１ Location of the Kansai region and Highly Developed Infrastructure

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Location of the Kansai region and transportation infrastructure⚫ Kansai is located almost in the center of Japan and has a well-developed transportation network including air, rail, androad.

⚫ There is convenient access to Tokyo and other major cities in Japan and various parts of Kansai. In particular, Kyoto,
Osaka, and Kobe are adjacent to each other and can be reached in about 30 minutes.
Major transportation networks in Japan （Time required）

Major urban transportation networks in Kansai （Time required）
Kansai is geographically compact, allowing
travel from the center of Osaka tointernational cities such as Kyoto and Kobe in
about 30 minutes.

Sapporo/Shin-Chitose

Fukui

Kyoto
Shiga/Otsu
Hyogo/Shin-Kobe

Osaka
Tokyo/Haneda

Nara■Airplane
1 hourand 50 min.

Hiroshima
Aichi/Nagoya

Fukuoka/Hakata

Osaka（Kansai International Airport/Shin-Osaka）

1 hourand 10 min.

KansaiInternational

Airport1 hourand 15min.

Wakayama

Sapporo/Shin-ChitoseTokyo/Haneda■Train（Minimum time using Shinkansenor limited express services）
1 hour and 50min.

Fukuoka/Hakata■Expressway３ hours
Fukui

Fukui
１ hour

３５ min.

Shiga/Otsu

Shiga/Otsu■Shinkansen(bullet train)
2 hoursand 30 min.

50 min.
ShinOsaka
1 hour and 30 min.

2hours and 30 min.

■Expressway
6 hours and 15 min.

Tokyo

2 hours and 30 min.

Aichi/Nagoya

ShinOsaka
Hiroshima

Tokyo

ShinOsaka

１５ min.

Aichi/Nagoya

ShinOsaka

7 hours and 45 min.

４５ min.

Hyogo/ShinKobe
５５ min.
Nara

Hyogo/ShinKobe

Nara

Hiroshima
１ hour and ２５min.

1 hour aｎd １０min.
Fukuoka/Hakata

Kyoto

Kyoto

５５ min.
4 hours and 15 min.

５０ min.

１５ min.

Fukuoka/Hakata

Wakayama

Wakayama

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５１ Location of the Kansai region and Highly Developed Infrastructure

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Kansai is connected to the world/Asia by many routes⚫ Kansai International Airport is located in the center of Kansai, Japan, and operates 24 hours a day as an international cargo hub.
It is connecting Asia and the rest of the world.
⚫ In 2019, the number of flights in service per week reached 1,570.
⚫ In 2019, KIX provides direct access to 56 cities in Asia, and has 21 international LCCs connecting it to 29 additional cities,
the largest network access among all the other domestic airports.
⚫ Kansai plays a core role in Asia, with airports and seaports able to handle large volumes of cargo as an international trade hub.
Details of international passenger flights by destination area

24-hour airport, Japan's first joint fixed-temperature storage for medicines
・The only one in Japan! 24-hour Airport with multiple 4000-meter runways.
・- The first in Japan to be able to pack and store pharmaceuticals at a constant temperature for export, realizing coolchain transportation of pharmaceuticals!
・- Large-scale renovations are planned to significantly expand and enhance international flight capacity!

North America 54 flights weekly

Europe 35 flights weekly＊including 28 flights to Hawaii

Asia 1,298 flights weekly
KansaiInternationalAirport

Shared constant temperature storage
for pharmaceutical productCooling dollies(KIX-Medipac）

Others 46 flights weekly
Security checkpoint ＊Image
Partial pre-opening in september 2024
Scheduled for complete renewal in spring 2025

（Source）Compiled based on Kansai Airports materials＊Report for summer 2019 peak schedule （August）

Terminal 1

Provided by Kansai Airports■Access to Kansai International Airport

International Flight Network

Regular foreign trade containers using Kansai ports

Airline companies73Countries （regions） served

26Cities served

91

Weekly flights(including freight flights)

1,570

75 minutes by train

KansaiInternatio
nal Airport

47 minutes by train
50 minutes by bus

Kyoto

Osaka/Umedaper week
83 minutes by train
65 minutes by bus

Kobe/
Sannomiya

Asia and near areas

139.6(flights weekly)

Ine Port●●Maizuru Port

North America

6Europe

1Others

5.3（Source） “Number of foreign trade container ships visiting Japan on regularsea lanes（ships/week） ”
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Himeji Port●Kobe●Osaka PortPort●
● Sakai Senboku
Wakayama
Port
Shimotsu Port●Hidaka Port●＊As of May 2022
＊Total of ports in Kansai served by regular oceangoing containers.

INVEST JAPAN, INVEST KANSAI● Shingu
Port６