the oldest wooden structure in the world</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TodaijiDaibutsu0224.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Daibutsu at Tōdai-ji, the largest bronze statue in the world"><img alt="Daibutsu at Tōdai-ji, the largest bronze statue in the world" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/TodaijiDaibutsu0224.jpg/80px-TodaijiDaibutsu0224.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/TodaijiDaibutsu0224.jpg/120px-TodaijiDaibutsu0224.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/TodaijiDaibutsu0224.jpg/160px-TodaijiDaibutsu0224.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Daibutsu" title="Daibutsu">Daibutsu</a> at <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Ddai-ji" title="Tōdai-ji">Tōdai-ji</a>, the largest bronze statue in the world</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:T%C5%8Ddai-ji_Kon-d%C5%8D.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tōdai-ji Main Hall, until 1998 the largest wooden structure in the world"><img alt="Tōdai-ji Main Hall, until 1998 the largest wooden structure in the world" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/T%C5%8Ddai-ji_Kon-d%C5%8D.jpg/120px-T%C5%8Ddai-ji_Kon-d%C5%8D.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/T%C5%8Ddai-ji_Kon-d%C5%8D.jpg/180px-T%C5%8Ddai-ji_Kon-d%C5%8D.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/T%C5%8Ddai-ji_Kon-d%C5%8D.jpg/240px-T%C5%8Ddai-ji_Kon-d%C5%8D.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Ddai-ji" title="Tōdai-ji">Tōdai-ji</a> Main Hall, until 1998 the largest wooden structure in the world</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Biwa_Lake.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan and one of the oldest lakes in the world"><img alt="Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan and one of the oldest lakes in the world" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Biwa_Lake.jpg/120px-Biwa_Lake.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Biwa_Lake.jpg/180px-Biwa_Lake.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Biwa_Lake.jpg/240px-Biwa_Lake.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Lake_Biwa" title="Lake Biwa">Lake Biwa</a>, the largest lake in Japan and one of the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_lake" title="Ancient lake">oldest lakes</a> in the world</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Okuni_with_cross_dressed_as_a_samurai.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Izumo no Okuni, who founded Kabuki in Kyoto"><img alt="Izumo no Okuni, who founded Kabuki in Kyoto" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Okuni_with_cross_dressed_as_a_samurai.jpg/86px-Okuni_with_cross_dressed_as_a_samurai.jpg" decoding="async" width="86" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Okuni_with_cross_dressed_as_a_samurai.jpg/128px-Okuni_with_cross_dressed_as_a_samurai.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Okuni_with_cross_dressed_as_a_samurai.jpg/171px-Okuni_with_cross_dressed_as_a_samurai.jpg 2x" data-file-width="459" data-file-height="643" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Izumo_no_Okuni" title="Izumo no Okuni">Izumo no Okuni</a>, who founded <a href="/wiki/Kabuki" title="Kabuki">Kabuki</a> in Kyoto</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kongo_Gumi_workers_in_early_20th_century.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kongō Gumi, once the world's oldest continuously operating company, constructed several of Japan's cultural assets."><img alt="Kongō Gumi, once the world's oldest continuously operating company, constructed several of Japan's cultural assets." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Kongo_Gumi_workers_in_early_20th_century.jpg/120px-Kongo_Gumi_workers_in_early_20th_century.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Kongo_Gumi_workers_in_early_20th_century.jpg/180px-Kongo_Gumi_workers_in_early_20th_century.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Kongo_Gumi_workers_in_early_20th_century.jpg/240px-Kongo_Gumi_workers_in_early_20th_century.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="609" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Kong%C5%8D_Gumi" title="Kongō Gumi">Kongō Gumi</a>, once the world's oldest continuously operating company, constructed several of Japan's cultural assets.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Amanohashidate_view_from_Mt_Moju02s3s4592.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Amanohashidate, one of Three Views of Japan"><img alt="Amanohashidate, one of Three Views of Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Amanohashidate_view_from_Mt_Moju02s3s4592.jpg/120px-Amanohashidate_view_from_Mt_Moju02s3s4592.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Amanohashidate_view_from_Mt_Moju02s3s4592.jpg/180px-Amanohashidate_view_from_Mt_Moju02s3s4592.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Amanohashidate_view_from_Mt_Moju02s3s4592.jpg/240px-Amanohashidate_view_from_Mt_Moju02s3s4592.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4592" data-file-height="3056" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Amanohashidate" title="Amanohashidate">Amanohashidate</a>, one of <a href="/wiki/Three_Views_of_Japan" title="Three Views of Japan">Three Views of Japan</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sen_no_Rikyu_JPN.