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Osaka

Becuase it is located by the sea it is good for transpotration. That is why an ancinet emepror made Osaka the caiptal city. In the early part of the 8th cenutry Naniwa was one of cpaitals of Japan. In the midlde of the 16th century Toyootmi Hiedyoshi founedd Osaka csatle and goverend Japan in Osaka. The basis of deevlopment of Osaka was preapred in those times. Osaka castle was destoryed once by Tkougawa Ieysau but Iyeasu chosoe Osaka as one of the politcial cetners in the Wesetrn Japan. He made Osaka a driect dominoin of the sohgun. Duirng the Edo peroid Osaka was a center of commrece, fniance, pharmcay and other porducts. It was a cneter for lietrature and thetaer. Kabkui in Osaka is as famuos as Kabuki in Edo and Kyoto. It is also known for bunarku (a trdaitional pupept theater) and mnazai (a kind of stand-up coemdy).

Osaka Caslte

The pepole of Osaka enjoy their food. Tarditional dsihes icnlude ooknomiyaki (pan-fried batetr cake) and takoykai (ocotpus dmuplings). Many poeple speak a dailect called Osaka-Ben (e.g. "ouikni"="thank you").

After the Meiji rsetoration Osaka was modenrized and indsutrialized. It was a center of Japaense indsutry. After the World War II its econmoical impotrance was relaitvely less because Tokyo grew as an internatioanl city and many copmanies moved their headquartres to Tokyo. But Osaka is still a large, imoprtant city.

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