Osaka is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū. The city is the capital of Osaka Prefecture. Often dubbed the second city of Japan, Osaka was historically the commercial capital of Japan, and to date the heart of Japan's second largest (and the world's ninth largest) metropolitan area of Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, whose population is 17,220,000. A unique title that the city of Osaka holds is the first place in Japan for day to night population ratio of 141%, a depiction of Osaka's economic- and commerce-centric character. While at night time the population ranks third place in the country at 2.6 million, in daytime it surges to 3.7 million, second only after Tokyo. Osaka is traditionally considered the "nation's kitchen" or the gourmet food capital of Japan. Navigate to the equivalent Japanese page (大阪市の歴史 タイムトリップ20,000年 (History of Osaka, A timetrip back 20,000 years))http://www.city.osaka.jp/city/history/history.html/ for additional information. (more)
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Genres: politics, sports, entertainment, technology, business, athletics
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Keihanshin:
Keihanshin is a metropolitan region encompassing the metropolitan areas of the cities of Osaka in Osaka prefecture, Kobe in Hyōgo Prefecture, and Kyoto in Kyoto prefecture. The entire region has a population (as of 2000) of 18,644,000 over an area of
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Osaka Prefecture:
Osaka Prefecture is a prefecture located in the Kinki region on Honshū, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Osaka. It is the center of Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto area.
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Tokyo:
Tokyo, formally Tokyo Metropolis, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū, Tokyo is unique among the prefectures, providing certain municipal services characteristic of a city, as defined by Japane
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Second city:
The second city of a country is the city that is (or was) the second-most important, usually after the capital or first city. Criteria for second city status include population size, economic or commercial importance, political importance, or some cu
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Kintetsu:
Kintetsu Corporation, formerly named Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. until June 27, 2003, is a Japanese rail transit corporation commonly known as Kintetsu. It is the largest private railway in Japan. Its complex network of lines connects Osaka, Kyoto
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2007 World Championships in Athletics:
The 11th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from August 24 to September 2, 2007. 200 of the IAAF's 212 member federations e
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Osaka Municipal Subway:
Osaka Municipal Subway is the metro network in the city of Osaka, Japan, an integral part of the extensive mass transit system of Greater Osaka (Kansai region), having 101 out of the 1,108 rail stations (2003) in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto region. It is op
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Bunraku:
Bunraku, also known as Ningyō jōruri (人形浄瑠璃), is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theater, founded in Osaka in 1684. Three kinds of performers take part in a bunraku performance: * Ningyōtsukai or Ningyōzukai - Puppeteers * Tayū - the chanters *
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Hanshin Electric Railway:
Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. is a Japanese private railway company of Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group that links Osaka and Kobe. It also owns the Hanshin Tigers baseball team. The second character for Osaka (大阪) and the first character for Kobe (神戸)
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Osaka University:
Osaka University, or Handai, is a major national university in Osaka, Japan. It is the sixth oldest university in Japan, as the Prefectural Osaka Medical College, and formerly one of the Imperial Universities of Japan. Hideki Yukawa obtained his Nobe
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Osaka Castle:
Osaka Castle is a Japanese castle in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. Originally called Ozakajo, it is one of Japan's most famous castles, and played a major role in the unification of Japan during the sixteenth century of the Azuchi-Momoyama period. Osaka Cas
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Umeda:
Umeda (梅田) is a commercial district in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, best known as the city's main northern railway terminus (Osaka Station, Umeda Station). Umeda is the large traffic hub, as well as an office and hotel district. It is especially a street l
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Namba:
Namba, also known as Minami, is a district of Osaka, Japan. Its name is a variation on the name of the surrounding ward, Naniwa. Namba is best known as the city's main south-central railway terminus: JR, Kintetsu, Nankai, and three lines of the Osaka
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Nagai Stadium:
Nagai Stadium is an athletic stadium in Osaka, Japan. It is the home ground of J. League club Cerezo Osaka. The stadium's capacity is 50,000.
