Water shortages and droughts, serious floods, water pollution, are endangering our water now!

     In order to discuss solutions to current and future "water" issues, there will be a gathering of people from all over the world in the Lake Biwa - Yodo River Basin in the year 2003.

The voice of time immemorial - more than 2000 years of a rich historical and cultural heritage

     The Kinki Region is a virtual treasure house of historical and cultural assets. The Rekishi Kaido Project (Historical Highways Project) was initiated to introduce these historical routes, and a variety of historical sites, to both domestic and foreign visitors.

     Heartfelt communication can be accomplished through the skillful exchange of technology. Here are the concepts we are promoting related to international cooperation.

     The Great Hanshin Earthquake rocked the southern part of Hyogo Prefecture in 1995, and the news presented by the press and television crews covering the disaster, shocking images of the devastating damage, with strong fires raging across Kobe City, completely destroyed homes, and collapsed expressways, etc., caused a lot of concern on an international scale.
It has been more than seven years since the disaster struck, but here, in this introduction to the earthquake, you can see the restoration measures we employed to recover from the massive damage, as well as the efforts undertaken to employ the lessons learned from the disaster in our various duties, such as city planning.

     This section is an introduction to the social infrastructure and facilities in the Kinki region that can be considered world-class projects.