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Geofeatures map of Kansai Kansai region, satellite photo The Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world until 2022, with a centre span of 1,991 m. The Kansai region is a cultural center and the historical heart of Japan, with 11% of the nation's land area and 22,757,897 residents as of 2010. [1]
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Tennōzan Kofun (天王山古墳) is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the Kurahashi neighborhood of the city of Sakurai, Nara in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1954. [1] It is only of several sites claiming to be the grave of Emperor Sushun.
Kamigata (上方) was the colloquial term for a region today called Kansai (kan, barrier; sai, west) in Japan. [1] This large area encompasses the cities of Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe. The term was also sometimes used to refer only to Kyoto city.
Kobe is the busiest container port in the region, surpassing even Osaka, and the fourth-busiest in Japan. [29] As of 2004, the city's total real GDP was ¥6.3 trillion, which amounts to thirty-four percent of the GDP for Hyōgo Prefecture and approximately eight percent for the whole Kansai region.
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Yoshino-Kumano National Park (吉野熊野国立公園, Yoshino-Kumano Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park comprising several non-contiguous areas of Mie, Nara, and Wakayama Prefectures, in the Kansai region of Japan.
The name is still used to describe part of the Kansai region, but the area of the Kinai corresponds only generally to the land of the old provinces. [ 1 ] The region was established as one of the Gokishichidō ("Five provinces and seven roads") during the Asuka period (538-710).