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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Osaka Prefecture</span> Prefecture of Japan

Osaka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 and has a geographic area of 1,905 square kilometres (736 sq mi). Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Nara Prefecture to the southeast, and Wakayama Prefecture to the south.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nara Prefecture</span> Prefecture of Japan

Nara Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. As of 2020, Nara Prefecture has a population of 1,321,805 and has a geographic area of 3,691 square kilometres (1,425 sq mi). Nara Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Osaka Prefecture to the northwest, Wakayama Prefecture to the southwest, and Mie Prefecture to the east.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wakayama Prefecture</span> Prefecture of Japan

Wakayama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Wakayama Prefecture has a population of 944,320 and has a geographic area of 4,724 square kilometres (1,824 sq mi). Wakayama Prefecture borders Osaka Prefecture to the north, and Mie Prefecture and Nara Prefecture to the northeast.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kawachinagano</span> City in Kansai, Japan

Kawachinagano is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 January 2022, the city had an estimated population of 101,649 in 47493 households and a population density of 930 persons per km². The total area of the city is 109.63 square kilometres (42.33 sq mi).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hashimoto, Wakayama</span> City in Kansai, Japan

Hashimoto is a city located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 November 2021, the city had an estimated population of 61,063 in 27392 households and a population density of 470 persons per km². The total area of the city is 130.55 square kilometres (50.41 sq mi).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kudoyama</span> Town in Kansai, Japan

Kudoyama is a town located in Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 November 2021, the town had an estimated population of 3,996 in 1770 households and a population density of 91 persons per km². The total area of the town is 44.15 square kilometres (17.05 sq mi).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kōya, Wakayama</span> Town in Kansai, Japan

Kōya is a town located in Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 November 2021, the town had an estimated population of 2,812 in 1575 households and a population density of 21 persons per km². The total area of the town is 137.03 square kilometres (52.91 sq mi). The town is known as the headquarters of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Keihanshin</span> Metropolitan region in the Kansai region of Japan

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 over an area of 13,228 km2 (5,107 sq mi). It is the second-most-populated urban region in Japan, containing approximately 15% of Japan's population.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mount Kōya</span> Large settlement in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Mount Kōya is a large temple settlement in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan to the south of Osaka. In the strictest sense, Mount Kōya is the mountain name (sangō) of Kongōbu-ji Temple, the ecclesiastical headquarters of the Kōyasan sect of Shingon Buddhism.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nankai Electric Railway</span> Japanese railway company

Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. is a private railway in Japan, founded in 1884. The name Nankai comes from the company's routes along the Nankaidō, the old highway that ran south from the old capital, Kyoto, along the sea coast. Nankai predates all the electric railways in the Tokyo region.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kii Peninsula</span> Largest peninsula on the island of Honshū in Japan.

The Kii Peninsula is the largest peninsula on the island of Honshū in Japan. It is named after the ancient Kii Province.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nankai Main Line</span>

The Nankai Main Line is one of the two main railway lines of Japanese private railway company Nankai Electric Railway, together with Kōya Line. The route is from Namba Station in south downtown of Osaka to Wakayamashi Station in Wakayama via Sakai, Izumiōtsu, Kishiwada, Kaizuka, Izumisano, Sennan, Hannan and Misaki municipalities. The proper name is with the company's name, "the Nankai Main Line", not simply "the Main Line" often seen in other Japanese private railways. Lines of the Nankai Main Lane and the connecting lines excluded the Kōya Line and the Airport Line are named generically "the Nankai Line". The line is shown with a pictogram of waves, or distinguished with blue from conifer or green Kōya Line.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Koya Line</span>

The Koya Line is a railway line in Osaka Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by the Nankai Electric Railway, a private railway operator. It connects Osaka and Koyasan, the capital of the Japanese Buddhist sect Shingon, via the suburbs of Osaka, such as Sakai, Osakasayama, Tondabayashi and Kawachinagano in Osaka Prefecture and Hashimoto and Kōya in Wakayama Prefecture. To distinguish it from other Nankai Lines, the Kōya Line is indicated with pictograms of coniferous-like trees which bring to mind Mount Kōya, or with the line colour, green.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matsuiyamate Station</span> Railway station in Kyōtanabe, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Matsuiyamate Station is a railway station on the Gakkentoshi Line in Kyōtanabe, Kyoto, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hashimoto Station (Wakayama)</span> Railway station in Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Hashimoto Station is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company and the private Nankai Electric Railway.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gokurakubashi Station</span> Railway station in Kōya, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Gokurakubashi Station is a junction passenger railway station in located in the town of Kōya, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Nankai Electric Railway.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kōyasan Station</span> Railway station in Kōya, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Kōyasan Station is a passenger railway station in the town of Kōya, Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Nankai Electric Railway.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miyukitsuji Station</span> Railway station in Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Miyukitsuji Station is a passenger railway station in the city of Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Nankai Electric Railway.

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