{"id":2441,"date":"2021-04-24T13:07:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T06:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/?page_id=2441"},"modified":"2021-05-31T13:51:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T06:51:09","slug":"kansai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/kansai\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansai Region"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Kansai region (also known as Kinki<\/em>) is Japan\u2019s cultural heartland, but also offers some solid diving options, especially around the Kii Peninsula<\/strong>, on the Pacific coast.<\/strong><\/p>

Wakayama Prefecture\u2019s Kushimoto <\/strong>area, located at the southern tip of the Kii Peninsula, is under direct influence of the warm Kuroshio current, which brings warmer water to the area, and to the point of affecting the area’s climate, which is largely subtropical, and the warmest in Honsh\u016b.
Because of this, one can spot both temperate to cold water marine life and also species more commonly found in warmer, subtropical to tropical waters<\/strong>, including giant sponges and coral reefs<\/strong> formed by over 120 species of coral.<\/p>

The arrival of a stronger flow of the Kuroshio in the spring to summer months leads to a general increase of underwater visibility<\/strong> (especially good in places like Wakayama Prefecture\u2019s Susami) and of sightings of warm water\/subtropical species around the entire Kii Peninsula area.<\/p>

Manta rays<\/strong> and the occasional hammerhead sharks<\/strong> are also sometimes spotted in the summer months on this section of the Pacific coast.<\/p>

The Kansai area also includes Hy\u014dgo Prefecture, which faces three different seas<\/strong>: the Seto Inland Sea<\/strong>, the Sea of Japan<\/strong> and the Pacific Ocean<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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  • Kii Peninsula
    –<\/strong> Kushimoto (Wakayama Prefecture)
    – Tanabe (Wakayama Prefecture)
    – Susami (Wakayama Prefecture)
    – Owase (Mie Prefecture)
    – Shirahama (Wakayama Prefecture)
    – Koza river (Wakayama Prefecture)

    – Mikimoto Pearl Island, Toba, (Mie
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    • Takeno (Hy\u014dgo Prefecture)<\/li><\/ul>

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