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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 metropolitan 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.

Contents 1 Prefectures 2 Cities 2.1 Osaka Prefecture 2.2 Hyogo Prefecture 2.3 Kyoto Prefecture 2.4 Nara Prefecture 2.5 Shiga Prefecture 2.6 Other cities 3 Transportation 3.1 Major Airports 3.2 Major Railways 4 See also

[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

Daito, Osaka Fujiidera, Osaka Habikino, Osaka Hannan, Osaka Higashiosaka, Osaka Hirakata, Osaka Ibaraki, Osaka Ikeda, Osaka Izumi, Osaka Izumiotsu, Osaka Izumisano, Osaka

Kadoma, Osaka Kaizuka, Osaka Kashiwara, Osaka Katano, Osaka Kawachinagano, Osaka Kishiwada, Osaka Matsubara, Osaka Minoo, Osaka Moriguchi, Osaka Neyagawa, Osaka Osakasayama, Osaka

Sakai, Osaka Sennan, Osaka Settsu, Osaka Shijonawate, Osaka Suita, Osaka Takaishi, Osaka Takatsuki, Osaka Tondabayashi, Osaka Toyonaka, Osaka Yao, Osaka

[edit] Hyogo Prefecture

Aioi, Hyogo Akashi, Hyogo Amagasaki, Hyogo Ashiya, Hyogo Awaji, Hyogo Himeji, Hyogo

Itami, Hyogo Kakogawa, Hyogo Kasai, Hyogo Kawanishi, Hyogo Miki, Hyogo Nishinomiya, Hyogo

Ono, Hyogo Sanda, Hyogo Sasayama, Hyogo Takarazuka, Hyogo Takasago, Hyogo Tatsuno, Hyogo

[edit] Kyoto Prefecture

Joyo, Kyoto Kameoka, Kyoto Kyotanabe, Kyoto

Muko, Kyoto Nagaokakyo, Kyoto

Uji, Kyoto Yawata, Kyoto

[edit] Nara Prefecture

Gojo, Nara Gose, Nara Ikoma, Nara Kashiba, Nara

Kashihara, Nara Katsuragi, Nara Nara, Nara Sakurai, Nara

Tenri, Nara Yamatokoriyama, Nara Yamatotakada, Nara

[edit] Shiga Prefecture

Higashiomi, Shiga Hikone, Shiga Koka, Shiga Konan, Shiga

Kusatsu, Shiga Moriyama, Shiga Omihachiman, Shiga Otsu, Shiga

Ritto, Shiga Takashima, Shiga Yasu, Shiga

[edit] Other cities

• Hashimoto, Wakayama
• Iga, Mie
• Nabari, Mie

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Major Airports

• Osaka International Airport
• Kansai International Airport
• Kobe Airport

[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

[edit] See also

• Kansai region
• List of metropolitan areas in Japan by populationnl:Keihanshin

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