What is the Kansai Region The Kansai region (関西地方) consists of the prefectures: Hyogo, Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Mie, Shiga, and Wakayama. As far as car culture is concerned this region is the epicenter of Honda tuning, namely the loop racers (Kanjozoku 環状族) of Osaka in B-series powered Civics. Loop racers