Tourism in Kansai: Destinations, Systems, and Impact

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Report of tourism in Kansai in Japan
Introduction
This report will outline the impact of tourism in Kansai a city in Japan. It will also
discuss the systems and destinations in Kansai which tourist are interested in. These features
include markets, food, spiritual walks, culinary tourism. It will also discuss the number of
tourists who visit Kansai and the means they use to arrive and depart from the city. There also
suggested itineraries for those who visit Kansai. This includes visiting the heritage sites of the
Kumano Pilgrimage Trail, tracking on the bridge formed by gods, going to the three unique
Kansai cites which include Osaka and Nara (Dekle 1996, pg. 56). Also visiting the places with
the Yoshino cherry trees in Nara and Tokyo (Clancy, J., 2013).
This report will also discuss visiting of religious places such as shrines, temples and old
homes, visiting the appeal of Kobe where the east and west cultures meet. Visiting the Hilltop
Buddhist Cities at Mt. Koya-san and the Sacred World heritage. There also gourmet adventure
through Mie a town in Japan. It will also discuss the Kansai prefectures which are found in Mie,
Hyogo, Nara, Shiga, Kyoto, and Wakayama. In markets, it will highlight the impact of tourism
on investment and how market prices are affected by tourism.
The report will also have analyzed statistical data of the internal and foreign visitors in
Kansai city. Traditional tourism like visiting the hot springs will not be left out in this report
(Seaton and Yamamura, 2015 pg. 5). The sector of foods also will be discussed, for example, the
production of noodles and how consuming of foodstuffs by tourists affect agriculture in the
entire country. Religious foods will also be discussed in details. Spiritual or walking tourism will
also be outlined in this report and how it is conducted in Kansai. Pictorial information on the
destination and the effects it has on tourist will also be discussed in this report. Systems which

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support tourism in Kansai will be listed and their effects too will be noted. The advantages of
having tourists in Kansai will be outlined and the disadvantages the same will be discussed. The
other issue in this report is how landscape or demographic changes affect tourism in Kansai.
Domestic one direction trip which is known as the Gourmet trip will be a matter of discussion in
this writing. This paper will also discuss why Kansai is becoming a flower of Japan. The relation
between the locals and tourists will be highlighted and the effect the tourists have on the local
communities in the places they visit. Tables and charts will be used to analyze data and some few
methodologies used to draw a conclusion.
Evidence of system approach
Research shows that the number of tourists who visited Japan in the year 2015 was
approximately 2.95 (Tseng & Huan, 2017 p. 184) and around 40% of this number visited Kansai
which amounted to 73.34 thousand visitors. This is a great promotion to the sector of tourism in
Japan. This number has been rising up since 2017 up to date, this is because several systems
have been built to deal with the quality of services given to tourists in Kansai (Padhil and
Purnomo, 2018). The table below shows the data of visits since the year 2015.
year Number of tourists in millions Increment in %
2015 2.95 original
2016 3.12 5
2017 3.74 20
2018 Data not analyzed pending
Although a large number of people amounting to approximately 24 million between 2015
and 2016 there were few who were interested in tourist attractions. This large of tourists also left

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Japan by the means of air transport from several airports in Japan. It is a spiritual experience to
visit Kansai because of several tourist destinations. These include scenic rivers, breathtaking
rocky costs, temples and shrines, centennial forests and majestic waterfalls. Those with short
visits always leave this area unsatisfied because all striking adjectives in the world can be found
in Kansai. The destinations are well grouped to make it easier for travelers to visit them. Nara
park in one of the destination, in this area more than 1200 wild beer wonder everywhere freely
without restriction (Chujo and Oghigian, 2006 p. 135). Some special crackers are sold to the
visitors to feed these beers.
The other destination found in Kansai is Arashiyama which is found in the outskirts of
Tokyo. While ending to Arashimaya you pass through the Hozu river and the Togetsukyo bridge
where people go to have a leisure walk. The mountain starts just after the bridge and it welcomes
you with you with a monkey park and beautiful few of the plant (EIJIOHT, 2012 p. 28).
Arashimaya also bost of the Bamboo Grove.
The other place to visit in Kansai is the Hashigui Iwa where are pointing rocks spreading
for about a kilometer giving a view of a bridge, this place is used by tourists to catch sunrise
because the sun rises from behind the rocks (WADA and MINAMIGAWA, 2013 p. 87). The
temple of Kiyomizudera is another interesting place for tourists, the design which was used to
build this temple is a funny approach because no nails were used (Keiji 1979, pp.388). The long
shopping street and the forest around it also attracts the tourists.
The shrine of Fujimi Inari is famous because of the tori gate marks which lead to the
main building. These gates have the names of those who donated them, and they are surrounded
by a forest that keep thoughts flowing in mind (Turnbull and Stephen, 2015). The other shrine