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Universal Studios Japan:
Universal Studios Japan (USJ CO., LTD. ), located in Osaka, Japan is one of three Universal Studios theme parks. The park is similar to Universal Orlando Resort, since it contains many of the same rides. Most visitors are Japanese tourists or tourist
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Osaka International Airport:
Osaka International Airport is the primary domestic airport for the Kansai region of Japan, including the major cities of Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe. It is classified as a first class airport. The airport is often called Itami Airport because most of its
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Chūō-ku, Osaka:
Chūō-ku, Osaka is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It has an area of 8.88 km², and a population of 60,085. It houses Osaka's central business district, as well as the Osaka Prefecture offices.
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Osaka Dome:
Osaka Dome (大阪ドーム) is a baseball stadium located in Osaka, Japan. Beginning in 1997, the stadium was the home field of the Kintetsu Buffaloes. In 2005, the stadium became one of the homes of the Orix Buffaloes as a result of the merger of the Orix Bl
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Takoyaki:
Takoyaki (literally fried or baked octopus) is a popular Japanese dumpling made of batter, diced or whole baby octopus, tempura scraps (tenkasu), pickled ginger, konnyaku, and green onion, topped with okonomiyaki sauce, green laver (aonori), mayonnai
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Kansai University:
Kansai University, or Kandai http://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/nenshi/index.htm
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Naniwa-ku, Osaka:
Naniwa (浪速区, -ku) is one of 24 wards of Osaka City, Japan. It has an area of 4.37 km², and a population of 51,567.
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Tennōji-ku, Osaka:
Tennoji (天王寺区 Tennoji-ku) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is named after the Shitennō-ji (Temple of the Four Heavenly Kings), which is located in the ward.
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Nishinari-ku, Osaka:
Nishinari (西成区, -ku) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It contains some shopping and entertainment areas beloved to many Osakans; eg Shinsekai and Tamade. It lies directly south of the Namba transport hub and extends further south towards Sumiyoshi
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Yodogawa-ku, Osaka:
Yodogawa (淀川区 Yodogawa-ku) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is located in the north of the city.
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Minato-ku, Osaka:
Minato (港区 Minato-ku) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It has an area of 7.9 km², and a population of 84,961. Minato-ku literallty translated means Harbor Ward.
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Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka:
Sumiyoshi (住吉区, -ku) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is located on the southern part of the Uemachi Plateau, in the southern most part of Osaka City, and is separated from Sakai city's Sakai-ku and Kita-ku by the Yamato River. There are 6 rail
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Shinsaibashi:
Shinsaibashi (心斎橋) is a district in the Chūō-ku ward of Osaka, Japan and the city's main shopping area. It centers around Shinsaibashi-suji, a covered shopping street, that is north of Dōtonbori and parallel and east of Mido-suji street. Associated w
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Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka:
Higashiyodogawa (東淀川区, -ku) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. Higashiyodogawa-ku is located in the north-east part of Osaka city. The population of Higashiyodogawa-ku is 181,535.(2003) The popular area to shop is Awaji, which is about 10 minutes aw
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Suminoe-ku, Osaka:
Suminoe-ku is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. Stretching along the south-west border of Osaka, it is adjacent to Minato-ku, Taisho-ku and Nishinari-ku to the north and Sumiyoshi-ku to the east. Harbouring half of the bay area, Suminoe-ku is host to
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Nishi-ku, Osaka:
Nishi (西区 Nishi-ku) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is to the west of Osaka city, and is generally flat. 80% of the area was destroyed by bombing in World War 2, and was not regenerated until the mid 1960s. Nishi Ward Official Website - "Ward
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Dōtonbori:
Dōtonbori is one of the principal tourist destinations in Osaka, Japan. It is a single shopping/restaurant street, running alongside the Dōtonbori canal, and stretches between the Dōtonboribashi Bridge and the Nipponbashi Bridge. Dōtonbori is officia
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Hirano-ku, Osaka:
Hirano (平野区, -ku) is one of 24 wards which make up the city of Osaka, and is located in the southeast of the city. It is the largest Osaka ward in population and the only ward to have over 200,000 residents.
