Osaka, Japan's largest commercial city

Yokohama is the third largest city in Japan after Tokyo and Osaka, and its population is second only to Tokyo. Yokohama is located in the southeast of Guandong, east of Tokyo Bay, south of Yokosuga and north of Kawasaki City.

Yokohama is an international port city in the east of Kanagawa Prefecture. It is also the seat of the county hall (administrative center) in Kanagawa Prefecture, and has also been designated as one of the cities designated by the law. This city is the most populous city in Japan, second only to Tokyo (Tokyo 23), and also the most populous municipal administrative district. Yokohama Port, located on the west bank of Tokyo Bay, is often regarded as the outer port of Tokyo, with a large number of port facilities and related industries and warehousing industries along the coast. Yokohama is an important city for East-West communication in Japan.

Osaka, located in Osaka Prefecture, Feng Jingen, western Japan, is the seat of Osaka Prefecture and one of the cities designated by decree. Osaka, with an area of 223 square kilometers and a total population of about 2.67 million, is the third most populous city in Japan after Tokyo and Yokohama. GDP ranks second in Japan.

"Osaka" was often called "Osaka" in ancient times, and the word "Osaka" first appeared in the Muromachi era. Since the Nara era, Osaka has become a trading port because of its geographical location near the sea. Toyotomi Hideyoshi built Osaka Castle and regarded Osaka as the core city of Toyotomi regime. During the Edo period, Osaka and Kyoto Edo were also called the "three capitals" and were the most prosperous commercial cities in Japan at that time. After the war, it was still a metropolis in western Japan.

Osaka's heavy industry is dominated by steel, machinery manufacturing and metal processing, while its light industry is dominated by textiles, printing, food, paper making and chemical industry. There are more than 65,438+10,000 stores in the city. Osaka is also famous for its unique culture. There are bustling underground streets in Hankyu district of the city. The scale of industrial and commercial activities or the density of mass transit express railway are among the best in Japan.