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Ôsaka 大阪


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bird´s eye views

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Southern District Minami-ku  (2)
Ôsaka City
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Minami-ku  (3)
Ôsaka City

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Minami-ku  (4)
Ôsaka City
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observation tower Tsûtenkaku / Tennôji
Ôsaka City

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Minami-ku  (5)
Ôsaka City
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Minami-ku  (6)
Ôsaka City

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Northern District Kita-ku / Yodogawa river
Ôsaka City

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 Kita-ku  (2)
Ôsaka City
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Kita-ku  (3)
Ôsaka City
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Kita-ku - Yodogawa river  (4)
Ôsaka City

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Hannan-kô harbour
Ôsaka City

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Hannan-kô  (2)
Ôsaka City
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Hannan-kô  (3)
Ôsaka City
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Hannan-kô  (4)
Ôsaka City

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express way + railway line
Izumisano City / Ôsaka South
Ôsaka City
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Izumisano / Ôsaka South - express way  (2)
Ôsaka City
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Rinkû Gate Tower
Izumisano City / Ôsaka South
Ôsaka City

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 view from Rinkû Gate Tower
Ôsaka City
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coast leading to Wakayama
Ôsaka City
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coast leading to Wakayama  (2)
Ôsaka City


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bridge - expressway + railway line - Kansai Airport
Ôsaka City
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bridge to Kansai Airport
view from the mainland
Ôsaka City
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bridge - Kansai Airport / landing JAL airplane
Ôsaka City

Northern Ôsaka
Umeda / Fukushima / Noda / Temma / Minami-morimachi / Kyôbashi / Shiromi

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young musician - main station / Hankyû
Ôsaka City

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Hankyû Building - contemporary architecture
Ôsaka City
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Hankyû Building  (2)
Ôsaka City

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Hotel "The Plaza"
Ôsaka City
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Umeda Sky City
Ôsaka City
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Hilton Plaza
Ôsaka City

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Gate Tower Building
Ôsaka City
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Gate Tower Building  (2)
Ôsaka City
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Gate Tower Building  (3)
Ôsaka City

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Ôsaka City Hall (1985) + Yodaya-bashi bridge (1935)
Ôsaka City

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Central Public Hall - contemporary architecture
Ôsaka City
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Central Public Hall  (2)
Ôsaka City

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Suishô-bashi bridge - Dojima-gawa river
Ôsaka City
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Suishô-bashi (1929 / 1982) - Dojima-gawa  (2)
Ôsaka City
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Suishô-bashi - Dojima-gawa  (3)
Ôsaka City

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Chrystal Tower + Twin 21 MID Tower
Ôsaka City
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Twin 21 MID Tower + moat / castle wall + Ôkawa river
Ôsaka City
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Chrystal Tower + moat
Ôsaka City

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Twin 21 MID Tower - Chrystal Tower
Ôsaka City
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Ôsaka-jô castle
Ôsaka City
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Twin 21 MID Tower - Chrystal Tower
Ôsaka City

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Twin 21 MID Tower - Chrystal Tower / twilight
Ôsaka City
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Twin 21 MID Tower - since 1986
Nikken Sekkei / 157 m / 38 floors
Ôsaka City
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Twin 21 MID Tower + Chrystal Tower + moat
Ôsaka City

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Ôsaka Museum of History
Ôsaka City
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NHK Ôsaka Hall + Ôsaka Museum of Histoy
Ôsaka City
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NHK Ôsaka Hall
Ôsaka City

Southern Ôsaka
Shinsaibashi / Nanba

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Nikko Hotel
Ôsaka City
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Nikko Hotel  (2)
Ôsaka City
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Nikko Hotel  (3)
Ôsaka City

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SOGO Department Store
Ôsaka City
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SOGO - Ôsaka  (2)
Ôsaka City
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DAIMARU Department Store
Ôsaka City

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Amerika-mura = American Village
Ôsaka City
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main street Midô-suji - traffic / motorbike
Ôsaka City

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young people fashion quarter Amerika-mura  (2)
Ôsaka City
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Amerika-mura  (3)
Ôsaka City
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Amerika-mura  (4)
Ôsaka City

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Amerika-mura  (5)
Ôsaka City
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Amerika-mura  (6)
Ôsaka City
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Amerika-mura  (7)
Ôsaka City

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traffic - Namba Station
Ôsaka City
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entertainment district  Dotombori 
Ôsaka City
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Dotombori Canal
Ôsaka City

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sumô tournament - life on screen
Ôsaka City

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Kirin Plaza
Ôsaka City

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Dotombori - restaurant
Ôsaka City
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cardboard collector - Namba bridge
Ôsaka City
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Dotombori - night club
Ôsaka City

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young people on Namba Bridge
Ôsaka City
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advertising - dino
Ôsaka City
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street artist
Ôsaka City

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kabuki theatre
Ôsaka City
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KUROKAWA Kishô
bunraku theatre
Ôsaka City

Southern Ôsaka

Tennôji / Tsuruhashi

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entertainment district Shinsekai / Tennôji
Ôsaka City
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Shinsekai / Tsûtenkaku tower
Ôsaka City
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Shinsekai - restaurant / speciality fugu
Ôsaka City

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Shinsekai - fugu restaurant  (2)
Ôsaka City
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Shinsekai - fugu restaurant  (§)
Ôsaka City
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Shinsekai - fugu restaurant  ($)
Ôsaka City

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Tennôji Park - home of the homeless
Ôsaka City
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Billiken = originally American
lucky figure
Ôsaka City
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Tennôji Park - home of the homeless  (2)
Ôsaka City

cultural assets

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Shitennô-ji temple
Ôsaka City
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Hôkoku-jinja shrine + cherry blossoms
Ôsaka City

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arch bridge - Sumiyoshi-taisha
Ôsaka City
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Sumiyoshi-taisha shrine
Ôsaka City

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grave yard + modern architecture
Ôsaka City
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patron saint jizô
Ôsaka City

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Ôsaka-jô castle
Ôsaka City
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Ôsaka-jô - donjon  (2)
Ôsaka City