Introduction of Osaka, Japan

Osaka: the name of the Japanese government. Located in the midwest of Honshu Island, Japan, it is an important port city and the second largest economic center in Japan. Because of its developed canal system, it is also called "water capital". Osaka is located in the middle of Honshu Island, near Osaka Bay, with strip-shaped distribution in the north and south, and is the hub of Kansai region in Japan. The area is about 1898 square kilometers, ranking second from the bottom in the country. The population is about 8.68 million, second only to Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture. It belongs to Seto inland sea climate, with abundant precipitation throughout the year, slightly sultry in summer and warm and little snow in winter. The annual average temperature is 16.5℃, and the average precipitation is 1 306mm. It governs 33 cities, 9 towns and1village, including Osaka, Sakai and Ikeda. The current Governor Hashimoto Tōru was elected for the first time in February 2008. The actual gross domestic product (GDP) of Osaka Prefecture is 40,5501billion yen, and the annual per capita income is 3 million yen. Home appliances, chemistry, fiber, steel and other industries gathered here, and world-renowned large enterprises such as Panasonic and Sanyo started from then on. Complete industrial categories and strong economic foundation. In the industrial structure, the primary industry only accounts for 0. 1%, the secondary industry accounts for 30.2%, and the tertiary industry accounts for 69.7%. Small and medium-sized enterprises account for 99.4% of the manufacturing industry in this region, and 78.6% of the employed people work in small and medium-sized enterprises. Osaka is known as Japan's "world kitchen", with a wide variety of food, which attracts many domestic and foreign tourists to taste it. According to statistics, Osaka Prefecture received tourists143.35 million in 2009. Osaka Prefecture is a transportation hub in the Kansai region, with developed land, sea and air transportation. There are Kansai International Airport, the second largest international airport in Japan and the first international airport operating 24 hours a day. The number of passenger flights between Kansai International Airport and Chinese mainland is the highest in Japan, with more than 350 flights per week. Now it has opened air routes with Beijing, Harbin, Shenyang, Changchun, Dalian, Yantai, Qingdao, Jinan, Nanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Fuzhou, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Kunming, Wuxi and other cities 17. Osaka Prefecture and Shanghai became sister cities in1980165438+10. Osaka, the capital, covers an area of 222 square kilometers and has a population of 2.65 million. The annual gross domestic product (GDP) is 22,736.5 billion yen. 1974 became a sister city with Shanghai in April. The current mayor Ping Songbangfu was elected for the first time in June 2007. Osaka is the largest city in Kansai, Japan and the economic, trade and cultural center of Japan. Located on the northeast bank of Osaka Bay in the southwest of Honshu Island, it is connected to the Pacific Ocean in the south by Ito Strait and to the Seto Inland Sea in the west by Akashi Strait. At the same time, Osaka, as a famous historical and cultural city in Japan, has been the gateway to Nara and the ancient capital Kyoto since ancient times, and it is also the earliest area of Japanese trade development. Several generations of Japanese emperors established their capitals here (AD 313 ~ 412,645 ~ 683), so there are many places of interest. Osaka's historical sites mainly include Nanpu Palace site, the ancient palace in Nara era, the Buddhist temple in heian period, the Danzhu Temple in Edo era, and the Mint Chunbu Temple in Meiji era. In the east, there is Osaka Castle built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Osaka (ぉぉさか), the second largest city in Japan, an important industrial and commercial city, a land and water transportation center, a historic city and the capital of Osaka Prefecture, is located in the southwest of Honshu Island on the Osaka Plain on both sides of the lower reaches of Dianchuan River, with an area of 208 square kilometers and a population of more than 3 million.