Kansai region

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geographical region region of Japan

The Kansai region is a major cultural and economic area of western Japan that includes cities such as Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe and is known as a historic heartland of Japanese civilization.

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Observed surface forms (14)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kansai	14
Kinki region	5
Kansai region of Japan	3
Keihanshin metropolitan area	2
Kinki	2
Awaji region	1
Kansai culture area	1
Kansai industrial area	1
Kansai metropolitan area	1
Kansai region of Japan (via Osaka International Airport)	1
Kinai region	1
Osaka Plain	1
Settsu region	1
近畿地方	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ region of Japan ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Kansai region ⓘ surface form: Kinki region
borders	Chūbu region ⓘ Chūgoku region ⓘ
capitalCityOfRegion	Osaka ⓘ
contains	Hyogo Prefecture ⓘ surface form: Hyōgo Prefecture Kobe ⓘ Kyoto ⓘ Kyoto Prefecture ⓘ Mie ⓘ Mie Prefecture ⓘ Nara ⓘ Nara Prefecture ⓘ Osaka ⓘ Osaka Prefecture ⓘ Shiga ⓘ Shiga Prefecture ⓘ Wakayama Prefecture ⓘ surface form: Wakayama Wakayama Prefecture ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
hasCulturalCenter	Kyoto ⓘ Nara ⓘ
hasEconomicCenter	Osaka Prefecture ⓘ surface form: Osaka metropolitan area
hasMajorAirport	Kansai International Airport ⓘ Osaka International Airport ⓘ
hasMajorPort	Port of Kobe ⓘ Osaka ⓘ surface form: Port of Osaka
historicalCapital	Kyoto ⓘ Nara ⓘ
knownFor	Buddhist temples ⓘ Shinto shrines ⓘ castles ⓘ cuisine ⓘ historic heartland of Japanese civilization ⓘ merchant culture ⓘ performing arts ⓘ traditional Japanese culture ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
largestCity	Osaka ⓘ
locatedIn	Honshu ⓘ western Japan ⓘ
majorCity	Kobe ⓘ Kyoto ⓘ Osaka ⓘ Sakai ⓘ
partOf	Japanese archipelago ⓘ
regionalLanguage	Osaka dialect ⓘ surface form: Kansai dialect
timeZone	Japan Standard Time ⓘ

Referenced by (238)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Itami, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan → locatedInRegion → Kansai region ⓘ

subject surface form: Itami

Kansai University → locatedInRegion → Kansai region ⓘ

Kii Channel → locatedInRegion → Kansai region ⓘ

Kitano-cho → locatedInRegion → Kansai region ⓘ

Kobe → locatedInRegion → Kansai region ⓘ

Moriguchi → locatedInRegion → Kansai region ⓘ

Osaka High Court → locatedInRegion → Kansai region ⓘ

Panama Bay → locatedInRegion → Kansai region ⓘ

Port of Amagasaki → locatedInRegion → Kansai region ⓘ

Sakishima Islands (Osaka) → locatedInRegion → Kansai region ⓘ

Suita → locatedInRegion → Kansai region ⓘ

Takatsuki → locatedInRegion → Kansai region ⓘ

Yumeshima → locatedInRegion → Kansai region ⓘ

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. → operatesInRegion → Kansai region ⓘ

Osaka → partOf → Kansai region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Keihanshin metropolitan area

Kashiwara → railwayHubInRegion → Kansai region ⓘ

Banpaku-kinen-koen Station → region → Kansai region ⓘ

Ebisu Bridge → region → Kansai region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansai

Expo ’70 Commemorative Park → region → Kansai region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansai

Faculty of Medicine → region → Kansai region ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences → region → Kansai region ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University

Faculty of Science → region → Kansai region ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Science, Kyoto University

Fushimi Inari Taisha → region → Kansai region ⓘ

Ginkaku-ji → region → Kansai region ⓘ

Gion Matsuri → region → Kansai region ⓘ

Hotto Motto Field Kobe → region → Kansai region ⓘ

Katsura River → region → Kansai region ⓘ

Katsuragi, Nara Prefecture, Japan → region → Kansai region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kinki

Kobe City University of Foreign Studies → region → Kansai region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansai

Matsubara → region → Kansai region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansai

Miho Museum → region → Kansai region ⓘ

Mount Rokko → region → Kansai region ⓘ

Namba Grand Kagetsu → region → Kansai region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansai

Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan → region → Kansai region ⓘ

subject surface form: Nishinomiya

this entity surface form: Kinki region

Nunobiki Herb Garden → region → Kansai region ⓘ

Osaka Evessa → region → Kansai region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansai

Osaka International Airport → region → Kansai region ⓘ

Osaka Prefecture → region → Kansai region ⓘ

Osakako Station → region → Kansai region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansai

Philosopher's Path → region → Kansai region ⓘ

Port of Nishinomiya → region → Kansai region ⓘ

Port of Sakai-Semboku → region → Kansai region ⓘ

Rokkō Island → region → Kansai region ⓘ

Setsunan University → region → Kansai region ⓘ

Siege of Osaka → region → Kansai region ⓘ

Tetsugaku-no-michi area → region → Kansai region ⓘ

Tora → region → Kansai region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansai

Universal City Station → region → Kansai region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansai

Yao → region → Kansai region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansai

Yotsubashi Line → region → Kansai region ⓘ