Skyscrapers in the Umeda area

A skyline in Umeda, Osaka City, which commands views from the Yodo-gawa River

Osaka City is the central city of administration, economy, culture and transportation in the Kinki region and western Japan.

The Osaka and Keihanshin metropolitan areas are formed centering on the urban area (the top city). The Osaka City's total production in fiscal year 2016 is about 20 trillion yen, the largest of the cities designated by the Cabinet Order, and surpasses that of all prefectures such as Hokkaido, Chiba Prefecture and Hyogo Prefecture, which have double to three times the population. The city has a total production capacity of about 1.5 times that of Yokohama City, which boasts the largest population of about 3.7 million people in municipalities. In addition, the total production within the area of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area is the highest in the world, after the national capital.

Both the number of employees, the number of business establishments and the number of listed companies' head offices in the city are second in Japan.

The night population is about 2.75 million, the second largest in Japan, and the population density is fifth in all cities (among cities designated by the Cabinet Order), and the daytime population is about 3.54 million, because many commuters and students flow from outside the city, surpassing Yokohama City, which has a daytime population of about 3.4 million, making it the largest in Japan.

Of the 20 cities designated by the Cabinet Order across Japan, it is the fourth smallest city after Kawasaki City, Sakai City and Saitama City, and about half of Yokohama City and about two-thirds of Nagoya City, but most of the towns designated by the Cabinet Order have fewer than 10km2 of administrative districts because they have the largest administrative districts among the 24 wards.

In recent years, the population of Osaka City has become remarkable; the population has been increasing mainly in the nine wards of Osaka (Kita Ward, Chuo Ward, Nishi Ward, Tennoji Ward, Naniwa Ward, Fukushima Ward, Miyakojima Ward, Yodogawa Ward, and Abeno Ward). In addition, in Tokyo's Ninth Ward, demand for apartments, hotel sites, and commercial sites is high, and land prices are soaring.

It flourished as the center of domestic distribution and was called the water city, a port city related to diplomacy such as Suminoetsu and Naniwa no Tsu , which were international ports on the Seto Inland Sea and Osaka Bay from ancient times, and Naniwa no Miya and Naniwa no Kyo , which were ancient capitals, were also constructed.

In the medieval period, Watanabe no tsu and Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple, the head temple of the Jodo Shinshu sect, were established, and commerce and industry developed as Jinai-cho.

In the early modern period, Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI built Osaka-jo Castle near the tip of Uemachi plateau where Ikukunitama-jinja Shrine and Naniwa no Miya had existed since ancient times, and the castle town was built there.

In the Edo period, it became tenryo (shogunal demesne) and developed as the center of economy, transportation, finance and commerce that surpassed Edo. The Dojima rice market was established and functioned as the central market of rice, which was the center of the economy at that time. Osaka was called the kitchen of Japan and developed a rich merchant culture in a commercial town.

In the Meiji period, it became an industrial city centered on textile industry (the textile district of the ship's yard is famous) and was called "Manchester of the East," or "City of Smoke."

In 1925, the city expanded its second area, reaching 2.11 million people, and it became the largest city in Japan in terms of area, population and industrial shipment, surpassing that of Tokyo City at the time when it was damaged by the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923. This period is called 'Osaka period.' Sekiichi, a city planning scholar, served as the seventh mayor of Osaka City, and built the foundation of Osaka, which is connected to the present day, by expanding the Mido-suji Street, the main street today, and building a part of the Mido-suji Line (later abolished), the former Osaka Municipal Subway (Umeda Station - Shinsaibashi Station), under the construction of Japan's first public subway, under the ground.

After World War II, heavy chemical industries increased in weight, and even today they play a central role in the Hanshin Industrial Zone.

On the other hand, commercial activities were active mainly in wholesale business, and toiya-gai (wholesale districts) were developed in various places in the city such as Doshu-cho (Yakushu), Matsuya-cho (toy), and Hon-cho (textile).

The Midosuji Line of Osaka Metro (Osaka City Rapid Electric Tramway) functions as the most important route in the city, and the important stations, such as Shin-Osaka Station, Umeda Station, Nanba Station and Tennoji Station, are connected linearly from north to south. All of the terminal stations of the five major private railway companies in Osaka are connected to the stations of the Midosuji Line.

Minami, centered around Umeda and Kitashinchi, and Shinsaibashi and Nanba, developed as the two major downtown areas. It functions as a commercial center. In addition, it has many downtown areas such as Tennoji, Shinsekai and Kyobashi.

A financial district is formed in the traditional business district of Nakanoshima, Yodoyabashi and Osaka City in the northern part of Hama. In the Umeda area and the Osaka Business Park (OBP), office buildings stand in a forest to form a group of skyscrapers. Many government offices and public organizations were located from Nakanoshima, where the city hall was located, to Naniwanomiya Palace and to Osaka-jo Castle.

The tradition of Toiya-gai is reflected in the history of six major general trade companies (seven of the ten major trade companies before 1974), which had their headquarters in Osaka City from the period of high growth after the war to the early 21st century.

The area of Osaka Prefecture is the second smallest in 47 prefectures, and many universities, including Osaka University, Kansai University, and Kinki University, which were originally located in Osaka City, have their major bases outside the city, so the number of universities in the city is small compared to the population size.

In the "World's City Integration Ranking" released in 2019 by the Japanese Institute of Civil Studies, it was ranked 29th in the world. It was also recognized as the world's 50th largest city in the world's ranking of the world's cities announced by the American think tank in 2019.

According to a 2020 report released by a British think tank, it is ranked 59th in the world.

On November 1, 2020, Osaka City continued to exist because the majority of those who opposed it exceeded those of those who supported it in the result of the vote of the Osaka Metropolitan Plan.

Since Osaka City recorded a larger increase in the number of natural movements, while the social movement recorded a larger increase, the estimated population on March 1, 2020 was 2,744,379, which increased by 17,454 compared with the population in the same month last year.

In the inner city area, the volume ratio of office buildings on the main street has decreased in recent years, resulting in an increase in the number of new office buildings, and the number of high rise apartment buildings on the site of aging office buildings, resulting in a rapid increase in the population, and some elementary schools in the inner city area do not have enough classrooms and do additional construction work

In recent years, the number of workers transferred from one family to another is relatively large, so Osaka City has the smallest number of people per household in the city designated by the Cabinet Order, with the number of people per household being 1.91

The population of Kita Ward, Chuo Ward, Naniwa Ward, Yodogawa Ward and so on, which have downtown Umeda and Naniwa, are on an increasing trend, but the population of Nishinari Ward is suffering from a population decline that does not limit, and the population of Nishisei Ward is decreasing, mainly in the southern and southeastern districts.

The population of Osaka City began to decrease at a peak of 3,156,222 people in 1965 due to the donut phenomenon, but after that, the tendency to return to the inner city became stronger and the decrease became easier and the number changed to increase again. Since the number of society has been increasing more than the natural decline in recent years, Osaka City has become the second largest population in Japan (by municipality) in 2017 and 2018.

Population distribution by age in Osaka City and all over Japan (2005)	Population distribution by age and gender in Osaka City (2005)
■Purple - Osaka City ■ Green - All Japan	■ Blue - Male ■ Red - Female
► Changes in the population of Osaka City (an area corresponding to Osaka City)
The State Census of the Bureau of Statistics

Satellite images of Osaka (2018)

Osaka City was an old port city that opened at the mouth of the Yodo-gawa River, and flourished as the center of distribution in western Japan, playing a key role in water transportation connecting the Seto Inland Sea and Kyoto. The entire land area of the city is flat, but there are some points where the height of the area is more than 20 meters.

It is also called Keihanshin, together with neighboring Kobe City and Kyoto City, as the largest city in the Kinki region. The western part of the city faces Osaka Bay, and the Hanshin Industrial Zone extends along the northwestern coast. The total economic production in the city reaches about 22 trillion yen, which is the center of the Kinki Economic Zone.

climate

The whole area of Kyoto Prefecture including Osaka City belongs to the Seto Inland Sea type climate, and it is warm throughout the year. In summer, it is very hot and humid, and it is one of the best hot areas in Japan. The average number of tropical nights is the third largest number of days, 37.4, after Kagoshima City (51.6 days) and Kobe City (43.1 days), among the government offices in the mainland, and the average number of days between July and August is still a tropical night even when it is an average year. The average temperature in August is 28.8°C, which is the highest average temperature among the prefectural capitals in Japan, including Naha City. In recent years, due to the heat island phenomenon caused by urbanization, the temperature in the night is less likely to drop than in the suburbs, and the increase in tropical nights and the decrease in winter days are remarkable.

neighboring local and administrative districts

Osaka Prefecture

Hyogo Prefecture

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prehistoric age

The Uemachi plateau is a stratum which was deposited on the sea floor during the ice period (the ice period between Lis and Urum) of about 120,000 years ago. There was the Uemachi Sea which was one larger than the Kawachi Bay. Land began to appear about 110,000 years ago when the climate started to cool. On this newly-made land came a flock of Nauman Elephants, Yabeotsunojika, and Japanese Deer. About 70,000 years ago, when the ice age changed, the Uemachi Sea retreated and the Furuosaka Plain spread, where a forest of broadleaf trees and broadleaf trees grew, and a river ran between the trees in a network from the hills to the lower lands. It remains as a fossil of the footprint of a herd of elephants and deer crossing this river. An elephant has one molar tooth, but more than a thousand footprints have been found. The oldest stone tools in Osaka are 110 stone tools excavated from the Nagahara site in Hirano Ward, Osaka City, which is considered to be the early Paleolithic period, which was about 30,000 years ago. It can be inferred from the fact that the volcanic ash layer of the upper layer of these stone tools was Aira Tn volcanic ash layer. The stone tools were two to three centimeters of small stone tools made of sanukite, and tools for processing such as a cutting tool and a scraper.

