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I've thought Osaka is the second biggest and most important city in Japan, but if you see the information which is from a guidebook below, Osaka is the third largest city, though I was really surprised at the fact and the population. I don't think or want to think so anyway, I believe this city is the second biggest and the fanniest city in Japan.
To prove this, please ask someone from Tokyo what Osaka' people are like. They must answer they're strange or funny. I believe Osaka is the birthplace of Japanese commedy and there're lots of commedians in Osaka. Also when you talk with people in Osaka, you have to put punch lines of jokes at the end, if not, they ask you so what happend at last. My friends from Tokyo suffered from this for a long time, and when I went to Tokyo and talked with people in Tokyo, they couldn't understand my witticisms so I felt very lonely. Anyway what're famous? About food, "takoyaki" and "okonomiyaki". Of course as I said on the main page, "Hanshin Tigers" is famous as well. "USJ, Universal Studio of Japan" and the tower, "Tutenkaku" are also tourist resorts. I've been "USJ" once and felt once was enough. When I get a girlfriend, I'd like to go there again. By the way I've never been to "Tutenkaku" though I've wanted to visit there. Those who's lived or grown in Osaka has a strong Osaka dialect, my friends from Tokyo can't speak this kind of language so they always ask me to speak that. When you see Japanese films, you might find some strange things that they speak normal Japanese but villains always have a Osaka dialect though I don't know why. So some Japanese think there're lots of dreadful people in Osaka, but in fact, the Osaka dialect sounds very strong or scary. Also be careful of middle-aged women, we call them "obachan", although I guess these kinds of people exsist all over Japan. They're absolutely strong, cheeky and shameless. If they find some small spaces on a train, they try to sit there, thought the spaces aren't enough for them and of course they know it, then people sitting next to them have to stand up to give the seat for them because they can't disobey them. They can speak about same things nearly endlessly, if you meet one "obachan" on a street and talk about one famous person, you will talk about the same thing with her the next day when you meet her again unfortunately. This is because they don't mind people they speak to, they just want to speak something they know! But normally things they know are widely known. So if you talk with them and they talk about things you know or you heard before, you have to say you know, if not, they could keep talking the same things for a long time. Anyway I like to talk with them because sometimes their topics are interesting and to my advantage. You can find them anywhere in Osaka!! Osaka is a my home town so when you come to Osaka, I'll guide you. The following is the explanations from the guidebook about the histry of Osaka. With a population of 2.5 million, Osaka is Japan's third largest and second most important city. It has been the economic powerhouse of the Kansai region for many centuries. Osaka was formerly known as Naniwa. Before the Nara Period, when the capital used to be moved with the reign of each new emperor, Naniwa was once Japan's capital city, the first one ever known. In the 16th century, Toyotomi Hideyoshi chose Osaka as the location for his castle, and the city may have become Japan's capital if Tokugawa Ieyasu had not terminated the Toyotomi lineage after Hideyoshi's death and moved his government to distant Edo (Tokyo). |