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The kinki region (近畿地方, kinki chihō), also commonly known as kansai (関西, literally west of the border), encompasses the osaka plain and consists of seven prefectures Osaka, kyoto, hyogo, nara, shiga, wakayama, and mie. It used to be the political and cultural center of japan for many centuries and includes the cities of kyoto, osaka, nara and kobe.
While the use of the terms kansai and kinki have changed over history, in most modern contexts the use of the two terms is interchangeable The kinki region of japan includes seven prefectures Kyoto, nara, shiga, wakayama, mie, osaka and hyogo (whose capital city is kobe). It consists of seven prefectures