western Japan

E69559

region of Japan

Western Japan is the southwestern portion of Japan’s main islands, commonly including regions such as Kansai, Chūgoku, Shikoku, and Kyūshū, known for cities like Osaka, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
western Japan canonical	26
western Honshu	7
Western Japan	6
southern Japan	2
southwestern Japan	2
Southwestern Japan	1
southwestern Japan region	1

Statements (105)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	region of Japan ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater	Pacific Ocean ⓘ Sea of Japan ⓘ Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
connectedBy	Akashi Kaikyo Bridge ⓘ surface form: Akashi Kaikyō Bridge Kanmon Bridge ⓘ Kanmon Tunnel ⓘ Seto Ohashi Bridge ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
hasClimate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ oceanic climate ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion	Chūgoku region ⓘ surface form: Chūgoku culture area Kansai region ⓘ surface form: Kansai culture area Kyushu ⓘ surface form: Kyūshū culture area Shikoku ⓘ surface form: Shikoku culture area
hasEconomicCenter	Fukuoka ⓘ Osaka ⓘ
hasHistoricalCity	Himeji ⓘ Kyoto ⓘ Nara ⓘ
hasHistoricalSite	Genbaku Dome ⓘ surface form: Atomic Bomb Dome Dazaifu Tenmangū ⓘ Himeji Castle ⓘ Itsukushima Shrine ⓘ
hasMajorAirport	Fukuoka Airport ⓘ Hiroshima Airport ⓘ Itami Airport ⓘ Kansai International Airport ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry	agriculture ⓘ automobile industry ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ steel industry ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasMajorMetropolitanArea	Osaka–Kobe metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Keihanshin metropolitan area
hasMajorPort	Hakata Port ⓘ surface form: Port of Hakata Kitakyushu Port ⓘ surface form: Port of Kitakyushu Port of Kobe ⓘ Port of Osaka ⓘ
hasMajorRiver	Chikugo River ⓘ Shimanto River ⓘ Yodo River ⓘ
hasMountainRange	Chūgoku Mountains ⓘ Kii Mountains ⓘ Kyushu Mountains ⓘ surface form: Kyūshū Mountains
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu ⓘ Himeji Castle ⓘ Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto ⓘ Itsukushima Shrine ⓘ surface form: Itsukushima Shinto Shrine Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range ⓘ
hasVolcano	Mount Aso ⓘ Sakurajima ⓘ Unzen ⓘ
includesCity	Fukuoka ⓘ Hiroshima ⓘ Kagoshima City ⓘ surface form: Kagoshima Kitakyushu ⓘ Kobe ⓘ Kyoto ⓘ Nagasaki ⓘ Naha ⓘ Okayama ⓘ Osaka ⓘ
includesIsland	Kyushu ⓘ surface form: Kyūshū Island Shikoku ⓘ surface form: Shikoku Island
includesPrefecture	Ehime Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Fukuoka Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Hiroshima Prefecture ⓘ Hyogo Prefecture ⓘ surface form: Hyōgo Prefecture Kagawa Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Kagoshima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Kumamoto Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyoto Prefecture ⓘ Kōchi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Miyazaki Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Nagasaki Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Nara Prefecture ⓘ Okayama Prefecture ⓘ Okinawa Prefecture ⓘ Osaka Prefecture ⓘ Saga Prefecture ⓘ Shiga Prefecture ⓘ Tokushima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Wakayama Prefecture ⓘ Yamaguchi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Ōita Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesRegion	Chūgoku region ⓘ surface form: Chūgoku Kansai region ⓘ surface form: Kansai Kansai region ⓘ surface form: Kinki region Kyushu ⓘ surface form: Kyūshū Kyushu ⓘ surface form: Northern Kyūshū San’in region ⓘ surface form: San'in region Chūgoku region ⓘ surface form: San'yō region Shikoku ⓘ
knownFor	Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park ⓘ Seto Inland Sea scenery ⓘ distinct Kansai dialects ⓘ historic capitals Kyoto and Nara ⓘ hot springs such as Beppu and Yufuin ⓘ
locatedIn	Japan ⓘ
partOf	Japanese archipelago ⓘ
timeZone	Japan Standard Time ⓘ
traversedBy	Kyushu Shinkansen ⓘ surface form: Kyūshū Shinkansen Sanyo Shinkansen ⓘ surface form: Sanyō Shinkansen Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen

