Osaka

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Osaka

Total population

2,691,185

Air quality index

50Good

Coordinates34.69°, 135.50°

Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third-most populous city in Japan, following the special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With an estimated population of 2,816,247 as of October 1, 2025 and a population density of about 12,505 people per square kilometer, it is the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, the second-largest metropolitan area in Japan and the 10th-largest urban area in the world with more than 19 million inhabitants.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Shigeru Mizuki

Japanese manga artist (1922-2015)

Kyotaro

Japanese boxer

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Eiji Morioka

Japanese boxer (1946–2004)

Hiroki Kuroda

baseball player

Kazuki Ōmori

Japanese film director and screenwriter (1952-2022)

Makoto Wada

Japanese illustrator, essayist, film director (1936-2019)

Shimazu Tadahisa

Founder of the Shimazu samurai clan

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Masami Hisamoto

Japanese comedian, actress and singer

Hidenori Tanoue

Japanese baseball player

Sumiko Sakamoto

Japanese singer and actress (1936–2021)

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Tomoka Shibasaki

Japanese writer

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Nozomu Iwao

Japanese comedian (1975-)

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Kaoru Takamura

Japanese novelist

Dome Narita

Japanese snowboarder

Daiyū Kanemura

South Korean baseball player

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Kōta Nakayama

Japanese comedian

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Osaka

• Moriguchi
  4.5 mi away · pop. 142,487
• Suita
  4.6 mi away · pop. 379,246
• Higashiosaka
  5.7 mi away · pop. 498,099
• Kadoma
  5.8 mi away · pop. 121,936
• Toyonaka
  6.3 mi away · pop. 397,490
• Settsu
  6.7 mi away · pop. 84,727
• Daito
  7 mi away · pop. 121,609
• Yao
  7.3 mi away · pop. 267,581
• Sakai
  8.4 mi away · pop. 839,310
• Shijonawate
  8.5 mi away · pop. 55,533
• Matsubara
  8.5 mi away · pop. 119,543
• Neyagawa
  8.7 mi away · pop. 233,883

Browse all places in Osaka →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Osaka

Osaka city and its planning

1969

Osaka =

Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha · 1996

Senryoka no Osaka (Osaka sensho)

Yasushi Miwa · 1996

Osaka

Daidō Moriyama · 2016

Stories of Osaka life

Sakunosuke Oda · 1990

Senryōka no Ōsaka

1985

Baby Animals Coloring Book : Children's Baby Animal Books

Osaka Osaka Smith · 2017

Hakkutsu sareta Ōsaka

Ōsaka Shiritsu Hakubutsukan · 1984

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Blattella nipponica

Blattella nipponica

Seen 2026-06-12

Chameleon Plant

Houttuynia cordata

Seen 2026-06-12

Pied Skimmer

Pseudothemis zonata

Seen 2026-06-12

Oriental Beetle

Exomala orientalis

Seen 2026-06-12

Calosoma chinense

Calosoma chinense

Seen 2026-06-11

Platymetopus flavilabris

Platymetopus flavilabris

Seen 2026-06-11

Japanese Nine-spotted Moth

Amata fortunei

Seen 2026-06-11

Red necked longhorn beetle

Aromia bungii

Seen 2026-06-11

Common Pill Woodlouse

Armadillidium vulgare

Seen 2026-06-10

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Osaka, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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