Edited sentence: Kansai area is home to 5 existing LNG terminals.Osaka's domestic ferry services include regular service to ports such as Shimonoseki, Kagoshima, and Okinawa.Osaka's international ferry connections are far greater than Tokyo's, mostly due to geography.Port of Himeji.Port of Kobe.Port of Osaka.Port of Sakai-Senboku (In Osaka Prefecture).Shipping plays the crucial role for the freight coming in and out of the area nationally and internationally, and Greater Osaka areas exports and imported raw materials span the globe, with no one port dominating.The port of Osaka serves as a shipping hub for the Kansai region along with the port of Kobe.There are international ferries that leave Osaka for Shanghai, Korea, and until recently Taiwan.Though the port of Kobe was in the 1970's the busiest in the world by containers handled, it no longer ranks among the top twenty worldwide