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Kinki

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Kinki 

(or Kinai), a lowland in the southern part of the island of Honshu in Japan. It occupies a single tectonic basin with Osaka Bay and Lake Biwa. The lowland is composed of the alluvium of the Yodo River and its tributaries; there are marine terraces in the south. Kinki has a subtropical monsoon climate. Rice is grown on the plain, and cereals, mulberry, tea, and citrus fruits, on the neighboring hills. The cities of Osaka and Kyoto are located on the lowland.
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The researchers at Kinki University and Gifu's livestock research institute said they had cloned four Yasufuku calves between November 2007 and July 2008, although two of them died afterward.
Japan scientists clone legendary bull by AFP / AFP Global Edition
OSAKA -- A research group from Kinki University, in Osaka, Japan has announced that fuel created from used tea leaves can substitute for coke during iron manufacturing and the casting of iron parts.
Tea dregs can substitute for coke by Tea & Coffee Trade Journal
1 hit the Kinki region in the small hours of Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
M4.1 quake hits Kinki region by Japan Weekly Monitor
 
 
 
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