Osaka Bay was generated by the Jomon Naval Survey, and a peninsula with Uemachi Daichi protruding from the southern part as a sand spit was formed, and the eastern part became Kawachi Bay. It is clear from the remains near Morinomiya that people had already been living in loggings and gathering in the middle of the Jomon period. In the Yayoi period, the peninsula became a sandbank, and Kawachi bay became fresh water, and eventually became Kawachi-ko Lake. The area around Lake Kawachi was blessed with natural environment, and large-scale settlements appeared due to the development of agriculture, and became a base for trade with the sea and the continent.

ancient times

Sumiyoshi-taisha Shrine

Shitenno-ji Temple

Naniwa no Miya Ruins Park (2017)

The Uemachi plateau, which juts out into the mouth of the Yodo-gawa River and the Yamato-gawa River in Osaka Bay, is the origin of the town of Osaka City. It was based in the Otomo clan whose ancestor was Ame no Oshihi no Mikoto and the Tsumori clan whose ancestor was Ame no Oshihito no Mikoto, and Emperor Jinmu built Ikunokitama-jinja Shrine in Naniwasaki before his enthronement. During the Kofun period (tumulus period), Naniwa no Osumi no Miya Palace and Emperor Nintoku established the capital in Naniwa and designated the palace as Naniwa no Takatsu no Miya Palace; after that, Naniwa no Hafuritsu no Miya Palace of Emperor Kinmei, Naniwa no Hafuritsu no Miya Palace of Emperor Kotoku and Naniwa no Miya Palace of Emperor Shomu were built in Kamimachi Daichi. Naniwa Takatsu no Miya Palace was also called Takatsu no Miya Palace. The present Takatsu-no-miya Shrine (Takatsu-jinja Shrine) is said to have originated from the fact that the site of the shrine was searched for, a shrine building was built on the site, and religious services were performed, and it was originally located around the Ikkoku Tama-jinja Shrine and Osaka-jo Castle.) In the Asuka period, the Taika Reforms were carried out at Naniwa no Miya Palace, and it is said that the use of gengo started later along with the use of the name of Japan. The Taika era became the first era name in Japan, and the political center was established later, Naniwa-kyo Capital was established, and in the medieval period, Suminoe-no-tsu Port and Naniwa-no-tsu Port, the center of domestic distribution, and the capital and the secondary capital were established, which were the ports of Watanabe-no-tsu Port and the political power of the Osaka Plain and the Nara Basin in the Seto Inland Sea. In the Ritsuryo Province, it was the area of Settsu Province.

• According to "Teio Hennenki" (Chronicle of the Emperor's Chronology), Sumiyoshi no Okami (Great God of Sumiyoshi) was enshrined by Tagomi no Sukune, the Empress of Jingu (Empress Jingu) in 1878. This is said to be the origin of Sumiyoshi-taisha Shrine.
• According to "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan), the 16th Emperor Nintoku established the capital at Naniwa no Takatsu no miya Palace (mentioned above) and was also called Suminoe no tsu. It is said that the area of the Hosoe-gawa River flowing to the south of Sumiyoshi-taisha Shrine was defined.
• 593: Shitenno-ji Temple was founded by Prince Shotoku ("Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan)).
• 645: The capital was transferred to Naniwa no Miya Palace due to the Taika Reforms.
• 794: The capital function was integrated into Heian-kyo and Naniwa-kyo, which had survived as a secondary capital, was finally abolished.
• 949: Osaka Tenman-gu Shrine was built under the order of Emperor Murakami.

medieval

In the medieval period, as political bases moved to Kyoto, the position of the outer ports in the Seto Inland Sea was also transferred to Owada no tomari and Kanzaki, and during that time, the area around Shitenno-ji Temple and Sumiyoshi-taisha Shrine was a religious important place and Watanabe no tsu flourished as a base at the mouth of the Yodo-gawa River, a base of Kumano and Sumiyoshi Junrei (pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi). During the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan), the Imperial Palace (Sumiyoshi Angu) of Emperor Gomurakami was placed at Suminoe-yakata (Shoinden) of the Tsumori clan, the chief priest of Sumiyoshi-taisha Shrine for about 10 years, and the next Emperor Chokei ascended the throne there. Later, Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple was founded by Rennyo at the tip of the Kamimachi Plateau and became the head temple of the Jodo Shinshu sect throughout the country. Commerce and industry developed in the temple town.

• 1496: Rennyo established Ishiyama Dojo (later Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple) in Osaka and developed commercial and industrial businesses in a large temple town.

Early modern times

Tenshukaku of Osaka-jo Castle

Osaka map (1686)

Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI built Osaka-jo Castle on the site of Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple, which had been destroyed by Nobunaga ODA, and became the political center again, and at the same time, people and goods gathered together in a large-scale construction of the castle and became the economic center again (it became the center of the Japanese economy after about 100 years had passed in the Edo period). However, in the Osaka Natsu no Jin (Summer Siege of Osaka) in 1615, Osaka-jo Castle fell and the Toyotomi clan was destroyed. In 1619, the castle town of Osaka-jo Castle became the tenryo (shogunal demesne) of the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) and was restored, and was controlled by the Osaka machi-bugyo (town magistrate) dispatched by the bakufu. Since Edo was just ready to produce goods, and it became a big consumer area by daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) and retainers during the Sankinkotai (Sankinkotai system in which feudal lords in the Edo period were required to spend every other year in residence in Edo), goods were transported to Edo via Hishigaki Kaisen and Taru Kaisen via Osaka, from the Shuinsen Trade where Magozaemon SUEYOSHI was active and from Kyoto, which was an industrial city at that time. In the area around Nakanoshima where Yodoya and others played an active role, Kurayashiki of each domain were also concentrated, and Kitamaebune entered the port, and Osaka played a central role in economics and commerce as 'the kitchen of Japan.' In addition, wealthy townspeople created various cultures including bunraku. In addition, due to many rivers, canals, and bridges connected with them, it was called 'Yaohachi-bashi Bridge' in contrast with 'Yaohachi-cho' in Edo and 'Yaohachi-ji Temple' in Kyoto.

• 1570: Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple was destroyed by Nobunaga ODA in the Ishiyama War .
• 1583: Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI built Osaka-jo Castle at the site of Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple.
• 1612: Dotonbori was completed.
• 1615: In the Osaka Natsu no Jin (Summer Siege of Osaka), the castle town of Osaka-jo Castle was burnt to ashes.
• 1619: The castle town of Osaka-jo Castle became a tenryo (shogunal demesne) and was restored, and was under the jurisdiction of the Osaka Town Magistrate's Office. Since then, it has prospered as the center of distribution in Japan and is called 'the kitchen of Japan.'
• 1684: The Takemoto-za Theater opened in Dotonbori. Ningyo joruri by Gidayu TAKEMOTO and Monzaemon CHIKAMATSU, who were the leaders of Genroku culture, became popular.
• 1707: The Hoei Earthquake occurred.
• 1724: The Great Fire of Kyoho. Two-thirds of the city of Osaka was burned down.
• 1730: Dojima Rice Exchange, the world's first modern commodity futures exchange, was opened in Dojima.
• 1789: Toyokobori-yaki (Toyokobori ware) (Kansei Higashi no Taiga)
• 1791: Horie and Shimanochi-yaki (Kansei Minami no Taika)
• 1792: Kitafunaba Tenman-yaki (Great Fire of Kansei North)
• 1837: Rebellion of Heihachiro OSHIO.
• 1838: Koan OGATA established Tekijuku in Senba.
• 1854: Ansei earthquake occurred.

