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History
First Name „Naniwa“ Capital City (7th – 8th Century) Centre of the Buddhist Jōdō-Shin-shū – Religion
Headquarter: Temple Ishiyama-Honganji (1496) Oda Nobunaga sieged the Temple 4 years and
destroyed it (1576-1580) Toyotomi Hideyoshi built there the Castle of
Osaka (1583) Second name „Ozaka“ (Middle age – 20th
Century) Today’s name „Osaka”
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Facts (2)
Over 2,600,000 people by January 2007 Over 11,000 people/km²
Vienna: ~4000 people/km² Area of 222 km² Average temperature:
January: ~5°C
August: ~24°C Nine universities
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Transport
Kansai International Airport Artificial island offshore (60 km)
Osaka International Airport Mostly domestic flights
Subway Railroad
Both private and public lines Bus
Not recommended – better use trains
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Economy In the middle age centre of the Japanese
economy Today the big companies has there
headquarters in Tokyo Basic position of the sea access to Korea and
China After the bubble economy:
lots of insolvencies high unemployment Foreign investors displace
Expo (1970)
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Economy (2)
Sharp Electronics manufacturer
Matsushita Electronics manufacturer
Mitsubishi Pharma Part of the Mitsubishi group
West Japan Railroad Company Shinkansen high speed train
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Sports
Two major league football teams Gamba Osaka Cerenzo Osaka
Common Japanese sports like Sumo Judo