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Midōsuji:
Midōsuji Boulevard is the primary main street in central Osaka, Japan. It runs north-south, passing Umeda, Shinsaibashi, Dōtonbori, Ame-mura, and Namba districts.
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Nipponbashi:
Nipponbashi is a shopping district of Naniwa Ward, Osaka, Japan. The area is centered along Sakaisuji Avenue, extending from the Ebisu-chō Interchange of the Hanshin Expressway in the south, to Nansan-dōri (just east of Nankai Namba Station) in the n
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Kyōbashi Station (Osaka):
Kyobashi Station (京橋駅) is a train station in the Kyōbashi district of Jōtō-ku and Miyakojima-ku Osaka, Japan.
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Asahi-ku, Osaka:
Asahi (旭区 Asahi-ku) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is located in the northeast of the city, near the satellite town of Moriguchi. It was split off from Higashinari in 1932. Asahi-ku itself is further divided into the following areas (towns);
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Ikuno-ku, Osaka:
Ikuno (生野区, -ku) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. The Tsuruhashi (鶴橋) area of Ikuno-ku is well-known for the large number of Korean-Japanese citizens (Zainichi Korean) living there, as well as for its large number of yakiniku (Korean-style barbecu
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Abeno-ku, Osaka:
Abeno (阿倍野区, -ku) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is located in southern Osaka city and has a population of over 107,000. In the northern part of Abeno, Abenobashi, there is the Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line which terminates at Abenobashi Station
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Tennōji Station:
Tennōji Station is a train station on the JR West Osaka Loop Line, Hanwa Line, Yamatoji Line, Osaka Municipal Subway Midōsuji Line, and Tanimachi Line, located in Tennōji-ku and Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan, and Tennōji-eki-mae Station is a train station o
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Fukushima-ku, Osaka:
Fukushima (福島区, Fukushima-ku) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It contains many small and medium sized factories, and its vicinity to the Umeda commercial district has led to the construction of various outlet malls and condominiums.
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Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium:
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in Namba, Osaka, Japan. It first opened in 1952 and the current building was constructed in 1987. It is a venue of professional sumo tournament (honbasho) held in March every year. The c
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Tsurumi-ku, Osaka:
Tsurumi is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is best known for its large parkland, Tsurumi-Ryokuchi, the site of the 1990 International Garden Exposition.
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Amerikamura:
Amerikamura (アメリカ村, American Village) is usually referred to by locals as "Ame-mura." It is a sizable retail and entertainment area near Shinsaibashi in the Minami district of Osaka, Japan. Amerikamura is identifiable by a small-scale reproduction of
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Shitennō-ji:
Shitennō-ji is a Buddhist temple in Osaka, Japan. The prince Shotoku constructed this temple in 593, using the construction firm Kongō Gumi. It is the oldest officially administered temple in Japan, although the temple buildings have been rebuilt ove
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Taishō-ku, Osaka:
Taishō is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. As of October 1, 2006, the ward has an estimated population of 72,742 and the total area is 9.43 km².http://www.city.osaka.jp/taisho/outline/data.html Taishō Station on the Osaka Loop Line railway and the Na
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Sumiyoshi Taisha:
Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Sumiyoshi ward in the city of Osaka, Japan. It is the main shrine of all the Sumiyoshi shrines in Japan. However, the oldest shrine that enshrines the Sumiyoshi Sanjin, the three Sumiyoshi kami, is the Sum
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Osaka Science Museum:
The Osaka Science Museum is a science museum in Naka-no-shima, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. The museum is located between the Dōjima River and the Tosabori River, above Osaka's subterranean National Museum of Art. Opened in 1989, the museum was constructed
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Sakuya Konohana Kan:
The Sakuya Konohana Kan (咲くやこの花館) is a botanical garden set within one of the world's largest greenhouses, located in Tsurumi Ryokuchi park at 2-163 Ryokuchi Koen, Tsurumi-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is open daily except Mondays; an admission fee is charged
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Shinsekai:
Shinsekai (新世界), "New World" in English, is an old neighbourhood located next to south Osaka City's downtown "Minami" area. Despite its negative image and commonly-held reputation as Osaka's most dangerous area, Shinsekai boasts a colourful history a
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Expoland:
Expoland, located in Osaka, Japan, was opened as the amusement zone at the International Exposition in 1970(Expo '70) and thrived over 30 years as an amusement park. There are more than 40 rides and attractions, 19 restaurants and shops. On May 5, 20
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Sumiyoshi Park:
Sumiyoshi Park (住吉公園 Sumiyoshi Kōen) is the oldest park in Osaka, Osaka prefecture, Japan. It opened in 1873.
