, derived from the second
kanji from and the first kanji from (but in
''on''-reading instead of
''kun''-reading), refers generally to Osaka, Kobe, and the surrounding area in the
Kansai region of
Japan
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.
In the context of a region of
Hyōgo Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and has a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, an ...
, the term is used to refer to the 8 small municipalities (
Amagasaki,
Ashiya,
Inagawa,
Itami
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270px, Aerial view of Itami city center
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270px, Arioka Castle ruins
) is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 197,215 in 83580 households and a ...
,
Kawanishi,
Nishinomiya,
Sanda and
Takarazuka) located close to the northern coast of
Osaka Bay between the two large cities of Kobe and Osaka. In some contexts, the eastern
Higashinada and
Nada wards of Kobe and
Nishiyodagawa Ward of Osaka are also included.
The name ''Hanshin'' may also refer to:
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Hanshin Department Store
is a Japanese department store chain owned by , a subsidiary of H2O Retailing Corporation.
Stores
;Hanshin Umeda
:*13-13, Umeda Itchome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan
:*Access
::*Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line: Umeda Station
::*JR West: Osak ...
, a chain of department stores based in Osaka
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Hanshin Electric Railway, a railway that links Osaka and Kobe
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Hanshin Main Line, a line operated by the railway
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Hanshin Expressway
The is a network of expressways surrounding Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto, Japan. Operated by , it opened in 1962.
Portions of the Hanshin Expressway about east of Fukae Station collapsed during the Kobe earthquake on 17 January 1995. These section ...
, a network of tolled highways surrounding Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto
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Hanshin Industrial Region, the industrial region encompassing Osaka and Kobe metropolitan areas
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Hanshin Racecourse, a horse racetrack in Takarazuka, Hyogo
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Hanshin Tigers, a professional baseball team in Nishinomiya, Hyogo
See also
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Great Hanshin earthquake, 1995 earthquake centered in southern Hyogo
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Hanshin Education Incident, 1948 incident in which Korean ethnic schools in Japan were closed down
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Keihanshin
is a metropolitan region in the Kansai region of Japan encompassing the metropolitan areas of the cities of Kyoto in Kyoto Prefecture, Osaka in Osaka Prefecture and Kobe in Hyōgo Prefecture. The entire region has a population () of 19,302,746 o ...
, a macro-region including Kyōto (''Kei''-) and Hanshin
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Hanshinkan Modernism
identifies the modernist arts, culture, and lifestyle that developed from the region of Japan centered primarily on the Hanshinkan conurbation between Osaka and Kobe, the ideally terrained area between the Rokkō Range and the sea (Kobe's Nada ...
, the cultural and arts movement in the region during the early 20th century
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