Referenced by (45)

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

Matsubara → isInGeographicalRegion → western Japan ⓘ

Tsushima Current → influencesClimateOf → western Japan ⓘ

Hiroshima High Court → jurisdiction → western Japan ⓘ

Ryukyuan languages → region → western Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwestern Japan

Pacific League → regionServed → western Japan ⓘ

Chūgoku region → locatedIn → western Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Honshu

Chūgoku region → locatedIn → western Japan ⓘ

KIX → servesRegion → western Japan ⓘ

subject surface form: Kansai International Airport

this entity surface form: Western Japan

Seto Inland Sea region → locatedIn → western Japan ⓘ

Harima-nada Sea → locatedIn → western Japan ⓘ

Kashiwara, Osaka Prefecture, Japan → isLocatedIn → western Japan ⓘ

subject surface form: Kashiwara

Tabuse, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan → locatedIn → western Japan ⓘ

Taira no Kiyomori → powerBase → western Japan ⓘ

Tokara Strait → locatedIn → western Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Japan

Japanese bush warbler → nonBreedingRange → western Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Japan

Uda → region → western Japan ⓘ

Hiroshima Castle → region → western Japan ⓘ

Kōra, Shiga → isPartOfRegion → western Japan ⓘ

Sumoto → region → western Japan ⓘ

Wakayama urban area → locatedIn → western Japan ⓘ

Okinawa Trough → extendsFrom → western Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: southwestern Japan region

NEXCO West Japan → operatesInRegion → western Japan ⓘ

Hokuriku Expressway → connectsRegion → western Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Honshu

Sanin Main Line (partial) → locatedIn → western Japan ⓘ

subject surface form: Sanin Main Line

JR-West Hotels → operatesInRegion → western Japan ⓘ

JR-West Japan Bus companies → regionServed → western Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Japan

Kodama (on Sanyo Shinkansen) → region → western Japan ⓘ

subject surface form: Kodama (Sanyo Shinkansen)

Yamato clan → regionControlled → western Japan ⓘ

Yayoi period → mainRegion → western Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Honshu

JR West Shinkansen → regionServed → western Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Japan

Keihan Electric Railway Co., Ltd. → region → western Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Japan

Mōri Motonari → regionOfActivity → western Japan ⓘ

Kansai, Japan → locatedIn → western Japan ⓘ

subject surface form: Kansai

this entity surface form: western Honshu

Chūgoku–Shikoku–Kyushu economic region → locatedIn → western Japan ⓘ

Southwest Japan Arc → locatedIn → western Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: southwestern Japan

Rail Star 700 series → serviceArea → western Japan ⓘ

Chūgoku Mountains → locatedInPartOfCountry → western Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Honshu

present-day Hōfu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan → locatedInPartOfIsland → western Japan ⓘ

subject surface form: Hōfu

this entity surface form: western Honshu

Ishizuchi Tozan Ropeway → region → western Japan ⓘ

Tokyo–Nagoya–Osaka → region → western Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Honshu

Bungo Channel → locatedIn → western Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: southwestern Japan

Western Conference → locationType → western Japan ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Conference (bj League)

this entity surface form: Western Japan

Western Conference → regionServed → western Japan ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Conference (bj league)

this entity surface form: Western Japan

Osakasayama → hasGeographicalContext → western Japan ⓘ

dotaku → region → western Japan ⓘ

subject surface form: Dotaku