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

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.

Hirakata Park → regionServed → Kansai region ⓘ
ICOCA → regionServed → Kansai region ⓘ
JR West → regionServed → Kansai region ⓘ
JR West Hanwa Line → regionServed → Kansai region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kansai metropolitan area
JR-O11 → regionServed → Kansai region ⓘ
Kansai Airports → regionServed → Kansai region ⓘ
Kansai Gaidai University → regionServed → Kansai region ⓘ
Kindai University → regionServed → Kansai region ⓘ
Meishin Expressway → regionServed → Kansai region ⓘ
Namba Parks → regionServed → Kansai region ⓘ
Nankai Electric Railway → regionServed → Kansai region ⓘ
Osaka Higashi Line → regionServed → Kansai region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kansai region of Japan
ITM → regionServed → Kansai region ⓘ
subject surface form: Osaka International Airport
this entity surface form: Kansai region of Japan (via Osaka International Airport)
PiTaPa → regionServed → Kansai region ⓘ
RJBB → regionServed → Kansai region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kansai
Terminal 1 → regionServed → Kansai region ⓘ
subject surface form: Terminal 1 (Kansai International Airport)
Yamatoji Line → regionServed → Kansai region ⓘ
Kansai University → reputationRegion → Kansai region ⓘ
Kintetsu Railway → serves → Kansai region ⓘ
Kintetsu Railway → serves → Kansai region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kinki region
Osaka Station → serves → Kansai region ⓘ
Port of Amagasaki → serves → Kansai region ⓘ
Port of Kobe → serves → Kansai region ⓘ
Port of Osaka → serves → Kansai region ⓘ
KIX → servesRegion → Kansai region ⓘ
subject surface form: Kansai International Airport
RJOO → servesRegion → Kansai region ⓘ
subject surface form: Osaka International Airport
Runway 06L/24R → servesRegion → Kansai region ⓘ
Terminal 2 → servesRegion → Kansai region ⓘ
subject surface form: Terminal 2 (Kansai International Airport)
this entity surface form: Kansai region of Japan
Osaka dialect → spokenIn → Kansai region ⓘ
Kobe Port Tower → touristRegion → Kansai region ⓘ
Tsutenkaku Tower → touristRegion → Kansai region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kansai
Tora → usedIn → Kansai region ⓘ
枚方市 → 地方 → Kansai region ⓘ
this entity surface form: 近畿地方