Osaka(大阪)

4.Osaka(大阪)

Osaka(大阪市,Osaka-shi)is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan.It is the second largest metropolitan area in Japan and among the largest in the world with over 19 million inhabitants.Historically as a merchant city,Osaka has also been known as the“nation's kitchen”(天下の台所,tenka no daidokoro)and served as a center for the rice trade during the Edo period.

Osaka Castle(大坂城,Osaka-jo)is a Japanese castle in Chuo-ku,Osaka.The castle is one of Japan's most famous landmarks and it played a major role in the unification of Japan during the sixteenth century of the Azuchi-Momoyama period.

Shitennō-ji(四天王寺;also Arahaka-ji,Nanba-ji,or Mitsu-ji)is a Buddhist temple in Osaka.It is the first Buddhist and oldest officially administered temple in Japan,although the temple buildings have been rebuilt over the centuries.(https://www.daowen.com)

大阪是一个日本关西地区的城市,是日本第二大都市圈,也是世界上最大的都市圈之一。在江户时代,大阪是一个商业城市,也被称为“国家的厨房”和大米贸易中心。大阪城堡是日本最著名的地标之一。