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Nagai Park:
Nagai Park is a park in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka.
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Doyama, Osaka, Japan:
Doyama (Japanese: 堂山町, Dōyama-chō) is a district in the Umeda area of Osaka, Japan. It is best known for its gay scene. Besides bars, the area is also home to restaurants and cafes, shops, saunas, hotels, "host bars" (bars where patrons can meet hust
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Tennōji Zoo:
Tennōji Zoo is located in Tennōji Park in the Tennōji ward of Osaka, Japan. It opened in 1915. The zoo features adjacent savannah zones for herbivorous and carnivorous animals, which are arranged so that the animals appear to be sharing the same spac
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Festivalgate:
Festivalgate was an amusement park in Osaka, Japan, just beside the Shinimamiya Station of the Osaka Loop Line of Nishinihon Japan Railway and Nankai Railway. It opened in 1997. The city of Osaka is invested in the park, but the theme park was origin
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Osaka Jogakuin College:
Osaka Jogakuin College is a private women's university in Osaka city, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
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Osaka University of Economics:
Osaka University of Economics, is a private university located in Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
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Soai University:
Soai University is a private university in the city of Osaka, Japan. It was established in 1888. Famous people with ties to Soai include alumni Hideo Ishikawa, Haruko Okamoto, Mihoko Shuku, and Yasuhito Sugiyama.
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Osaka Seikei University:
Osaka Seikei University is a private university in Osaka, Osaka, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1933. It was chartered as a a junior women's college in 1951. In 2003 it became coeducational.
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Osaka International Peace Center (Peace Osaka):
Peace Osaka shares the lessons of the tragedy of war and the importance of peace. Focus is upon Osaka and the devastation of the city in WWII, personal accounts, Japan's role in war and its invasion of China, Korea and South East Asia. There are also
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Sankō Shrine:
Sankō Shrine is a Shinto shrine on a hill named Mt. Sanada in Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan. There is a statue of Sanada Yukimura on the grounds and the opening of a tunnel that is said to have once connected to Osaka Castle.
