is a Japanese rail transit corporation. It is the largest non-
JR railway in Japan. Its complex network of lines connects
Osaka,
Kyoto,
Nara,
Nagoya,
Tsu, and
Ise. Kintetsu also operates tourism, real estate, and shipping companies, and has a major rail car-building operation (
Kinki Sharyo) which produces trains used in Japan, the United States, Egypt and Hong Kong.