Go-Touchi Songs（ご当地ソング）: The Kinki region

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Moving along from the Chubu region, last Saturday's area for our "Go-Touchi Songs" series, we come to the region of my relatives and ancestors, Kinki. Most of my extended family hail from Metropolitan Osaka and Wakayama Prefecture and the rest of Kinki consists of Metropolitan Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Shiga and Mie Prefectures. And indeed, the Johnny's Entertainment duo of the KinKi Kids was named as such since they were the first Johnny's group to come from the area. However, I remember on their old Saturday night variety show "Love Love Aishiteiru"（ラブラブ愛している）, the Domoto boys admitted sheepishly that they found out that Kinki's homophonic namesake in English was "kinky" which earned them some unintentional giggles overseas. 

1. Yuko Nagisa -- Kyoto Bojou （京都慕情）for Kyoto (1970)

2. Harumi Miyako -- Osaka Shigure （大阪しぐれ）for Osaka (1980)

3. Masaki Ueda -- Osaka Bay Blues for Osaka (1982)

4. Hiroshi Uchiyamada and The Cool Five -- Soshite, Kobe （そして、神戸）for Kobe (1972)

5. Kaori Mizumori -- Kumano Kodo （熊野古道）for Wakayama Prefecture (2006)

We've got some regional delicacies from Kyoto with yatsuhashi（八つ橋）and Osaka with takoyaki（タコ焼き）. Next week, let's take care of the Chugoku region.