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Nagoya:
Nagoya is the fourth-largest city in Japan. Located on the Pacific coast in the Chūbu region on central Honshū, it is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and is one of Japan's major ports along with those of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Chiba, and Hakat
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Kansai International Airport:
Kansai International Airport is an international airport located on an artificial island in the middle of Osaka Bay, off the shore of the cities of Sennan and Izumisano and the town of Tajiri in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. (It should not be confused wit
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Nankai Electric Railway:
is a private railway in Japan. IC cards (PiTaPa and ICOCA) are accepted. Nankai was founded in 1884, then became one of the companies that merge to form Kintetsu in 1944, but separated again in 1947. The Nankai network branches out in a generally sou
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Itami, Hyōgo:
Itami is a city located in Hyogo, Japan. As of 2008, the city had an estimated population of 194,488 and a population density of 7,790 persons per km². The total area is 24.97 km². The center of Itami became a wealthy town by the middle of Sengoku pe
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Kansai dialect:
The Kansai dialect is a distinct group of related Japanese dialects found in the Kansai region of Japan. They are typified by the speech of Osaka, which is referred to specifically as Osaka-ben. It is characterized as being both more melodic and hars
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ICOCA:
The ICOCA card is a rechargeable contactless smart card used on JR West rail network in Japan. The card was launched on November 1, 2003 for usage on the Urban Network, which encompasses the major cities of Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe. Since August 1, 2004
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Manzai:
Manzai (漫才) is a style of stand-up comedy in Japan, which usually involves two performers—a straight man (tsukkomi) and a funny man (boke)—trading jokes at great speed. Most of the jokes revolve around mutual misunderstandings, double-talk, puns and
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Hankyū Kobe Main Line:
The Kōbe Main Line of Hankyu Railway is one of the three major commuter heavy rail line in the Keihanshin conurbation of Japan. It links the urban centres of Osaka and Kobe by connecting the major stations of Umeda in Osaka and Sannomiya in Kobe. Han
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Minami:
Minami (kanji 南, hiragana みなみ) is a Japanese word meaning south. There are several Minami wards in Japan, most of them appropriately in the south part of a city: * Minami ward of Sapporo, Japan * Minami ward of Saitama, Japan * Minami ward of Yokoham
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Ishiyama Hongan-ji:
For other uses, see Ishiyama (disambiguation). The was the primary fortress of the Ikkō-ikki, mobs of warrior monks and peasants who opposed samurai rule. It was established in 1496, at the mouth of the Yodo River, on the coast of the Seto Inland S
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Osaka Bay:
Osaka Bay (大阪湾 Osaka-wan) is a bay in western Japan. As an eastern part of the Inland Sea, it is separated from the Pacific Ocean by the Kii Channel and from the neighbor western part of the Inland Sea by the Akashi Strait. Its western shore is forme
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Osaka City University:
Osaka City University, abbreviated to Ichidai or Shidai * Media Center (Library) * Research Center for Urban Health and Sports * Research Center for Human Rights * Urban Research Plaza (established in 2006) * Botanical Gardens Faculty of Science Osak
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Hanshin Industrial Region:
The Hanshin Industrial Region is one of the largest industrial regions in Japan. Its name comes from the kanji used to write the names of Osaka (大阪) and Kobe (神戸), the two largest cities in the megalopolis.The GDP in this area (Osaka and Kobe) is $34
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Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan:
The Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan is one of the largest public aquariums in the world. It is located in the ward of Minato in Osaka, Japan, near Osaka Bay. The walk-through aquarium displays several habitats in 16 tanks, along with the marine life inside t
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Tobita Shinchi:
Tobita Shinchi, also known as Tobita Yūkaku, is the largest brothel district in western Japan. It is in the Sanno 3-chōme area of Nishinari-ku, Osaka. It was one of the largest police-sanctioned red light districts in Japan until 1958, when anti-pros
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Tsūtenkaku:
Tsūtenkaku, lit. "Tower Reaching Heaven", owned by Tsūtenkaku Kanko Co., Ltd. is a well-known landmark of Osaka, Japan and advertises Hitachi, Ltd. It is located in the Shinsekai district of Naniwa Ward, Ebisu Higashi 1-18-6. Its total height is 103
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Tempozan Harbor Village Ferris wheel:
With the height of 112.5 meters and diameter of 100 meters , Tempozan Harbor Village Ferris wheel was once the largest Ferris wheel in the world. It is located in Osaka, Japan in the Tempozan Harbor Village area, next to Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan, one
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Ōshio Heihachirō:
was a lower class samurai and the chief representative of the Ōyōmei school of Neo-Confucianism. He is best remembered for his fierce opposition to the Tokugawa shogunate. He served as a shogunal policeman for much of his life. During times of famine
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Osaka Institute of Technology:
Osaka Institute of Technology is a private university in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Its main campus (Omiya Campus) is located in Asahi-ku, Osaka City. Another campus is in Hirakata City.
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