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	Osaka Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Osaka Prefecture (大阪府 Ōsaka-fu) is part of the Kinki region on Honshu island, Japan.
		The population of Osaka Prefecture taken during the 2000 National Census is 8,804,806, or about seven percent of the total population of Japan, ranking second after Tokyo Prefecture.
		The symbol of Osaka Prefecture, called the sennari byōtan or "thousand gourds," was originally the crest of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the feudal lord of Osaka Castle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Osaka_Prefecture (227 words)

	Osaka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		is the capital of Osaka Prefecture and the third-largest city in Japan, with a population of 2.7 million.
		Osaka is the historical commercial capital of Japan and is still one of Japan's major industrial centers and ports, the heart of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area, which has a population of 17,510,000.
		Osaka is known for bunraku (traditional puppet theatre) and kabuki theatre, and for manzai, a more contemporary form of stand-up comedy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Osaka (1154 words)

	Osaka
		Osaka used to be called Naniwa and was the capital of Japan during most of the 7th and 8th century.
		Osaka is known for bunraku[?] (a type of puppetry) and kabuki theatre.
		Osaka people are considered by other Japanese to be rowdy and boisterous with a robust and coarse sense of humour, befitting people engaged in the commercial life of the region.
	www.fastload.org /os/Osaka.html (467 words)

	Osaka - Wikitravel
		The central metropolis of the Kansai region and the capital of Osaka prefecture.
		Osaka is the largest of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto trio, and its inhabitants exhibit a friendly rivalry towards the Kanto region, from baseball, food, popular culture, even to which side they ride escalators (on the left in Tokyo, but on the right in Osaka).
		Osaka has a dangerous reputation (by Japanese standards), but is still remarkably safe for a city of its size, and the overall level of crime is as low as in Tokyo or other Japanese cities.
	wikitravel.org /en/Osaka (2807 words)

	prologue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Japan is a bow-shaped archipelago lying to the east of the Asian Continent.
		Osaka Prefecture, located at the approximate center of Japan, is divided into 33 cities, 10 towns, and 1 village.
		Geographically Osaka extends from north to south, with a slight curve, open toward Osaka Bay on the west and surrounded by mountains on the other three sides.
	www.pref.osaka.jp /en/e_pro/pro.html (151 words)

	Football Stadiums in Japan: Nagai Stadium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Osaka is the main urban center in the Kansai region of western Japan.
		Osaka has been a center of commerce in Japan since the middle ages, and was the main commercial entrepot in the country for close to 700 years.
		Cerezo Osaka is the team which uses Nagai Stadium as its home ground, though the team has recently been demoted to the J.League's second division (J2), leaving only Gamba Osaka to represent the city in Japan's top-flight division.
	www.wldcup.com /Asia/stadia/osaka.html (404 words)

	Osaka -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		It is the capital of Osaka Prefecture in the Kinki District on the shores of Osaka Bay at the eastern end of the Inland Sea.
		It is bordered by Kyoto urban prefecture (north) and by the ken (prefectures) of Hyogo (northwest), Nara (east), and Wakayama (south) and by Osaka Bay (southeast).
		The cities of Osaka and Kobe are at the centre of what is called by geographers the Hanshin Industrial Zone; as a result of the expansion of the urban area along the Inland Sea and northeast toward the city of Kyoto, the region is...
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9276219 (674 words)

	Osaka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Osaka is a major industrial city and a financial and commercial center.
		Osaka was incorporated as a city in 1889.
		Osaka has two airports; one of them, Kansai International Airport, opened in September 1994 on an artificially created island in Osaka Bay.
	www.2747.com /2747/world/city/osaka.htm (295 words)

	Osaka on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		One of Japan's largest cities and principal industrial and commercial centers, Osaka is the focal point of a chain of industrial cities (called the Hanshin or Kinki) stretching to Kobe, an alternate port for Osaka.
		A cultural and educational center, Osaka is known for its puppet and other theaters and for Osaka and Kansai universities.
		Digital Osaka: Japan's second city desperately needs an image makeover; entrepreneurs and visionaries are planning everything from technology clusters to waterways filled with fresh flowers to give Osaka a boost.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/O/Osaka.asp (734 words)

	Get Into The Game - The Latest News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Osaka government claims the ban is necessary after a 17-year-old boy went on a stabbing spree in February at a local Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture-area elementary school, fatally wounding a teacher and injuring two other school employees.
		Osaka Prefecture, the second-most-populated area after Tokyo, has become the third prefecture to announce its plan of banning the sale of violent video games to minors.
		The prefecture argued that the game's glorification of violence and murder, its graphical expression of cruelty and gore, and the ability to exercise murder and other cruel activities in a "realistic" environment warranted a tight restriction on its sales.
	www.getintothegame.com /pages/news/story.php?id=6127821 (920 words)

