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Keiretsu-type company operating primarily in the Kansai region of Japan. The kanji in its name literally mean "Osaka Express." Hankyu started out with a line from Osaka to Takarazuka and Minoh in 1910, and added mainlines to Kyoto in 1928 and Kobe in 1936. The entire Hankyu railway network today looks something like this:
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O S A K A
At Sannomiya, Hankyu turns into the Kobe-Kosoku Railway. At Tenjimbashisujirokuchome, it turns into the Sakaisuji Line.
Hankyu owns Hep Five and Hep Navio, the two heppest entertainment buildings in northern Osaka, and owns a number of underground shopping concourses in the Umeda district, among its other gazillion real estate holdings. You'll find a Hankyu Department Store by each of the Hankyu Railway terminals: the largest one is in Umeda. | 
