Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto
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Ōsaka-Kōbe-Kyōto is a metropolitan area that is centered on the cities of Osaka in the Osaka prefecture, Kobe in the Hyogo prefecture, and Kyoto in the Kyoto prefecture. This area has a population (as of 2000) of 18,644,000 over an area of 11,170 square kilometers[1]. The centre of this metropolian area is Osaka City. It is the world's ninth most populated metropolitan area. It is also Japan's second most populated metropolitan area after the Greater Tokyo Area, containing roughly 15% of Japan's population.
The area is often known as Keihanshin (京阪神) in the Japanese language. This name is constructed by extracting a representative kanji from Kyoto (京都), Osaka (大阪), and Kobe (神戸), but using on readings instead of kun readings for each of the characters taken from Osaka and Kobe. After these core cities, the next largest are Sakai, a designated city, and Himeji, HigashiOsaka, Nishinomiya, and Amagasaki.
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[edit] Prefectures
- Osaka Prefecture - entire prefecture
- Hyogo Prefecture - southern part
- Kyoto Prefecture - southern part
- Nara Prefecture - northern part
- Shiga Prefecture - southern and western parts
[edit] Cities
In addition to the three major cities of Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto, the official metropolitan area (2000 census definition) includes the following cities:
[edit] Osaka Prefecture
[edit] Hyogo Prefecture
[edit] Kyoto Prefecture
[edit] Nara Prefecture
[edit] Shiga Prefecture
[edit] Other cities
[edit] Transportation
[edit] Major Airports
[edit] Major Railways
- JR West Kobe Line / Kyoto Line / Biwako Line (Sanyō Main Line / Tōkaidō Main Line)
- JR West Osaka Loop Line
- JR Central Tōkaidō Shinkansen / JR West Sanyō Shinkansen
- JR West Hanwa Line
- JR West Kansai Main Line
- JR West Tozai Line / Gakkentoshi Line
- Hanshin Main Line
- Hankyu Kobe Line
- Hankyu Takarazuka Line
- Hankyu Kyoto Line
- Keihan Main Line
- Kintetsu Osaka Line
- Kintetsu Nara Line
- Nankai Main Line
- Nankai Koya Line
- Osaka Municipal Subway
- Osaka Monorail