Modern

Central Public Hall

Sumitomo Village Lined With Sumitomo Buildings

From the Meiji period to the early Showa period, the government set up the Mint Bureau and the arsenal of artillery, developed various commercial and industrial products, such as trading companies, wholesale trade and newspapers, mainly the metal and textile industries, and was called the 'Toyo No Shokochi' (the best commercial and industrial district in the East), which led to the rise of many companies. During the period when Mesena was actively performed between Hanshin and Osaka called 'Hanshin-ken Modernism' , Osaka, one of the six major cities, was severely damaged by the Meiji government's disposal of domain bonds from the end of the Edo period to the beginning of the Meiji period, but once again became one of the center of Japan. After the Great Kanto Earthquake, Osaka City became the largest city in Japan and ranked sixth in the world, with the incorporation of the whole area of Higashinari County and Nishinari County in the surrounding area as well as the migrant population from Tokyo (there were also immigrants to Yokohama, Nagoya and Kobe), until the expansion of the city area of Tokyo City in 1932. Therefore, it was sometimes called 'Osaka.' However, since the 1950s, the government had put the wartime control and gathered the core of culture, art, education, industry, and other fields in Tokyo, which led to the decline of the relative status.

• 1868: The new Meiji government established Osaka Prefecture to control the urban area of Osaka. A foreign settlement was established in Kawaguchi (former Kawaguchi Settlement).
• 1869: Osaka Sango was reorganized and the urban area of Osaka was divided into four major groups: Higashi Okumi, Minami Okumi, Nishi Okumi, and Kita Okumi.
• 1873: Yataro IWASAKI established Mitsubishi Shokai (later Mitsubishi Zaibatsu) at Nishiokumi Nishinagatobori Minami-dori Street.
• 1873 - 1875: Osaka Keio Gijuku was established and relocated to Tokushima.
• 1875: With the enforcement of the Large Ward and Small Ward System, four large districts became the first, second, third and fourth large wards.
• 1879: With the enforcement of the Gun-ku-cho-son Henseiho (Law for the Reorganization of Counties, Wards, Towns and Villages), four major wards became four wards: Higashi-ku, Minami-ku, Nishi-ku and Kita-ku (former).

  Note: The establishment of the ward is 10 years older than that of Osaka City. However, even after the enforcement of the Shisei (municipal system), the ward had a legal personality and also had a ward assembly (formally called kukai). In other words, it was not an administrative district as it is today, but it was a juridical district along with wards of Tokyo City and Kyoto City (it was formally enacted by the Imperial Ordinance on Revision of the Municipal Government in September 1911), and it was also a school establishment district (it was originally a higher elementary school, and later it was a business school) by the notice of school in 1890, and it was a juridical district with a nature that included secondary education and a property ward.

• 1885 - A flood of the Yodo-gawa River in 1803 caused a great damage. As a result, the Yodo-gawa River Improvement Vow started, and Shin-Yodo-gawa River was built later.
• 1889: As Osaka City was assigned to the four wards of Osaka Prefecture, the city system was enforced, and the governor of Osaka Prefecture did not appoint a mayor under the special provisions of the city system, and he performed the duties of the mayor. Area: 15.27 km2, population: about 460,000.
• 1897: The first city area was expanded. Area: 55.67 km2, population: about 750,000.
• 1898: The Special Case of Shisei was abolished and the Osaka City Agency became independent from the prefectural office.
• 1903: The fifth National Industrial Exhibition was held, and the Tsutenkaku (first), a symbol tower, was completed. The first Japanese Municipal Train (Osaka City Train) partially opened.
• 1909: The Great Northern Fire Most of the present Kita Ward was burned down.
• 1912: On September 22, 20,000 houses were flooded by a storm (with a maximum wind speed of 37 m/s).
• 1913: The Chuo Kodo Hall was completed.
• 1921: Sumitomo Goshi Kaisha (Sumitomo Zaibatsu) was established.
• 1925: The second city area was expanded. The remaining 10 towns and 10 villages of Nishinari County and the remaining 7 towns and 17 villages of Higashinari County were all incorporated into Nishinari County, and both counties disappeared. In the former city area, Tennoji Ward, Naniwa Ward, Minato Ward, Konohana Ward, and in the new city area, Nishinari Ward, Nishiyodogawa Ward, Higashiyodogawa Ward, Higashinari Ward, and Sumiyoshi Ward were established to make 13 wards. The area is 181 km2, and the population is about 2.11 million. (Osaka period)
• 1926: The Japan Broadcasting Corporation started broadcasting radio programs (present NHK Osaka Broadcasting Station).
• 1929: Hankyu Department Store, the first terminal department store in the world, opened at Hankyu Umeda Station (the present-day Umeda Main Store of Hankyu Department Store).
• 1931: The keep of Osaka-jo Castle was rebuilt.
• 1932: Taisho Ward and Asahi Ward were established and became 15 wards.
• 1933: The Osaka Municipal Subway partially opened (between Umeda Station and Shinsaibashi Station, the first public subway in Japan).
• 1934: The Muroto typhoon came. The storm and high tide have caused heavy damage to many parts of the city.
• 1943: Fukushima Ward, Oyodo Ward, Miyakojima Ward, Joto Ward, Ikuno Ward, Abeno Ward, and Higashisumiyoshi Ward were established to form 22 wards. In order to improve the system for war-breaking, 'ku' (ward) and 'ku-kai' (ward assembly) with legal personality such as Higashi Ward, Osaka City were forcibly dissolved, and the history of wards and ku-kai for 53 years disappeared (from the history of Higashi Ward Office, Higashi Ward Office, Osaka City).
• 1945: The Osaka Air Raid.

modern

Nakanoshima

Nishiumeda

• 1947: The Osaka Special City System Measures Headquarters was established in response to the establishment of the Special City Regulations in the Local Autonomy Act.
• 1953: The Osaka Municipal Trolley Bus opened.
• 1955: The third city area was expanded. 1 cho, Kitakawachi County and 1 cho and 4 villages, Nakakawachi County were incorporated into Kitakawachi County. It became the present city area, extending over Settsu Province and Kawachi Province.
• 1956: The city was transferred to a city designated by the Cabinet Order (the provisions of special cities were removed from the Local Autonomy Act). Tsutenkaku (the second) was completed.
• 1961: The existence of Naniwa no Miya Palace was confirmed (according to the excavation and research by Tokutaro YAMANE and others).
• 1964: The Tokaido Shinkansen line opened and Shin-Osaka Station opened. The Hanshin Expressway Route No. 1 Loop Line partially opened.
• 1969: With the Osaka Expo being held in Suita City, the city trams were completely abolished in place of the extension of the subway line due to the city plan.
• 1970: The Osaka City Trolley Bus was closed.
• 1974: Yodogawa Ward, Tsurumi Ward, Hirano Ward, and Suminoe Ward were established to become 26 wards.
• 1982: The first Japanese classical concert hall dedicated to the Symphony Hall was kokera-collapsed.
• 1983: Osaka World Sailing Boat Festival was held. Japan's first International Class Indoor Track and Field Association, Arena Osaka Castle Hall, opened.
• 1984: The National Bunraku Theater was opened as the fourth national theater in Japan.
• 1986: TWIN21 was completed at Osaka Business Park.
• 1989: With the joint sections of Higashi Ward and Minami Ward, Kita Ward (former) and Oyodo Ward, Kita Ward (new) were established to become 24 wards.
• 1990: 'International Flower and Green Exhibition' was held at Tsurumi Ryochi Park. Kaiyukan opened in Tenpo-yama Harbor village.
• 1995-
  • January 17: The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake occurred. In Osaka City, a scale of 4 was recorded and damaged by fire and power failure. In particular, in Nishiyodogawa Ward, which is adjacent to Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture, damage was caused by the total damage of the house.
  • The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) is being held.
• 1997: Osaka Dome opened as the third dome stadium in Japan.
• 2001: Universal Studios Japan (USJ) opened.
• 2002: The FIFA World Cup was held and Osaka City became one of the venues.
• 2004: The National Museum of International Art was moved from Suita City to Nakanoshima and opened.
• 2007: The World Championships in Athletics will be held.
• 2014: Abeno Harukas, the tallest building in Japan at that time, was opened near Tennoji in Abeno Ward.
• 2015: The Osaka Metropolitan Plan to establish Osaka City was discussed and discussed in concrete terms, and the plan was to establish five special wards instead of Osaka City, and if it were realized, Osaka City would be the first city to be abolished as a city designated by Cabinet Order. However, on May 17, more than 10,000 voters voted against the proposal in a referendum on whether to realize the Osaka Metropolitan Plan.
• 2017: The Osaka Restoration Association demanded that San Francisco City review the inscription, based on the fact that the city of San Francisco, a sister city of Osaka City, issued a decision to make a statue of comfort women and inscriptions as a public property, which included the groundless content of the inscription, "hundreds of thousands of women and girls made sex slaves by the Japanese army." However, the LDP, the New Komeito and the Communist Party opposed the proposal of the Osaka Restoration Party (JRP) to "adopt a resolution to reconsider the situation in San Francisco." The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has objected to the party's plan, saying it will destabilize inter-urban exchange and friendship.
• 2018-
  • April 1: The Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau was privatized and the subway business was carried over to Osaka Rapid Electric Tramway (Osaka Metro) and the bus business to Osaka City Bus. Consequently, only Takatsuki City is the public bus in Osaka Prefecture.
  • June 18: The Northern Osaka Prefecture Earthquake occurred, and a magnitude of 6 on the earthquake was observed in Kita Ward. In addition, in some areas of the city, the intensity of the Japanese Earthquake was slightly lower than 5 or higher than 5.
  • November 24: It was decided that the second Expo will be held in Osaka.
• On November 1, 2020, a referendum was again held to ask whether or not the Osaka Metropolitan Plan should be realized, but it became opposed to the majority, and Osaka City until now remained.

