Osaka (disambiguation)

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Osaka or Ōsaka may refer to:

• Osaka City, Japan's second largest city
• Osaka Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan

Osaka may also refer to:

• Companies:
  • Osaka Broadcasting Corporation
  • Osaka Gas
  • Osaka Mercantile Exchange
  • Osaka Securities Exchange
  • TV Osaka

• Education:
  • Osaka City University
  • Osaka Gakuin University
  • Osaka Institute of Technology
  • Osaka Jogakuin College
  • Osaka Prefecture University
  • Osaka University
  • Osaka University of Arts
  • Osaka University of Economics
  • Osaka University of Foreign Studies

• Entertainment:
  • Gamba Osaka, a professional soccer team
  • Osaka Koi no Uta, the 26th single produced by Morning Musume
  • Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra

• Events:
  • Osaka school massacre
  • Siege of Osaka, a series of battles in 1614-1615

• Fictional characters:
  • Ayumu Kasuga, a fictional character from Azumanga Daioh, nicknamed "Osaka"
  • Naru Osaka, a character from Sailor Moon

• Government:
  • Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau

• Visitor attractions:
  • Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan
  • Osaka Bay
  • Osaka Castle
  • Osaka Dome
  • Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
  • Osaka Tower
  • Osaka WTC Building, a world trade center in Osaka

• Locations:
  • Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, a metropolitan area in Japan
  • Places called Osaka (小坂, meaning "small hill"):
    • Osaka, Chiba
    • Osaka, Gifu
    • Osaka, Hiroshima
    • Osaka, Hyōgo
    • Osaka, Ibaraki
    • Osaka, Kanagawa
    • Osaka, Kumamoto
    • Osaka, Miyagi
    • Osaka, Nagano
    • Osaka, Ōita
    • Osaka, Okayama
    • Osaka, Shimane
    • Osaka, Shizuoka
    • Osaka, Wakayama
  • Places called Osaka (尾坂, meaning "foothill"):
    • Osaka, Kyōto
    • Osaka, Okayama
  • Places called Osaka (男坂, meaning "male hill"):
    • Osaka, Nara
  • Places called Osaka (御坂, meaning "honorable hill" or "hill of governing"):
    • Osaka, Miyagi
  • Places called Ōsaka (大坂, meaning "great hill"):
    • Ōsaka, Aichi
    • Ōsaka, Fukui
    • Ōsaka, Fukushima
    • Ōsaka, Ibaraki
    • Ōsaka, Ishikawa
    • Ōsaka, Kyōto
    • Ōsaka, Shizuoka
    • Ōsaka, Tokushima
    • Ōsaka, Tōkyō (in Meguro-ku, Aobadai 3 & 4)
    • Ōsaka, Tottori
    • Ōsaka, Wakayama
  • Places called Ōsaka (逢坂, meaning "hill of meeting"):
    • Ōsaka, Ōsaka (an area within Osaka, the major city listed above)
    • Ōsaka, Shiga

• People:
  • Carlos Kasuga Osaka, a Mexican businessman

• Transportation:
  • Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway
  • Osaka Abenobashi Station, a train station
  • Osaka International Airport, the primary domestic and regional airport in Osaka (not to be confused with Kansai International Airport)
  • Osaka Loop Line
  • Osaka Monorail
  • Osaka Municipal Subway
  • Osaka Outer Loop Line, planned loop line around the Osaka area
  • Osaka Station, a train station in Osaka
  • Osaka-Temmangu Station
  • Shin-Osaka Station, a Shinkansen station in Osaka