Keihanshin industrial region

The encompasses the Japanese cities of Kyōto, Ōsaka and Kōbe and their surrounding prefectures.
The term "Keihanshin" is composed of one character ("kanji") of each of the cities, but in their Sino-Japanese reading: "kei" of Kyōto [京]都; "han" of Ōsaka 大[阪], "shin" of Kōbe [神]戸.