Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!gcd.org!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.icl.net!skynet.be!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: "John W." Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Kinai, not Kansai Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 20:07:05 -0600 Lines: 19 Message-ID: <41A3ECC9.2040201@yahoo.com> References: <30i5fiF30891lU8@uni-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de +p1/rUorzVj2Kf6lvHUp6Qw+bGsovxequj3HBOBFD33hJUEhSr User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20021120 Netscape/7.01 X-Accept-Language: ja,en Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:22357 Kevin Gowen wrote: > anko eater wrote: > >>http://www.free-definition.com/Kinai.html >> >>Those who complain against the use of the term Kinai instead of Kansai, such >>as Dave Fossett, see the definition above. It mentions that - Nowadays, the >>region is usually referred to as Kinki or **erroneously** Kansai. Kansai >>vaguely means the "western part of Japan". >> >>Kaz was right. > > > I am glad to meet another supporter of Kinai. > I think Kaz is part of a Kinai support group. If not he should be. John W.