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  Name Osaka
  JapaneseName 大阪市
  MapImage Osaka stad Mappng
  Region Kansai
  Prefecture Osaka Prefecture
  Area Km2 22211
  PopDate January 1 , 2007
  Population 2,636,256 <br />(19,220,000 in Metropolitan Area )
  Density Km2 11869
  Tree Sakura
  Flower Pansy
  Mayor Jun'ichi Seki
  CityHallPostalCode 530-8201
  CityHallAddress 1-3-20 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Ōsaka-shi, Ōsaka-fu
  CityHallPhone 06-6208-8181
  CityHallLink Osaka City


is a City in Japan , located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay , in the Kansai Region of the main island of Honshū .

The city is the capital of Osaka Prefecture . Often dubbed the Second City of Japan, Osaka was historically the commercial capital of Japan, and to date the heart of Japan's second largest, and the world's ninth largest metropolitan area of Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto , whose population is 19,220,000.

A unique title that the city of Osaka holds is the first place in Japan for day to night