Ichiaki

• Miotsukushi(Miotsukushi)However, it was established as Ichisho in April 1894. At Miotsukushi Sumiyoshi-jinja Shrine, there is an object of Miotsukushi, and a guide board is installed which is said to be the origin of Ichisho.

Ichika

• It was established in April 1921. Lyrics: Shuan HORISAWA, music: Akira NAKATA. Also, in November 1953, a favorite song 'Yowa Wakashi' (lyrics by Tatsuo NATANI, music by Tatsuo ODA, music by Toshito OSAWA) was selected as 'Shimin no uta' (Songs of the Citizens) aside from Ichika (Songs of the City).

fiscal and business

The designated financial institution carries four banks.

Risona Bank, Mizuho Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Bank

mayor

• Mayor:Ichiro Matsui(Iichirou Matsui)
  • From April 8, 2019, he became an incumbent
• Deputy mayor:Toru Takahashi(Toru Takahashi)
• Deputy mayor:Shin Asakawa(Shin Asakawa)
• Deputy mayor: Takeshi Yamamoto(Tsuyoshi Yamamoto)

employees' welfare problem

From 2004 to 2005, various employee welfare problems such as Kara Overtime, Yami Pension, Yami Retirement Pension, and Yami Senju were revealed in Osaka City. In response to this, the Committee for Reform of the Welfare System in Osaka City was established, and full-scale reforms started in 2012.

political activity during working hours

The headquarters of the Labor Union are located on the first floor below the Osaka Municipal Government Building. Some employees left the office during their working hours and took part in political activities. However, Toru HASHIMOTO, a member of the Osaka Restoration Association, made this a problem. Toru HASHIMOTO said, "If I can't distinguish between my duties and political activities, I'll have them leave the building first," and demanded that I leave. The rent of the office of the employee's union was 60% less than that of convenience stores and other businesses.

Tenka no Mondai

In 2011, the number of staff members to the Gekaku Group was the highest in the country. However, in 2012, Toru HASHIMOTO, a member of the Osaka Restoration Association (at that time), established the Basic Ordinance on Staff, which prohibits Tenka-dari from ruling the country to the Gekaku Group. In principle, the city staff could not get a new job, for example, in an organization that received a subsidy of more than three million yen from Osaka City.

welfare issue

• In Osaka City, where the population ratio of welfare recipients is highest, the population is about 4.57% (121,193). As of February 2009), the city government has been receiving public assistance, and while the city government has received 686.8 billion yen tax from city tax revenues, the ratio of public assistance expenses to 244.3 billion yen is large, three-fourths of the public assistance expenses are borne by the national government, and one-quarter of the remaining public assistance expenses are subject to national tax, so the total amount of the public assistance expenses has been greatly reduced. In fiscal year 2011, the number of foreigners receiving public assistance in the city was 10,869, with approximately 90% of those living in Korea and Korea.

city council

Osaka Prefectural Assembly (Osaka City selected)

• Constants: 27
• Term of office: April 30, 2019 - April 29, 2023

As of April 30, 2019

House of Representatives

• Term of office: October 22, 2017 - October 21, 2021 (see "Forty-Eighth General Election of Members of the House of Representatives")

sister-friendly city

• Chicago, IL
• Sao Paulo (Federal Republic of Brazil)
• Melbourne, Australia
• St. Petersburg (Russian Federation)
• Milan, Italy
• Hamburg (Federal Republic of Germany)
• Shanghai, China
• Iiyama City (Nagano Prefecture): The city established a sister-city relationship with sports exchange skiing.

sister city dissolution

• San Francisco, CA

* On November 24, 2017, Edwin Lee, then mayor of San Francisco, approved the acceptance of donations to the city, including the statue of comfort women, and on December 13 of the same year, the city was formally decided to dissolve the sister cities. However, Lee died suddenly just before and the announcement of his cancelation was postponed until London Bleed assumed its next mayor. In July 2018, Yoshimura sent a letter to Breedt requesting the withdrawal and requested a reply by the end of September of the same year, but he did not receive a reply and officially notified the dissolution of the sister city. In addition, Breedt, who received the letter of cancelation, announced that he will not withdraw the acceptance of the statue of comfort women.

For more information, refer to "Portrait of Comfort Woman #San Francisco, California"

friendly city

• Buenos Aires (Argentine Republic)
• Budapest, Hungary
• Busan (Republic of Korea)

Business Partner City (BPC)

sister port

• San Francisco, USA
• Melbourne, Australia
• Le Havre (French Republic)
• Valparaíso (Republic of Chile)
• Saigon (Socialist Republic of Vietnam)
• Busan (Republic of Korea)

friendly harbor

• Shanghai, China

consular office

consulate general

Office of Economic and Cultural Affairs (Consulate General)

• Osaka Economic and Cultural Affairs Office in Taipei

honorary consulate

honorary consulate

United Nations agency

• UNEP-IETC Osaka Office

Major companies which have their head office and head office in Osaka City in the registration

incorporated association

• AC Japan

Osaka City consists of the following 24 wards. The number of wards is the largest among cities designated by the Cabinet Order.

Nishiyodogawa Ward Yodogawa Ward Higashiyodogawa Ward Konohana Ward Konohana Ward Fukushima District Kita Ward Miyakojima District Asahi District Port District Xianggu Chuo Chengdu District Tsurumi District Taisho District Naniwa District Tennoji Ward Dongcheng District Xicheng District Abeno Ward Ikuno District Suminoe Ward Suminoe Ward Sumiyoshi District Higashisumiyoshi Ward Hirano District

Kita centered around Umeda and Minami centered around Nanba are listed as the two major downtown areas in Osaka. Umeda is the number one department store area in Japan and the second largest in sales volume after Tokyo and Shinjuku, forming the largest downtown area in Osaka City.

Osaka and Umeda Station, which include Osaka Station, Kita-Shinchi Station, Private Railway Station, and Subway Stations, is a key station of railway transportation in Osaka, and is one of the major terminals used by approximately 2.4 million people a day. This is the fourth place in the world after Shinjuku Station, Shibuya Station and Ikebukuro Station. (For details, refer to 'Stations in the Umeda Area'.)

• Kitta
  • Osaka Station, Umeda Station, Kitashinchi Station, etc.
• Minami
  • Nanba Station, Shinsaibashi Station, etc.
• Tennō-ji
  • Tennoji Station, Osaka-Abenobashi Station
• Kyoubashi
  • Kyōbashi Station　
• new world

• Umeda (April 2015)

• Nanba (May 2015)

• Dotonbori (December 2014)

The night view of Osaka City from Umeda Sky Building

• Gallery
• Abeno Harukas: A Desire for Inner City (2014)

• A group of high rise buildings in Kita Ward, Osaka City with Umeda in the center

college

There used to be many universities in Osaka City, but many of them were relocated to the suburbs due to large campuses due to the limited area of the city and the influence of the Factory and Other Restriction Act, and there are fewer universities in the city compared to other big cities. Osaka City, which has recently promoted the recruitment and cooperation of universities, has concluded a cooperation agreement with the Consortium of 45 Universities in Osaka Prefecture, Consortium of Universities in Osaka Prefecture, and the Kansai Association of Graduate Schools for Social Workers, and has been providing 'Campus Port Osaka' as an active base in the second building in front of Osaka Station since October 2007.

Osaka City University (No. 1 Museum)

★ is the main campus ☆ is the campus where the faculty is located

national university

• Osaka University of Education (Tennoji Campus and two copies are located there)☆

public university

• Osaka University★☆

Osaka Keizai University (C.D.)

private university

junior college

private

University Satellite Campus

Twenty-five universities have set up satellite campus in the heart of Osaka to give lectures to working people.