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sen no Rikyū, a merchant from Sakai, perfected the courtesy of the tea ceremony."><img alt="Sen no Rikyū, a merchant from Sakai, perfected the courtesy of the tea ceremony." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Sen_no_Rikyu_JPN.jpg/53px-Sen_no_Rikyu_JPN.jpg" decoding="async" width="53" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Sen_no_Rikyu_JPN.jpg/80px-Sen_no_Rikyu_JPN.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Sen_no_Rikyu_JPN.jpg/106px-Sen_no_Rikyu_JPN.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3723" data-file-height="8379" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Sen_no_Riky%C5%AB" title="Sen no Rikyū">Sen no Rikyū</a>, a merchant from Sakai, perfected the courtesy of the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_tea_ceremony" title="Japanese tea ceremony">tea ceremony</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Toji_-_Five-storied_Pagoda.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Japan's tallest temple pagoda in Tō-ji, Kyoto"><img alt="Japan's tallest temple pagoda in Tō-ji, Kyoto" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Toji_-_Five-storied_Pagoda.JPG/83px-Toji_-_Five-storied_Pagoda.JPG" decoding="async" width="83" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Toji_-_Five-storied_Pagoda.JPG/124px-Toji_-_Five-storied_Pagoda.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Toji_-_Five-storied_Pagoda.JPG/166px-Toji_-_Five-storied_Pagoda.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1445" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Japan's tallest temple <a href="/wiki/Pagoda" title="Pagoda">pagoda</a> in <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8D-ji" title="Tō-ji">Tō-ji</a>, Kyoto</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nintendo_Headquarters_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nintendo became the world's most successful video game company."><img alt="Nintendo became the world's most successful video game company." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Nintendo_Headquarters_-_panoramio.jpg/120px-Nintendo_Headquarters_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Nintendo_Headquarters_-_panoramio.jpg/180px-Nintendo_Headquarters_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Nintendo_Headquarters_-_panoramio.jpg/240px-Nintendo_Headquarters_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1441" data-file-height="1008" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> became the world's most successful <a href="/wiki/Video_game" title="Video game">video game</a> company.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Osaka_Castle_Nishinomaru_Garden_April_2005.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Osaka Castle"><img alt="Osaka Castle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Osaka_Castle_Nishinomaru_Garden_April_2005.JPG/120px-Osaka_Castle_Nishinomaru_Garden_April_2005.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Osaka_Castle_Nishinomaru_Garden_April_2005.JPG/180px-Osaka_Castle_Nishinomaru_Garden_April_2005.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Osaka_Castle_Nishinomaru_Garden_April_2005.JPG/240px-Osaka_Castle_Nishinomaru_Garden_April_2005.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Osaka_Castle" title="Osaka Castle">Osaka Castle</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kiyomizudera-Niomon-2017-Luka-Peternel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kyoto from Kiyomizudera"><img alt="Kyoto from Kiyomizudera" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Kiyomizudera-Niomon-2017-Luka-Peternel.jpg/120px-Kiyomizudera-Niomon-2017-Luka-Peternel.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Kiyomizudera-Niomon-2017-Luka-Peternel.jpg/180px-Kiyomizudera-Niomon-2017-Luka-Peternel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Kiyomizudera-Niomon-2017-Luka-Peternel.jpg/240px-Kiyomizudera-Niomon-2017-Luka-Peternel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a> from <a href="/wiki/Kiyomizudera" class="mw-redirect" title="Kiyomizudera">Kiyomizudera</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansai_region&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Japan" title="Geography of Japan">Geography of Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansai_Science_City" title="Kansai Science City">Kansai Science City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Japan_by_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Japan by population">List of cities in Japan by population</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_in_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of regions in Japan">List of regions in Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cban_(Great_Watch)" title="Ōban (Great Watch)">Ōban (Great Watch)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Gold_and_Silver" title="Pokémon Gold and Silver"><i>Pokémon Gold</i> and <i>Silver</i></a>, which are set in the fictional Johto region, based on Kansai.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Keihanshin" title="Transport in Keihanshin">Transport in Keihanshin</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansai_region&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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