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unusual facts about Kansai



Aozora Records

Established May 3, 2000 to handle the independent release of Hitomi Yaida's debut maxi CD Howling to the Kansai area of Japan, it was the recipient of a bidding war amongst the larger Recording Companies for distribution rights which was won by Toshiba-EMI.

Hideyuki Sakai

In 2003, he won the biggest Kansai Ki-in tournament, the Kansai Ki-in Championship.

Hokkaido dialects

Western features may have been brought by merchants from Kansai and Hokuriku with the kitamaebune trade routes.

Kansai Telecasting Corporation

Osaka International Ladies Marathon (大阪国際女子マラソン, Hosted by Japan Association of Athletics Federations, Kansai TV, the Sankei Shimbun, Sankei Sports, Radio Osaka and Osaka City)

Kobe Airport

In 2013, Kobe mayor Tatsuo Yada endorsed a proposal to consolidate the management of the three Kansai region airports by adding Kobe Airport to the planned sale in 2014 of operating concessions at Itami and Kansai, although the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported this to be unlikely given the advanced state of negotiations surrounding the concessions.

Rinku

Rinku Town, a commercial development in Osaka, Japan, adjacent to Kansai International Airport

Stray Little Devil

She has a very rough and blunt personality and inexplicably speaks with a Kansai dialect.


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