• Campus Innovation Center Osaka

a base of a university outside Japan

• Temple University Japan Campus (the third building in front of Osaka Station)
• Ritsumeikan Confucius Gakuin Osaka Gakudo (established in cooperation with Dosai University: in the Osaka Campus of Umeda and Ritsumeikan)
• Koshi Gakuin, Osaka Sangyo University (established in cooperation with Shanghai University of Foreign Studies: Umeda Satellite Campus)
• Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center (Suminoe Ward South Port: in Asia Pacific Trade Center (ATC))

specialized training school

Unlike the university, there are many specialized training schools in the city due to transportation facilities because it does not require a large campus. There are three Osaka Municipal Schools and 163 private schools (seven of which are closed) that have specialized training courses. Refer to the list of Osaka Senshu School.

miscellaneous school

Elementary, junior high and senior high schools

The number of elementary schools, junior high schools and high schools in Osaka City is as shown in the following table (according to the Basic Survey of Schools in 2006).

In addition, there are two elementary schools, two junior high schools and one high school as Osaka Municipal Schools established outside Osaka City.

For the list of school names and the articles of each school, refer to the articles of each ward and the articles of Osaka Prefectural Elementary School, Osaka Prefectural Junior High School, and Osaka Prefectural High School.

• Immediately after the end of World War II, Osaka Municipal Elementary School carried out a drastic consolidation and abolition of the school on the grounds of war damage. Later, with the increase in population, the integrated schools were separated and restarted and schools were newly established. However, after the 1980s, elementary schools were consolidated and abolished due to the decrease in the number of children, mainly in the inner city of Kita Ward and Chuo Ward.
• At the end of fiscal year 2007, school lunches were completely abolished in Osaka Municipal Junior High School. All schools that provided school lunches were located in the Dowa district or in the surrounding areas, and the abolishment was a measure due to the review of the Dowa administration and financial difficulties. Even when school lunches were held, only 12 out of 127 schools (in fiscal year 2007) were in practice, and the rate of the school lunches was lower than the national average. After that, middle school lunches with a choice style of delivery lunch have been introduced since the 2012 academic year. In the future, it is planned to shift to the school lunch program in the private school system or in the parent-child system, which is prepared in the neighborhood elementary schools.
• Osaka Municipal High School is planning to integrate the current 23 schools into about 18. In the 2008 academic year, Osaka Municipal Junior and Senior High School (Osaka Municipal Sakuya Junior and Senior High School) was established, and both Shin Shogyo High School and Osaka Municipal Osaka Business Frontier High School, which had been teaching in cooperation with the universities for seven years, were established by the integration and abolition of existing schools. There is also a plan to establish 'General Technical High School' by reorganizing Technical High School.

special support school

In Osaka City, there is a national school and a special support school for 16 Osaka Prefectural schools and one branch school.

In Osaka City, Osaka City had long education practices and research as a city in each field of special support education. In the education for the visually impaired and the education for the hearing-impaired, Osaka Mua-in Temple, which was established by Gobei GODAI in 1899, was transferred to Osaka City in 1919, and was later transferred to Osaka Municipal School of Visually Impaired (present-day Osaka Municipal Kita School of Vision) and Osaka Municipal School of Deaf (present-day Osaka Prefectural Chuo School of Hearing Support). In the field of intellectual disability education, Osaka Municipal Shisai School (present-day Osaka Prefectural Shisai Support School), established in 1940, was the first school in Japan for mentally retarded children.

However, according to the policy of Osaka City and Osaka Prefecture, the 12 Osaka Municipal School of Special Support was transferred to Osaka Prefecture on April 1, 2016.

For reference, the names of the schools for special support located in Osaka City are listed below.

* In addition, Osaka Municipal Kaizuka School of Care was located in Kaizuka City, but the school was closed on March 31, 2009.

Educational facilities other than school education

car training center

• Osaka Miyakojima Auto College
• Orix Driving School Bentencho
• Ashihara Automobile Training Center
• Tsukamoto Automobile Training Center
• Sekime Auto School
• Suminoe Driving School
• Hirano Driving School

The Registered Training Agency of the Director of the Osaka Labor Bureau

• Ikuno Industry Association
• National Qualifications Training Association
• Miyakojima Operating School

Registered Small Craft Training Center

• Osaka Motor Boat Federation

library

Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library

• Osaka City Library: One location in each ward
• Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library - Historical and business related materials of Osaka.

Association

• The Japan Association of Home Medical Sciences has its principal office in Nishi Ward.
• The Japan Society for Behavioral Analysis - Its principal office is located in Chuo Ward.
• The Japan Spinal Cord Surgical Society: Its principal office is located in Abeno Ward.
• The Japan Association for Cancer Nursing - its main office is located in Nishi Ward.
• Design Society: Its principal office is located in Asahi Ward.
• The Japan Local Autonomy Research Society (JPA) has its principal office in Kita Ward.
• The Photochemical Society - Its main office is located in Kita Ward.

Newspapers and News Agencies

broadcast

D means terrestrial digital television broadcasting <ID is remote control key ID> and AM·FM means radio broadcasting. The main office of all the bureaus is located in Osaka City. Except for Kansai TV and TV Osaka, all the companies of Minpo-kyoku include the name of the newspaper company which is the parent company of the key station.

• NHK Osaka
  • Total (D24ch<ID:1>)
  • Education (D13ch<ID:2>)
  • Radio broadcast (R1:666KHz R2:828KHz FM:88.1MHz)

publication

• Izamina (Published by Izamina, General Magazine)
• Izumi Shoin
• liberation publisher
• Keihanshin El Magazine
• Seibundo Publishing Co., Ltd.
• Sogensha
• Toho Publishing Co., Ltd.

area code

06 is used as a rule, but 072 area codes used mainly in the Kawachi and Hannan areas are used for a part of Higashi Sumiyoshi Ward and Hirano Ward (the part of the area where the area is located south of the Yamato-gawa River).

local number

Taking into account the fact that the number of telephone subscribers had increased so rapidly that it could not cope with the conventional three-digit number of the station, in Japan, the number of four-digit local codes was changed to the second four-digit number after the Metropolitan Government Special Ward (area code 03) in Tokyo from 2:00 a.m. on January 1, 1999 (at the same time when mobile phones and PHS numbers were changed to 11 digits). At that time, entertainers belonging to Yoshimoto Kogyo, such as Sanshi KATSURA (now Bunshi KATSURA VI), put 'A-Tame' (A-Tame) with '6' on it and launched a campaign to announce 'A-Tame ni Yade-Yade!' and 'Atama ni Yade-Yade!' in the commercial.

For the city code, four digits starting with 4 or 7 are assigned to the newly-enrolled number, and four digits starting with 6 are assigned to the existing number.

railroad

The nearest station to the city hall is Yodoyabashi Station and Oeyabashi Station.

Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central)

Tokaido Shinkansen

• Shin-Osaka Station -

West Japan Railway Company (JR West)

Sanyo Shinkansen

• - Shin-Osaka Station

A: Tokaido Main Line (JR Kyoto Line and JR Kobe Line)

• - Tsukamoto Station - Osaka Station - Shin-Osaka Station - Higashi-Yodogawa Station

F-Osaka Higashi Line

• Shin-Osaka Station (Suita section)| JR Awaji Station - Johoku-Koendori Station - JR Noe Station - Shigino Station - Hanaten Station |(Higashiosaka Section)|Shinkami Station -

H JR Tozai Line

• - Kashima Station - Goshijima Station - Ebie Station - Shin-Fukushima Station - Kitashinchi Station - Osaka-Tenmangu Station - Osakajokitazume Station - Kyobashi Station

H-Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line)

• Kyobashi Station - Shigino Station - Hanaten Station

O-Osaka Loop Line

• - Osaka Station - Fukushima Station - Noda Station - Nishikujo Station - Bentencho Station - Taisho Station - Ashiharabashi Station - Imamiya Station - Shin-Imamiya Station - Tennoji Station - Terada-machi Station - Momotani Station - Tsuruhashi Station - Tamatsukuri Station - Tamatsukuri Station - Osaka Jokoen Station - Kyobashi Station - Sakuranomiya Station - Tenman Station - Osaka Station -

P-Sakurajima Line (JR Yumezaki Line)

• Nishikujo Station - Ajikawaguchi Station - Universal City Station - Sakurajima Station

Q: Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line)

• JR Nanba Station - Imamiya Station - Shin-Imamiya Station - Tennoji Station - Tobuichiba-mae Station - Hirano Station - Kami Station -

R-Hanwa Line

• Tennoji Station - Bishoen Station - Minamitanabe Station - Tsurugaoka Station - Nagai Station - Abiko-cho Station - Sugimotocho Station

Osaka Electric Tramway

Midōsuji Line

• Higashi-Mikuni Station - Shin-Osaka Station - Nishinakajima Minamikata Station - Nakatsu Station - Umeda Station - Yodoyabashi Station - Honmachi Station - Shinsaibashi Station - Nanba Station - Daikokucho Station - Dobutsuen-mae Station - Tennoji Station - Showa-cho Station - Nishitanabe Station - Nagai Station - Abiko Station -

