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Osaka - Third Largest City By Population Part I
Osaka - Third Largest City By Population Part I - Osaka (大阪 Ōsaka?) About this sound listen (help·info) is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan. It is the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Japan and among the largest in the world with nearly 19 million inhabitants. Situated at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, Osaka is Japan's third largest city by population after the Tokyo 23 wards and Yokohama, and serves as a major economic hub.
Some of the earliest signs of habitation in the area of Osaka were found at the Morinomiya remains (森の宮遺跡 Morinomiya iseki?), with its shell mounds, including sea oysters and buried human skeletons from the 5th–6th centuries BC. It is believed that what is today the Uehonmachi area consisted of a peninsular land, with an inland sea in the east. During the Yayoi period, permanent habitation on the plains grew as rice farming became popular.[1]
In 645, Emperor Kōtoku built his Naniwa Nagara-Toyosaki Palace in what is now Osaka[6] making it the then-capital of Japan (Naniwa-kyō). The city now known as Osaka was at this time referred to as Naniwa, and this name and derivations of it are still in use for districts in central Osaka such as Naniwa (浪速) and Namba (難波).[7
In 1496, the Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist sect set up their headquarters in the heavily fortified Ishiyama Hongan-ji, on the site of the old Naniwa imperial palace. Oda Nobunaga began a decade-long siege campaign on the temple in 1570 which ultimately resulted in the surrender of the monks and subsequent razing of the temple. Toyotomi Hideyoshi constructed Osaka Castle in its place.
The city's west side is open to Osaka Bay, and is otherwise completely surrounded by more than ten satellite cities, all of them in Osaka Prefecture, with one exception: the city of Amagasaki, belonging to Hyōgo Prefecture, in the northwest. The city occupies a larger area (about 13%) than any other city or village within Osaka Prefecture. More Info:
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Osaka - Third Largest City By Population Part II
Osaka - Third Largest City By Population Part II - Osaka (大阪 Ōsaka?) About this sound listen (help·info) is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan. It is the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Japan and among the largest in the world with nearly 19 million inhabitants. Situated at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, Osaka is Japan's third largest city by population after the Tokyo 23 wards and Yokohama, and serves as a major economic hub.
Some of the earliest signs of habitation in the area of Osaka were found at the Morinomiya remains (森の宮遺跡 Morinomiya iseki?), with its shell mounds, including sea oysters and buried human skeletons from the 5th–6th centuries BC. It is believed that what is today the Uehonmachi area consisted of a peninsular land, with an inland sea in the east. During the Yayoi period, permanent habitation on the plains grew as rice farming became popular.[1]
In 645, Emperor Kōtoku built his Naniwa Nagara-Toyosaki Palace in what is now Osaka[6] making it the then-capital of Japan (Naniwa-kyō). The city now known as Osaka was at this time referred to as Naniwa, and this name and derivations of it are still in use for districts in central Osaka such as Naniwa (浪速) and Namba (難波).[7
In 1496, the Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist sect set up their headquarters in the heavily fortified Ishiyama Hongan-ji, on the site of the old Naniwa imperial palace. Oda Nobunaga began a decade-long siege campaign on the temple in 1570 which ultimately resulted in the surrender of the monks and subsequent razing of the temple. Toyotomi Hideyoshi constructed Osaka Castle in its place.
The city's west side is open to Osaka Bay, and is otherwise completely surrounded by more than ten satellite cities, all of them in Osaka Prefecture, with one exception: the city of Amagasaki, belonging to Hyōgo Prefecture, in the northwest. The city occupies a larger area (about 13%) than any other city or village within Osaka Prefecture. More Info:
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Osaka | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:35 1 History
00:00:44 1.1 Prehistory to the Kofun period
00:01:41 1.2 Asuka and Nara period
00:03:08 1.3 Heian to Edo period
00:06:00 1.4 19th century to present
00:08:39 2 Etymology
00:09:32 3 Geography and climate
00:09:42 3.1 Geography
00:11:04 3.2 Climate
00:12:52 4 Cityscape
00:13:12 4.1 Neighborhoods
00:15:53 4.2 Wards
00:16:05 5 Demographics
00:17:46 5.1 Dialect
00:18:13 6 Politics
00:20:37 7 Politics regarding the use of nuclear energy
00:24:28 8 Economy
00:27:29 9 Transportation
00:29:32 10 Culture and lifestyle
00:29:41 10.1 Shopping and culinary
00:32:43 10.2 Entertainment and performing arts
00:35:27 10.3 Annual festivals
00:36:11 10.4 Museum and galleries
00:37:25 10.5 Sports
00:40:14 10.6 Media
00:41:04 10.6.1 Newspapers
00:41:49 10.6.2 Television and radio
00:43:00 10.6.3 Publishing companies
00:43:21 11 Places of interest
00:43:33 11.1 Amusement parks
00:44:54 11.2 Parks
00:46:19 11.3 Temples, shrines, and other historical sites
00:47:00 11.4 Entertainment
00:48:37 11.5 Red light districts
00:48:48 11.6 Day-Trip Locations
00:49:09 12 Education
00:51:36 12.1 Libraries
00:51:56 12.2 Learned society
00:52:08 13 International relations
00:52:19 13.1 Twin towns and sister cities
00:53:19 13.2 Business partner cities
00:53:31 14 See also
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Osaka (Japanese: 大阪市, Hepburn: Ōsaka-shi, pronounced [oːsakaɕi]; commonly just 大阪, Ōsaka [oːsaka] (listen)) is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan. It is the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Japan and among the largest in the world with over 19 million inhabitants. Osaka will host Expo 2025. The current mayor of Osaka is Ichiro Matsui.