	Osaka Skyscrapers, Architecture, Buildings, Real Estate, and Construction News
		Osaka, capital of Osaka Prefecture at the mouth of the Yodo River, has become one of the largest cities in the world, both in area and in population.
		Osaka is a major industrial city, and a financial and commercial centre in the seat of Kansai, one of Japan's wealthiest regions.
		During Toyotomi's administration Osaka became a flourishing centre of trade, and now boasts a skyline which, in Japan, is second only to Tokyo.
	www.emporis.com /en/wm/ci?id=100299 (318 words)

	CLIA - Cruise Line International Association
		Osaka is one of the premier vacation spots in Japan.
		The citizens of Osaka have great pride in their hometown, and they should, because it is magnificent.
		Osaka is located on Honshu's southern coast, and has a fascinating 1500-year history.
	www.cruising.org /planyourcruise/wwdest/overview.cfm?recordID=201 (353 words)

	Osaka, Japan - Travel Information, Travel Directory, Links & Pictures - Travelers Digest
		Osaka Introduction - primer on the prefecture's history, business world, cuisine, landscape and culture; from the prefectural government.
		Osaka Prefecture - introduction to the prefecture, its history, government, culture, people, attractions, economy, and food.
		Hilton Osaka - Having a fabulous location and a sleek and modern decor, this hotel is bustling and popular with locals and visitors alike.
	www.travelersdigest.com /osaka.htm (2013 words)

	JNTO Website > Regional Tourist Guides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Osaka prefecture located in the center of Kinki region in the Midwest Japan covers the smallest prefecture land area in Japan, but boasts of largest population and highest population density second only after the capital, Tokyo.
		In the Osaka City is the Osaka Castle with a five-layer donjon as its core, on a lawn park that stretches for about 60,000 square meters.
		Osaka's north gate, Umeda, has a gigantic stretch of underground mall that houses many restaurants, fashion and sundry goods stores.
	www.jnto.go.jp /eng/RTG/RI/kansai/osaka/osaka/osaka.html (257 words)

	112th IOC Session - Election of the host city - Osaka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Osaka Prefecture covers 44 municipalities with a population of 8.8 million people.
		The Osaka bid is a City-driven bid and has received Japanese Government approval and statements of support.
		The Commission requested clarification of the apparent differences between the statements made in the Candidature File and the actual written guarantees from the Government, Prefecture and City, particularly in respect of the stated financial commitments in the Candidature File.
	www.moscow2001.olympic.org /en/2008/osaka.html (257 words)

	Hotels in Osaka, Japan
		The second largest city in Japan after Tokyo, Osaka is an energetic and exciting place with a atmosphere that is distinctly unique.
		Apa-Hotel Osaka Tenma is located near Tenma Station on the JR Osaka Loop Line.
		Osaka Castle Hotel stands on the Osaka side overlooking the river.
	www.bookings.de /city/jp/osaka-gifu-ken.html?aid=302078;label=hoteloverview (211 words)

	Hyogo Prefecture - Psychology Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Hyōgo Prefecture (兵庫県 Hyōgo-ken) is located in the Kinki region on Honshu island, Japan.
		Southern Hyogo Prefecture was severely devastated by the magnitude 7.2 Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995, which destroyed major parts of Kobe and Awaji, as well as Takarazuka and neighboring Osaka prefecture, killing nearly 5500 people.
		Hyogo borders on Osaka Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture and Okayama Prefecture.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Hyogo_Prefecture (871 words)

	Government (from Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The city of Osaka is the capital of Osaka urban prefecture, which consists of 31 cities and 13 towns and villages.
		It is also the centre of the Kinki region (chiho), which consists of the seven prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Shiga, and Mie.
		Kobe, its neighbouring city Osaka, and nearby Kyoto are the centres of the Keihanshin Industrial Zone, the second largest urban and industrial agglomeration in Japan.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-38016?tocId=38016 (927 words)

	Osaka ben (the kansai dialect of Japanese)
		In Azumanga Daioh, Ayumu Kasuga is called "Osaka" as a joke as she is not a typical quick witted Kansai-ben speaker.
		The Osaka center (the boat place the graduate person of Chinese district and Shikoku district which worked as an apprentice in regard to trading the Osaka dialect had the necessity to use, (Omi merchant graduate is many in the master, but).
		Fukui-ben is a notable dialect of the Fukui prefecture in the Japanese language.
	www.lyberty.com /encyc/articles/osaka-ben.html (979 words)

