To be with Sakura at Osaka
With a population of 2.5 million, Osaka (大阪, Ōsaka) is Japan's third largest and second most important city. It has been the economic powerhouse of the Kansai region for many centuries.
Osaka was formerly known as Naniwa. Before the Nara Period, when the capital used to be moved with the reign of each new emperor, Naniwa was once Japan's capital city, the first one ever known.
In the 16th century, Toyotomi Hideyoshi chose Osaka as the location for his castle, and the city may have become Japan's capital if Tokugawa Ieyasu had not terminated the Toyotomi lineage after Hideyoshi's death and moved his government to distant Edo (Tokyo).
Geography and climate
Geography
The city of Osaka has its west side open to Osaka Bay. It is otherwise completely surrounded by more than ten smaller cities, all of them in Osaka Prefecture, with one exception: the city of Amagasaki, belonging to Hyōgo Prefecture, in the northwest. The city occupies a larger area (about 13%) than any other city or village within Osaka Prefecture. When the city was established in 1889, the city occupied roughly what today are the wards of Chuo and Nishi, with only 15.27 square kilometres (3,773 acres) size, and grew into today's 222.30 square kilometres (54,932 acres) over several expansions. The biggest leap was in 1925, when 126.01 square kilometres (31,138 acres) was claimed through an expansion. The highest point in Osaka is in Tsurumi-ku at 37.5 metres (123.0 ft) Tokyo Peil, and the lowest point is in Nishiyodogawa-ku at −2.2 metres (−7.2 ft) Tokyo Peil.
Climate
Osaka belongs to the humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), with four distinct seasons. Its winters are generally mild, with January being the coldest month having an average high of 9.3 °C (49 °F). The city rarely sees snowfall during the winter. Spring in Osaka starts off mild, but ends up being hot and humid. It also tends to be Osaka’s wettest season, with the Tsuyu or rainy season occurring between late May to early July. Summers are very hot and humid. In the months of July and August, the average daily high temperature approaches 35 °C (95 °F), while average nighttime temperatures typically hover around 25 °C (77 °F). Fall in Osaka sees a cooling trend, with the early part of the season resembling summer while the latter part of fall resembling winter.
| Climate data for Osaka (1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 9.3 (48.7) |
9.6 (49.3) |
13.3 (55.9) |
19.6 (67.3) |
24.2 (75.6) |
27.4 (81.3) |
31.4 (88.5) |
33.0 (91.4) |
28.7 (83.7) |
23.0 (73.4) |
17.3 (63.1) |
12.0 (53.6) |
20.7 (69.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) |
2.5 (36.5) |
5.2 (41.4) |
10.5 (50.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
19.8 (67.6) |
24.0 (75.2) |
25.1 (77.2) |
21.1 (70.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
9.5 (49.1) |
4.7 (40.5) |
12.9 (55.2) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 43.7 (1.72) |
58.7 (2.311) |
99.5 (3.917) |
121.1 (4.768) |
139.6 (5.496) |
201.0 (7.913) |
155.4 (6.118) |
99.4 (3.913) |
174.9 (6.886) |
109.3 (4.303) |
66.3 (2.61) |
37.7 (1.484) |
1,306.1 (51.421) |
| % humidity | 61 | 60 | 59 | 60 | 62 | 69 | 70 | 67 | 68 | 66 | 64 | 62 | 64 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 141.9 | 130.9 | 158.2 | 183.6 | 199.5 | 149.5 | 186.2 | 210.6 | 149.4 | 161.5 | 146.6 | 149.2 | 1,967.1 |
| Source: Japan Meteorological Association | |||||||||||||
Information From:
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2157.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka
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