Tanimachi Line

• - Taishi-Hashiimaichi Station - Senbayashi-Omiya Station - Sekime-Takadono Station - Noeidai Station - Miyakojima Station - Tenjinbashisuji-rokuchome Station - Nakazakimachi Station - Higashi-Umeda Station - Minamimorimachi Station - Tenmabashi Station - Tanimachi-yonchome Station - Tanimachi-rokuchome Station - Tanimachi-rokuchome Station - Tanimachi-rokuchome Station - Kuchome Tanimachi-Kuchome Station - Tennoji Station - Tennoji-Yuhigaoka Station - Tennoji Station - Abeno Station - Bunno Tanabe Station - Tanabe Tanabe Station - Tanabe Tanabe Tanabe Station - Tanabe Tanabe Station - Tanabe Tanabe Station - Tanabe Station - Station - Komagawa-Nakano Nakano Station - Station - Hirano Station - Hirano Station - Station - Hirano Station - Hirano Station -

Yotsubashi Line

• Nishi-Umeda Station - Higobashi Station - Honmachi Station - Yotsubashi Station - Nanba Station - Daikokucho Station - Hanazono-cho Station - Kishisato Station - Tamade Station - Kita-Kagaya Station - Suminoe-koen Station

Chuo Line

• Cosmo Square Station - Osakako Station - Asushiobashi Station - Bentencho Station - Kujo Station - Awaza Station - Honmachi Station - Sakaisuji-honmachi Station - Tanimachi-yonchome Station - Morinomiya Station - Midoribashi Station - Fukaebashi Station

thousand-day front

• Nodahanshin Station - Tamagawa Station - Awaza Station - Nishi-Nagahori Station - Sakuragawa Station - Namba Station - Nihonbashi Station - Tanimachi Kuchome Station - Tsuruhashi Station - Imazato Station - Shin-Fukae Station - Kita-tatsumi Station - Minami-tatsumi Station

Sakaisuji Line

• Tenjinbashisuji-rokuchome Station - Ogimachi Station - Minamimorimachi Station - Kitahama Station - Sakaisuji-honmachi Station - Nagahoribashi Station - Nihonbashi Station - Ebisu-cho Station - Zoo-mae Station - Tengachaya Station

Nagahori-Tsurumi Ryokuchi Line

• Taisho Station - Dome-mae Chiyozaki Station - Nishi-Nagahori Station - Nishi-Obashi Station - Shinsaibashi Station - Nagahori Station - Matsuyamachi Station - Tanimachi Rokuchome Station - Tamatsukuri Station - Morinomiya Station - Osaka Business Park Station - Kyobashi Station - Gamo Yonchome Station - Imafukutsumi Station - Yotsutsutsumi Station - Yotsutsumi Station - Tsurumi Ryokuchi Station - Tsurumi Ryochi Station - Station

Imazatosuji Line

• Ikoya Station - Zuiko-yonchome Station - Daidotoyosato Station - Taishi-bashi Imaichi Station - Shimizu Station - Shin-Morifuruichi Station - Sekime-Seiikueki Station - Gamo-yonchome Station - Shigino Station - Midoribashi Station - Imazato Station

Nankou Port Town Line

• Cosmo Square Station - Trade Center-mae Station - Nakafuto Station - Port Town West Station - Port Town East Station - Ferry Terminal Station - South Port East Station - South Port East Station - South Port-guchi Station - Hirabayashi Station - Suminoe-koen Station

Hankyu Railway

Kobe Line

• Osaka Umeda Station - Nakatsu Station - Juso Station - Kanzakigawa Station

Takarazuka Line

• Osaka Umeda Station - Nakatsu Station - Juso Station - Mikuni Station

Kyoto Line

• Osaka Umeda Station - Juso Station - Minamigata Station - Sozenji Station - Awaji Station - Kami-Shinjo Station - Aikawa Station

Senri Line

• Tenjinbashisuji-rokuchome Station - Shibajima Station - Awaji Station - Shimoshinjo Station

Hanshin Electric Railway

Hanshin Main Line

• Osaka Umeda Station - Fukushima Station - Noda Station - Yodogawa Station - Himejima Station - Chifune Station

Hanshin Namba Line

• Osaka-Nanba Station - Sakuragawa Station - Dome-mae Station - Kujo Station - Nishikujo Station - Chidoribashi Station - Denpo Station - Fuku Station - Dekijima Station

Keihan Electric Railway

Keihan Main Line

• Yodoyabashi Station - Kitahama Station - Tenmabashi Station - Kyobashi Station - Noe Station - Sekime Station - Morikoji Station - Senbayashi Station

Nakanoshima Line

• Nakanoshima Station - Watanabe-bashi Station - Oebashi Station - Nawabashi Station - Tenmabashi Station

Kinki Nippon Railway

A-Nanba Line

• Osaka-Uehommachi Station - Kintetsu-Nihonbashi Station - Osaka-Nanba Station

A-Nara Line

• Nanba Station - Kintetsu-Nihonbashi Station - Osaka-Uehommachi Station - Tsuruhashi Station - Imazato Station

D-Osaka Line

• Osaka-Uehommachi Station - Tsuruhashi Station - Imazato Station

F-South Osaka Line

• Osaka Abenobashi Station - Kawahoriguchi Station - Kitatanabe Station - Imagawa Station - Hari Nakano Station - Yada Station

Nankai Electric Railway

Nankai Main Line

• Nanba Station - Shin-Imamiya Station - Tengachaya Station - Kishisato-Tamade Station - Obama Station - Sumiyoshi-taisha Station - Suminoe Station

Takano Line

• Nanba Station - Imamiya-ebisu Station - Shin-Imamiya Station - Haginochaya Station - Tengachaya Station - Kishisato-Tamade Station - Tezukayama Station - Sumiyoshi-higashi Station - Sawanomachi Station - Abiko-mae Station

Shiomibashi Line

• Shiomibashi Station - Ashihara-cho Station - Kizugawa Station - Tsumori Station - Nishi-Tengachaya Station - Kishisato-Tamade Station

Hankai Electric Tramway

Hankai Line

• Ebisu-cho Station - Shin-Imamiya-ekimae Station Station - Imaike Station - Imafune Station - Matsuda-cho Station - Kita-Tengachaya Station - Setenjinnomori Station - Higashi-Tamade Station - Tsukanishi Station - Higashi-Kohama Station - Sumiyoshi Station - Sumiyoshi Toriimae Station - Hosoigawa-cho Station - Abiko-michi Station - Abiko-do Station

Uemachi Line

• Tennoji Station - Abeno Station - Matsumushi Station - Higashi Tengachaya Station - Kitabatake Station - Himematsu Station - Tezukayama Sanchome Station - Tezukayama Yonchome Station - Kannogi Station - Sumiyoshi Station

major station

Osaka Station

Nanba Station (Nankai)

Here, the number of stations at which more than three lines can be used or the average number of passengers getting on and off at this station per day exceeds 100,000.

Bus

• Osaka City Bus
• Hankyu Bus
• Hanshin Bus
• Keihan Bus
• Kintetsu Bus
• Nankai Bus
• Hokukou Sightseeing Bus

In addition, there is a bus route that the ward commissioned to a private company to operate as a substitute for the red bus of the Osaka City Bus, which was abolished in March 2013.

Osaka City Bus operates most of the city, but for details, see the section concerned. The fare for a bus is uniform, because the fare is paid after getting off at the back, but some companies and routes use different methods. The PiTaPa and ICOCA of non-contact IC cards are available, except for some routes of Osaka City Bus and Hokko Kanko Bus.

In addition, many bus services, such as Meishin Highway Bus, which connects Osaka Station and Nagoya Station, high speed route buses that connect the Metropolitan Area and the Keihanshin area (Umeda, Naniwa area, etc.), as well as sightseeing bus services (tour buses), are available over a wide range of connections.

For high speed bus services, the buses arrive at and depart from the following points mainly in the city.

• Kita District
  • Osaka Station JR Express Bus Terminal (West JR Bus Line)
  • Osaka Station (Subway Higashi-Umeda Station) (Kintetsu Bus Line)
  • Hankyu Sanbangai (Hankyu Bus Line)
  • Harvis OSAKA (Hanshin Bus Line)
• Minami District
  • Nanba Express Bus Terminal (Nankai Bus System)
  • Osaka City Air Terminal (OCAT, Minatomachi Bus Terminal) (each company)
• Tennoji-Abeno district
  • Abenohashi Bus Station (Tennoji Station) (Kintetsu Bus Line)
• Bay Area
  • Universal Studios Japan (each company)

road

The main roads in the city are nicknamed 'Suji' for the route running north-south and 'Dori' for the route running east-west. Refer to the list of suji and tsu in Osaka City.

