Largest City in Japan
Osaka is the third largest city in Japan. Its population is 3 million, but its metropolitan area of 22 million people!. It is a gigantic city of moles of cement and pervasive industry. Of course Kyoto is not refined, but also has attractions beyond its concrete landscape.
At the heart of the city has always been the Osaka-jo Castle. Has important temples like Shitenn?-ji and Sumiyoshi Taisha. It also has modern architecture and the Osaka Dome sports stadium, shaped to mimic a space ship and the aquarium located in the port area of Tempozan. They have also made a giant theme park, Universal Studios Japan.
The people of Osaka Japanese speak a dialect called Osaka-ben and are much more effusive and friendly to the people of Kyoto. The march is Shinsaibashi area in the center. In its hundreds of street restaurants or you can try the local dish, takoyaki, or octopus balls of batter.
In Osaka is the largest colony of Koreans in Japan. If you wish to excursion can travel from Osaka to Takarazuka where you can see theater and the Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum, an exhibition of local artist Tezuka, known as the god of manga drawings.
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