Technology: The Kansai Window Website - full of the appeal of Kansai!

Kansai Window reaches 9 million hits a year

Osaka /KYODO JBN-AsiaNet/ - Kansai Window, a website that provides a look into all that's appealing about Kansai, has continued with its success of 2006 and for the second consecutive year has reached 9 million hits. Kansai Window consists of some 10,000 different pages and over 6,000 links. Operated on a combined basis by the local governments and business circles, Kansai Window is a website that provides general information and insight into the culture, history, industry, nature and tourism of a broad region spanning the nine different prefectures of Kansai.

Serving as the portal site for Kansai, it garners much attention and support both inside and outside of Japan for its unique and plentiful content.

Japanese: http://www.kippo.or.jp/index_j.asp
English: http://www.kippo.or.jp/index.asp
Chinese (simplified): http://www.kippo.or.jp/index_c.asp
Chinese (traditional): http://www.kippo.or.jp/index_t.asp
Korean: http://www.kippo.or.jp/index_k.asp

Kansai Window Improves and Expands the Content

1. New content: Kansai Profile
The Kansai Profile section makes use of a number of outstanding photographs to provide an introduction to the region's culture/history, industry, academia, nature, lifestyle and international exchange. In particular, it puts a detailed focus on the transitions observed in the history of Kansai between its ancient past and the modern era. And, in order to provide as much information as possible on each of these particular areas, links have also been provided to pages within Kansai Window that offer a little more detail. Although these pages are only available in Japanese, you can expect to see them in other languages such as English, Chinese and Korean in the near future.
Japanese: http://www.kippo.or.jp/kansaiprofile/index.html

2. Expanded "Culture" Section
The Culture section now provides Kansai World Heritage Archives that offer detailed explanations on the 5 World Heritage sites in Kansai among the 11 located throughout Japan.
It also now features a closer look into Nogaku, the Ningyo Johruri Bunraku Puppet Theatre and Kabuki, all types of World Intangible Cultural Heritage that were born in Kansai.
Japanese: http://www.kansai.gr.jp/culture/archivesindex.html
English: http://www.kippo.or.jp/culture_e/archivesindex.html
Chinese (simplified): http://www.kippo.or.jp/culture_carchives/index.html
Chinese (traditional): http://www.kippo.or.jp/culture_tarchives/index.html
Korean: http://www.kippo.or.jp/culture_k/archivesindex.html

Kansai International Public Relations Promotion Office (KIPPO), Organization of Kansai Unity (KU) Kansai, a region in which the capital of Japan was located for over 1,000 years, features a wealth of cultural resources and industries. KIPPO was established by local governments (nine prefectures and four government ordinance cities) as well as economic organizations in Kansai in order to introduce and promote Kansai to the world.

In cooperation with the Kansai Press Club, KIPPO is engaged in a number of activities to promote Kansai. Such as, KIPPO issues the 'KIPPO NEWS,' a newsletter, operates a 'Kippo Press Tour' for foreign correspondents and administrates the Kansai portal site called 'Kansai Window.' Osaka International Convention Center 11F, 5-3-51 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka, 530-0005, JAPAN TEL: +81-6-4803-5551 URL: http://www.kippo.or.jp/kippo/index.html

SOURCE: Kansai International Public Relations Promotion Office (KIPPO)
CONTACT: Shinji Nishioka Kansai International Public
Relations Promotion Office (KIPPO) Organization of Kansai Unity
(KU) Phone: +81-6-4803-5551 E-mail: nishioka@kansai.gr.jp