Midousuji

Tanichousuji

Sonezaki-dori Street

Typical 'Suji'

Typical 'tsu'

expressway

expressway national highway

• Kinki Jidoshado Expressway (Daito-Tsurumi Interchange - Nagahara Interchange)

urban expressway

• Hanshin Expressway

National Highway

major local road

General Prefectural Route

• Osaka Prefectural Route 101: Owada Senshu Line
• Osaka Prefectural Route 102: Ebisu Minamimorimachi Line
• Hirano Moriguchi Line of Osaka Prefectural Route 159
• Osaka Prefectural Route 161: Fukano Nanjikata Osaka Line
• Ishikiri-Osaka Line of Osaka Prefectural Route 168
• Osaka Prefectural Route 173: Osaka Yao Line
• Osaka Habikino Line of Osaka Prefectural Route 186
• Osaka Prefectural Route 702 Osaka Hiraoka-Nara Line

ship

Osaka Port

• Osaka Port - There are three main ports, namely Chikko (Tenpo Yamagishi Heki) where cruise ships and sailing ships enter, Kita-ko (north port) of container ships and Minami-ko (south port) of ferry. Designated as a Super Central Port.
• Tosen - The City Construction Bureau and the Port Authority operate eight ferry service in the southwestern part of the city without charge. Refer to the section on Kueiwataribune in Osaka City.

aviation

Kansai Sanko Airport is located nearby as an empty gateway to Osaka. Of the three airports, the nearest one is Osaka International Airport (Itami Airport), a main airport on the domestic line in Hokusetsu. There is Kansai International Airport, where the international line arrives and departs, off the coast of Senshu. Kobe Airport is located off the coast of Kobe, and a part of the main line of the domestic line is in service. In the past, Osaka City belonged to the Osaka International Airport Peripheral Urban Development Council (present-day 10 City Association), a federation of local municipalities of Osaka International Airport, but now it has withdrawn.

Osaka Museum of History

National Museum of International Art

Kaiyukan

museum

museum

• Osaka Municipal Museum of Art
• Osaka Museum of Oriental Ceramics
• Osaka Prefectural Contemporary Art Center
• Kamigata Ukiyo-e Theater
• National Museum of International Art
• Koyano Museum of Art
• Suntory Museum (Tenpo-yama)
• Nihon Kogeikan
• Fujita Museum of Art
• Yuki Art Museum

Zoos, Botanical Gardens and Aquariums

• Osaka Municipal Nagai Botanical Garden
• Sakayakono Hanakan
• Kaiyukan
• Tennoji Zoo
• Flower, Green and Nature Information Center

An important cultural property after the facility name indicates a nationally designated important cultural property.

Recreational and high rise buildings

Universal Studios Japan

historic site

• Osaka Castle
• Old Kawaguchi Settlement
• Tekijuku (Important Cultural Property)
• Naniwa no Miya Ruins
• Hiranogou
• Horiki

Parks and gardens

• Utsubo Park

• Osaka Castle Park

• Sakuranomiya Park

ancient architecture

• Honden of Sumiyoshi-taisha Shrine (National Treasure)

modern architecture

• Around Umeda
  • Osaka Chuo Post Office - Chuo Electric Club - Oe Building - Sonezaki Substation, Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau
• Nakanoshima
  • Osaka Chuo Kokaido (Important Cultural Property) - Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library (Important Cultural Property) - Osaka Branch Museum of the Bank of Japan - Asahi Building - Daibiru Main Hall (Osaka Building)
• Around Osaka-jo Castle
  • The front entrance of the former Mint Hall (Old Youth Art Gallery) (Important Cultural Property) - Izumi Fukan (Important Cultural Property) - the former Osaka Artillery Arsenal Chemical Analysis Station - the Tenshukaku (Registered Tangible Cultural Property) of Osaka-jo Castle - the former Osaka Municipal Museum (the Administrative Office of the former Fourth Division and the Central Military District) - the Otemae Drainage Hall of the Osaka City Waterworks Bureau - the Osaka Prefectural Government Office
• Kitafunaba, Minami Funaba
  • Kitahama Retro Building (Registered Tangible Cultural Property) - Osaka Exchange - Sumitomo Mitsui Bank Osaka Head Office (Sumitomo Building) - Arai Building (Registered Tangible Cultural Property) - Osaka Municipal Aishu Kindergarten (Important Cultural Property) - Nihon Life Insurance Head Office Building - Yagi Commerce Osaka Head Office (former Osaka Agricultural Bank) - Osaka Club (Registered Tangible Cultural Property) - Imabashi Branch office (Registered Tangible Cultural Property) - Mitsui Sumitomo Bank Osaka Chuo Building - Koraikyo Village National Building (Registered Cultural Property) - Kure Building (Building) - Main Building) - Kure Building (Building) - Building (Main Building) (e) Building (Registered Tangible Cultural Property) - Ikoma Building (Registered Tangible Cultural Property) - Osaka Branch Office of the Old Tokyo Savings Bank - Ogawa Perfume - Senba Building (Registered Tangible Cultural Property) - Shimizutakeshi Store - Kishimoto Kawaramachi Residence (Registered Tangible Cultural Property) - Watagyo Kaikan (Important Cultural Property) - Meiji Building - Miki Instrument Head Kaiseikaiseikan (Registered Tangible Cultural Property) - Sakaiseisuji Club (Former Osaka Branch of the Kawasaki Bank) - Harada Industrial Industry
• Shimofunaba (Nishi Funaba)
  • Osaka Church (registered tangible cultural property) of Japan Christian Organization - Yamauchi building (registered tangible cultural property) - Edobori Kodamabiru (registered tangible cultural property)
• Shinsaibashi Bridge and Nanba
  • Daimaru Shinsaibashi Store - Takashimaya Osaka Store (Nankai Nanba) - Takashimaya Higashi Annex (former Matsuzakaya Osaka Store) - Miki Instrument Head Office Kaiseikan (Registered Tangible Cultural Properties)
• Osaka Port and Kawaguchi
  • Chikko Red Brick Warehouse - Sumitomo Warehouse Chikko Branch - Mitsui Chikko Building (Osaka Shosen) - Tenmanya Kaiko Building (Osaka Shosen) - Sumitomo Warehouse Kawaguchi Branch Office Kawaguchi Warehouse - Kawaguchi Kitoku Church (Registered Tangible Cultural Property) - Nihon Seiko Kai Kawaguchi Christian Church (Mitsui Warehouse) - Iwaide Construction Osaka Branch Office - Former Konoike Building Main Building (Kujo Branch of Former Mitsubishi Bank) - Osaka Municipal Transportation Office (Osaka City Electric Bureau Office) - Mayuzen Warehouse

theater hall

• Izumi hole

• Osaka Castle Hall

• National Bunraku Theater

• Tenma Tenjin Hanjotei

Gymnasium and Stadium

Exterior of Nagai Park

• Ogimachi Pool
• Osaka Chuo Gymnasium
• Edion Arena (Gymnasium)
• Osaka Pool
• Kyocera Dome Osaka (Osaka Dome)
• Nagai Kōennai
  • Jammer Stadium Nagai (Nagai Stadium)
  • Yanmarfield Nagai (Nagai No. 2 Stadium)
  • Nagai Stadium
• Maishu Sports Island

religious establishment

Shrine

• Sumiyoshi-taisha Shrine
• Osaka Tenman-gu Shrine
• Goryo-jinja Shrine
• Zama Shrine
• Naniwa-jinja Shrine
• Ikukunitama Shrine
• Tamatsukuri Inari Shrine
• Takadzumiya
• Mitsu Hachimangu Shrine
• Naniwa Yasaka-jinja Shrine
• Shinmei-jinja Shrine (Nicchu Shinmei-sha Shrine)
• Imamiya Ebisu Shrine
• Abe Seimei Shrine
• Kumata Shrine
• Tsuyuten Shrine
• Tsunashikiten-jinja Shrine
• Asahi Shinmei Shrine

Temple

• Shitenno-ji Temple
  • Honbo Garden of Shitenno-ji Temple
• Aizen-do Hall (Shoman-in Temple)
• Dainenbutsu-ji Temple
• Daisho Kannon-ji Temple
• Isshin-ji Temple
• Tayuuji
• Hozen-ji Temple
• Tsumura branch temple of Hongan-ji Temple (Kitamido)
• Nanba Betsuin (Minamimido) of Otani school of Shinshu sect

church

• Japan Christian Church Osaka Church
• Osaka Cathedral St. Maria Cathedral
• Kawaguchi Christian Church of Japan
• Japan Christian Organization Osaka Fukushima Church
• Japanese Christian Church Naniwa Church
• Japan Evangelical Lutheran Osaka Church

• Aizome Festival
• Holy Spirit
• Sumiyoshi Matsuri
• Tenjin Matsuri
• Tokaebisu
• Osaka International Women's Marathon
• Osaka European Film Festival
• Midōsuji Parade
• OSAKA Light Renaissance
• Koiya Festival

Bunraku puppet theater (National Bunraku Theater)

The statue of Saikaku IHARA (Ikunitama-jinja Shrine)

entertainment

The traditional performing arts since the early-modern times are well known for ningyo joruri (traditional Japanese puppet theater) (bunraku), kabuki (traditional drama performed by male actors), Noh (traditional Japanese puppet theater), and kamigata rakugo (Kamigata rakugo).

