Kansai region

The Kansai region (関西地方, Kansai-chihō) is one of Japan's traditional regions^[1] The area is also known as the Kinki region (近畿地方, Kinki-chihō)^[2] or as the Kinai (畿内).^[3] The Japanese conventions of geography and history divide the nation into eight regions, including the Kansai region.^[4] These have been used since 1905 as basic units for description and comparison.^[5] and as cultural markers.

The regions of Japan are a fusion of historical divisions and modern administrative needs".^[6] The significance of the region in Japan is geographical, cultural and administrative.^[7]

1. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
2. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 522. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
3. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 521. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
4. ↑ Library of Congress Country Studies, Japan (LOC), "Geographic Regions"; "The islands of Hokkaido, Shikoku, and Kyushu each form a region, and the main island of Honshu is divided into five regions". Retrieved 2012-4-15.
5. ↑ Tames, Richard (2008). A Traveller's History of Japan. Interlink Books. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-56656-404-5.
6. ↑ Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), "Regions of Japan". Retrieved 2012-4-15.
7. ↑ Brandt, Kim (2007). Kingdom of Beauty: Mingei and the Politics of Folk Art in Imperial Japan. Duke University Press. pp. 218–219. ISBN 978-0-8223-8954-5.