# Osaka

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| Osaka 大阪市 |
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| Designated city |
| Syudad kan Osaka |
| Pambangging ta'nawon haleng Umeda Sky Building Dōtonbori asin Tsūtenkaku Shitennō-ji, Sumiyoshi taisha asin Kastilyong Osaka |
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|  Bandera |  Selyo |

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| Kinamumugtakan kan Osaka sa Prepekturang Osaka |
| OsakaKinamumugtakan sa Rehiyon KansaiIpahiling an mapa kan Rehiyon KansaiOsakaIpahiling an mapa kan HaponOsakaIpahiling an mapa kan AsyaOsakaIpahiling an mapa kan Kinában |
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| Nasyon | Hapon |
| Rehiyon | Kansai |
| Prepektura | Prepekturang Osaka |
| Pamamahala |
|  • Alkalde | Hirofumi Yoshimura (ORA) |
| Hiwas |
|  • Designated city | 223.00 km2 (86.10 sq mi) |
| Populasyon (Enero 1, 2012) |
|  • Designated city | 2,668,586 (ika−3) |
|  • Metro | 19,341,976 (ika−2) |
| Mga demonym | Osakano, taga-Osaka |
| Sona nin oras | UTC+9 (Estandarteng Oras kan Hapon) |
| - Poon | Cherry |
| - Burak | Pansy |
| Numero nin Pono | 06-6208-8181 |
| Address | 1-3-20 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Ōsaka-shi, Ōsaka-fu 530-8201 |
| Websityo | www.city.osaka.lg.jp/contents/wdu020/enjoy/en/content\_administration.html |

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| Osaka |
| An "Osaka" sa *kanji* |
| Pangaran na Hapones |
| Kanji | 大阪 |
| Hiragana | おおさか |
| Katakana | オオサカ |
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| Romanisasyon | Ōsaka |

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Kastilyong Osaka
Osaka Central Public Hall sa Distritong Nakanoshima
An **Osaka** (大阪市, *Ōsaka-shi*) (Pagsayod sa tataramon na Hapones: [oːsaka]; listen) saróng pigdesignar na syudad sa Rehiyon Kansai kan Hapon. Kapitolyo syudad ini kan Prepekturang Osaka sin an pinakadakulang nilalaog kan Keihanshin Metropolitan Area na panduwa sa pinakadakulang metropolitan area sa Hapon dangan sa gabos na pinakadakula sa kinában na dae mababa sa 19 milyon na nag-eerok. Nakaposisyon ini sa bunganga kan Salog Yodo sa Suba' nin Osaka, an Osaka an panduwa sa pinakadakulang syudad sa Hapon sa pan'aldaw nin oras na populasyon pagkatapos kan 23 ward kan Tokyo asin pantulo sa pinakadakulang syudad sa pan'banggi nin oras na populasyon pagkatapos kan 23 wards kan Tokyo asin Yokohama, serving as a major economic hub for the country.

Panhistorikal na saróng syudad nin kalakal, bisto man an Osaka bilang "kusina kan nasyon" (天下の台所, *tenka no daidokoro*) dangan pigseserbi bilang saróng sentro para sa rice trade sa kasagsagan kan Panahon nin Edo.

## Mga Toltolan

## Mababasa pa lalo

* Gerstle, C. Andrew. *Kabuki Heroes on the Osaka Stage 1780–1830* (2005).
* Hanes, Jeffrey. *The City as Subject: Seki Hajime and the Reinvention of Modern Osaka* (2002) online edition Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine.
* Hauser, William B. "Osaka: a Commercial City in Tokugawa Japan." *Urbanism past and Present* 1977–1978 (5): 23–36.
* Hein, Carola, et al. *Rebuilding Urban Japan after 1945.* (2003). 274 pp.
* Hotta, Chisato. "The Construction of the Korean Community in Osaka between 1920 and 1945: A Cross-Cultural Perspective." PhD dissertation U. of Chicago 2005. 498 pp. DAI 2005 65(12): 4680-A. DA3158708 Fulltext: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
* Lockyer, Angus. "The Logic of Spectacle C. 1970," *Art History,* Sept 2007, Vol. 30 Issue 4, p571-589, on the international exposition held in 1970
* McClain, James L. and Wakita, Osamu, eds. *Osaka: The Merchants' Capital of Early Modern Japan.* (1999). 295 pp. online edition Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine.
* *Michelin Red Guide Kyoto Osaka Kobe 2011* (2011)
* Najita, Tetsuo. *Visions of Virtue in Tokugawa Japan: The Kaitokudo Merchant Academy of Osaka.* (1987). 334 pp. online edition
* Rimmer, Peter J. "Japan's World Cities: Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya or Tokaido Megalopolis?" *Development and Change* 1986 17(1): 121–157. ISSN 0012-155X
* Ropke, Ian Martin. *Historical Dictionary of Osaka and Kyoto.* (1999) 273pp
* Ruble, Blair A. *Second Metropolis: Pragmatic Pluralism in Gilded Age Chicago, Silver Age Moscow, and Meiji Osaka.* (2001). 464 pp.
* Torrance, Richard. "Literacy and Literature in Osaka, 1890–1940," *The Journal of Japanese Studies* 31#1 (Winter 2005), pp. 27–60 in Project Muse

## Mga Panluwas na Takod

* Osaka City official website (Ingles)
* Official Osaka Tourist Guide
* "Osaka". *The New Student's Reference Work*. 1914.
* Heograpikong datus manongod sa Osaka sa OpenStreetMap