Among them, ningyo joruri was at a point of decline after the war, but with the efforts of the Bunraku Association and the support of the administration, performances have been continued to the present day, mainly at the National Bunraku Theater. In 2003, it was designated as an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO as 'Ningyo Joruri Bunraku' .

Kabuki is currently set mainly at the Shochiku-za Theater in Dotonbori.

The Osaka Nohgaku Kaikan, Otsuki Nohgakudo, and Yamamoto Nohgakudo are the stages of Noh.

Kamigata rakugo temporarily died out after the war, but the performance of 'Shitenno' including Beicho KATSURA revived. In 2006, the Tenma Tenjin Hanjotei Theater, which became the first regular theater in 60 years, was opened with donations from citizens, and it attracted attention.

After the war, manzai and shingeki became very popular instead of rakugo. Even today, many entertainers from Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., Ltd. and Shochiku Geino Co., Ltd. are still active in the National Ward.

theater

In Osaka, there were many small theaters, including Ogimachi Museum Square and Kintetsu Kogekijo, and many unique theater groups were created. In recent years, the decline of theater culture due to the closure of these theaters has been regarded as a problem, but new stages such as Seika Sho Gekijo Theater have also been created. In the large-scale theaters such as the Umeda Art Theater and the Osaka Four Seasons Theater, which have been established in recent years, the Takarazuka Revue and the famous theater groups such as the Shiki Theater of the Theater Company are performing.

Music

In Osaka City or around Osaka City, there are several musical groups based in the area, and in the city there are famous music halls including The Symphony Hall. In recent years, there has been an active movement to popularize classical music among the citizens, and events such as "Osaka Classic" (Osaka Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra) have been successful.

• Osaka Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
• Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra
• Osaka Shion Wind Orchestra
• Izumi Symphony Etta Osaka
• Colegium Muzikum Teleman (Japan Teleman Association)

Literature

Saikaku IHARA is famous in the early-modern times. Even after the Meiji period, many writers have appeared, including Sakunosuke ODA, who vividly depicted the lives of ordinary people and the scenery of the town of Osaka, and Sanjugo NAOKI, the origin of the Naoki Prize. Ryotaro SHIBA was especially famous after the war. In addition, Seiko TANABE and Gengetsu TANABE were produced from Osaka School of Literature.

• "Kansai Bungaku" (Kansai Bungaku Association)

art

In the early-modern times, painters called Osaka Art Circle were active around Kenkado KIMURA, a literati, and they were handed down to the prewar period. Yuzo SAEKI is famous as a modern Western-style painter from Osaka, and Osaka City has a collection. In the field of modern art, the Specific Art Association, such as the avant-garde painter Haruyoshi YOSHIWARA, was based in Nakanoshima. The main art museums are Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, National Museum of Art, Osaka Prefectural Museum of Contemporary Art, etc.

activity support facility

• Osaka City Museum of Art

honoring project

• Osaka Culture Prize
• Osaka Culture Festival Awards
• Sakayakonohana Sho
• Miyoshi Tatsuji Prize
• Oda Sakunosuke Prize

Osaka Cultural Magazines

• Osaka people (Osaka City Engineering Information Center)
• Osaka Shunju (Shin Fu Shobo)
• Kamigata Geino (Kamigata Geino, Publishing Division)

Baseball

• Orix Buffaloes (NPB)
• Osaka Romance (Professional Baseball Masters League)
• NTT West Nippon Koshiki Baseball Club (Japan Baseball Federation) - a company team of corporate baseball players.
• Osaka Gas Baseball Club (Japan Baseball Federation) - a company team of corporate baseball players.
• Nippon Life Insurance and Baseball Club (Nippon Baseball Federation) - a company team of corporate baseball players.
• NSB Baseball Club (Japan Baseball Federation) - A club team of corporate baseball players. Former: Nakayama Steel Hardening Baseball Club
• Aero Master Koshiki Baseball Club (Japan Baseball Federation) - a company team for corporate baseball. It was dissolved in 1974.
• Dupro Hard Baseball Club (Japan Baseball Federation) - A company team for corporate baseball. It was dissolved in 2008.
• Sumitomo Metal Baseball Team (Japan Baseball Federation) - A company team of corporate baseball players. In 1965, he moved his base to Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture, and dissolved in 1999.

Football

• Cerezo Osaka (J. League)
• Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies (Nadeshiko League)
• FC Osaka (JFL)

Other

• Schreiker Osaka (F-League)
• Osaka Evessa (B League)
• NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes (Top League, Japan Rugby)
• Osaka Ravitz - Women's handball team

novel

Bunraku

• "Sonezaki shinju" (Monzaemon CHIKAMATSU)
• "Shinju Ten no Amijima" (Monzaemon CHIKAMATSU)

Movies

Manga

• "Naniwa Financial Services" (Yuji AOKI)
• "Dottitare" (Osamu TEZUKA)
• "The Paper Fort" (Osamu TEZUKA)
• "Minami no Teio" (The Emperor of Minami) (original work, Tennoji University/drawing, Rikiya GO)
• "Jarin Ko Chie" (Seri HARUKI, Nishinari Ward)
• "Osaka Mamegohan" (Sarah Iines)
• "Abenobashi Magical ☆ Shopping Arcade"
• "Cooking Papa"
• "Kemlica,"
• 'The CARAVAN! "
• "CLANNAD"
• Hand Shaker
• "W'z<with>>"
• "Natatsuiro ★ Drops,"
• "Tasogare Otome × Amnesia"
• Black★ Rock Shooter

song

• "Tetsudo Shoka" (first collection, Tokaido Hen, lyrics by Takeki OWADA, music by Chiki TAME, May 1900)
  • In the Tokaido section of the total of 66 poems, Tateki OWADA, a songwriter, focused his efforts on Osaka City, which was counted as one of the Sanpu (three prefectures), but was not just Kyoto City or Omi Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi), and composed a song with the number 4 below. It describes not only Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI but also Naniwa-kyo and Shitenno-ji Temple before the Nara period.

    56. I saw Ibaraki Fukita passing by, and Umeda seems to have come to Osaka.

    57. A division was established in the Kizukuri-jo Castle of Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, Osaka City, which was one of the Sanpu (three prefectures) and flourished in commerce.

    58. The smoke of the boat entering the Aji-gawa River Mouth after the Palace of Takatsu is a day and night long, deep in the old Naniwa no Tsu (Naniwa Port).

    Chapter 59: How Do You Know the Four Heavenly Temples That Hear Birds Fly? The Five-Storied Pagoda's Shadow Within the Sky

• "Osaka City Tram Song" (lyrics by Takeki OWADA, music by Torazo TAMURA, July 1908)
  • Using Osaka City Trams, the city is singing its 21st song from Umeda to Tenpo-yama.

Songs

• "Dotonbori Koshinkyoku" (lyrics by Shigejiro HIHI, music by Seihachi SHIOJIRI, 1928)
• "Tsuki no Hozenji Yokocho" (lyrics by Tetsu JUNIMURA and music by Keio IIDA, 1960)
• "Osaka no onna" (lyrics by Jun HASHIMOTO, music by Taishi NAKAMURA, 1970)
• "Ame no Midousuji" (lyrics by Shunsho HAYASHI, music by The Ventures, 1971)
• "Osaka Rhapsody" (lyrics by Michio YAMANOUE, music by Kinaki INOMATA, 1976)
• "The Woman Born in Osaka" (lyrics and music: Junzo OKAYAMA & BORO, 1979)
• "Osaka shigure" (lyrics by Osamu YOSHIOKA, music by Shosuke ICHIKAWA, 1980)

many others

Anime

• "DEVIL SURVIVOR 2 the ANIMATION"
• Hand Shaker
• "Kemlica,"
• 'A MERRY!'
• "CLANNAD"
• Hand Shaker
• "W'z<with>>"
• "Natatsuiro ★ Drops,"
• "Tasogare Otome × Amnesia"
• Black★ Rock Shooter
• "Saki-Saki - Achiga-hen episode of side-A"
• Detective Conan
• "Ojamajo Doremi"

• official website
  • OSAKA ANIMATION CHANNEL* PUBLIC RELATIONS SITE MAINLY FEATURING ANIMATION
• Osaka City Video Channel - YouTube Channel
• OSAKA-INFO Osaka Tourist Information - Osaka Convention Association
• Kansai and Osaka 21st Century Association