Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Japan's bitterest feud: Kansai vs. Kanto
Aggressive vs. subtle fashion, conservative
vs. humorous talks, and salty vs. hot taste. These are just typical
characteristic and linguistic differences between Kanto, the metropolitan Tokyo
and its suburban cities, and Kansai, greater Osaka and Kyoto region. Kanto has
been the capital of the nation for the last four centuries while Kansai had
been until Edo Shogunate took it over. Also, Kanto was created by Samurais and
absorbed migrants from different parts of the country but Kansai grew in more
organic fashion over the course of 1,500 years.
Are these differences greater the ones in
the East and West coasts of the US or Beijing and Shanghai in China?
Enjoy reading and finding some distinctively
different culture and life styles in these two regions in Japan.
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