	Nintendophiles Forums - Japan wants to ban violent games
		The Osaka government claims the ban is necessary after a 17-year-old boy went on a stabbing spree in February at a local Neyagawa, Osaka prefecture area elementary school, fatally wounding a teacher, and injuring two other school employees.
		Osaka Prefecture also plans to create its own rating system in conjunction with the game industry that could potentially join or replace Japan's own game-rating system run by the Computer Entertainment Rating Organization (CERO), a non-profit organization.
		Osaka Prefecture, the second-most populated area after Tokyo, has become the third prefecture to announce its plan of banning violent video games to minors.
	www.n-philes.com /forums/showthread.php?t=16475 (1753 words)

	asahi.com：High-rise fiasco hits Osaka hard - ENGLISH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		OSAKA-A 65 billion-yen high-rise is being sold in the bargain basement-at a 93 percent discount.
		Osaka Prefecture will be asked to give up 2.2 billion yen it loaned for operating costs.
		Osaka Prefecture, local businesses and the predecessor of the government-affiliated Development Bank of Japan put up a total of 15 billion yen in capital.
	www.asahi.com /english/Herald-asahi/TKY200509150346.html (508 words)

	Osaka Prefecture faces highest risk of cancer due to polluted air Japan
		The research measured the density of five substances that are discharged into the air and are proven to be carcinogenic, including benzene and formaldehyde.
		The research is the first to measure the cancer risk by prefecture.
		According to the research, the prefecture with the highest cancer risk from polluted air is Osaka, followed by Tochigi, Kagawa, Saitama and Kanagawa prefectures.
	www.medicalnewstoday.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=9644 (214 words)

	Osaka Japan - Journal 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Piedmont Choirs was invited by the Prefecture of Osaka, Japan, to represent California at the 2001 International Junior Chorus Festival with choirs from Japan and five other "sister states": Shanghai, China; Primorsky, Russia; Val D'Oise, France; Queensland, Australia; and East Java, Indonesia.
		We were met by 3 members from the Osaka Prefecture delegation, including Lisa, a Cal graduate who helped us last year.
		She has since met and married a Japanese man and is living in Osaka permanently.
	www.piedmontchoirs.org /tour_jpn/journal1.html (809 words)

	Osaka, Japan Hotel Information, Rate Comparison: Direct Prices, Discounters, Consolidators (QKV/all)
		Kishu Tetsudo Osaka Umeda Hotel @ 2-9-15 Shibata, Kita-ku, OSAKA, OSAKA PREFECTURE 530-0012 located in the center of a huge travel intersection, kishu tetsudo osaka umeda hotel is a hotel that screams of convenience.
		Osaka Castle Hotel @ 1-1 Tenmabashi Kyomachi, Chuo-ku, OSAKA, OSAKA PREFECTURE 540-0023 okawa river used to link the two ancient cities of kyoto and osaka.
		Mitsui Urban Hotel Osaka @ 3-18-8 Toyosaki, Kita-ku, OSAKA, OSAKA PREFECTURE 531-0072 the second largest city in japan after tokyo, osaka is an energetic and exciting place with a atmosphere that is distinctly unique.
	www.hotels-shopper.com /JP/QKV_d.html (1473 words)

	OSAKA JAPAN ASIA Hotel booking
		Mitsui urban hotel Osaka Bay Tower is the majestic high-rise building in a middle of Osaka city, second largest metropolis in Japan with an energetic and exciting place with an atmosphere that is distinctly unique.
		The Hyatt Regency Osaka Hotel is located in Cosmo Square in the heart of the city centre, overlooking the Osaka Bay and Osaka skyline.
		The Nikko Hotel Osaka is a wonderful hotel situated in the suburbs of Nishi-Shinsaibashi in the city of Osaka.
	hotel.webpool.it /ASIA/JAPAN/OSAKA.php (2797 words)

	The International Institute for Children's Literature Osaka Prefecture (IICLO) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The International Institute for Children's Literature, Osaka Prefecture (IICLO) was established in 1984 as the first Japanese institute with the functions of providing documentation, information, and research in the field of children's literature.
		Since then, supported by Osaka Prefecture and other benevolent sponsors, we have offered many services and activities for professionals as well as members of the general public who are interested in children's literature.
		The Kinrankai Foundation, an alumni association of Otemae High School, one of the most distinguished high schools in Osaka Prefecture, donated the initial funds for this biennial award, given to an individual who has made a prominent contribution to the study of children's literature.
	www.irscl.ac.uk /news/IICLO.htm (568 words)

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