在臺灣這個小島上，北部和南部就存在著許多不同和差異。而在日本這個南北狹長跨過三個氣候區的國家，以東京為代表的關東地區 1和以大阪為代表的關西地區 2也有著完全不同的風貌。筆著曾多次前往關東及關西等地見學，發現關東和關西地區存在有許多差異，從用字遣辭到生活上的點點滴滴，兩地都有其獨樹一格的特性。在日本國內，關東和關西的對決也一直是未曾間斷，話題俯拾即是，不勝枚舉。筆者撰寫本論文之目的在於讓國人在對日本這個國家原有的地理及歷史的了解之外，能更進一步深入其中的地域作一比較，發現其有趣之處，使國人能夠更瞭解日本這個離我們搭飛機雖然僅需三小時的航程，卻對我們影響極為深遠的國家。

Kanto and Kansai are situated in Japan, Tokyo is the represent of Kanto, and Osaka is the represent of Kansai. They do have their own specialties, and there are also some differences between Kanto and Kansai from the language to daily life. There are a lot of topics about the comparisons between Japan's Kanto and Kansai. I have been to Japan many times, and I noticed that those differences were so interesting that I want to study them as the theme for this thesis. I want to find more interesting things for everyone to know more about Japan, the country which influenced us so deeply.