Japan 2017 Part 4 - Day 11-13 - Iseshi, Asuka, Sakurai, Osaka
Japan 2017
Day 11: Iseshi - Geku, Naiku, Meoto Iwa
Day 12: Asuka - Asukadera, Amakashi Hill, Ishibutai Tomb, Kofun of Emperor Tenmu & Jito, Asuka Historical National Government Park, Takamatsuzuka Tomb
Sakurai - Hasedera Temple, Omiwa Shrine
Day 13: Osaka - Shopping in Shinsaibashi, Nipponbashi, Arcades
Super tired at this point!
Oops I made a typo - my camera is the Lumix GX7MK2, not FX7MK2!
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紅葉の明日香村
2012年12月1日（土）は奈良県明日香村へ。
紅葉の明日香村。石舞台古墳→棚田の風景→高松塚古墳→蘇我入鹿首塚→飛鳥寺等々。
のどかな村を歩きまわるだけでも楽しめる場所でした。
For the ancient Asuka, see Asuka period and Asuka, Yamato.
Thanks to the ancient capital, which is located there, Asuka has been known as a good place to sightsee, especially for history lovers.
In 1956, the village of Asuka was founded as a result of a merger of three villages, Sakaai, Takechi and Asuka.
In 1966, Asuka was proclaimed a historic town, as defined by the national Special Arrangement for Preservation of Historic Sites Law as well as Kyoto, Nara and Kamakura. The law restricts constructions and other civil engineering operations in the designated areas due preservation of the historic sites. In 1967, a part of Asuka, around 391ha in area, was designated as a historic site for preservation. Along with this decision, the government planned to build Asuka National Historic Park, for which construction was launched in 1966 and finished in 1994.
In 1972, a site with colorfully painted murals from the late Asuka period was found in the Takamatsuzuka Tomb.
Since the Special Arrangement for Preservation of Historic Sites Law (1966) restricts any visual changes in the areas which it concerns, it has directly affected the daily life of residents. To preserve the site, they have had to give up some elements of modern life. As compensation, the Asuka Law, which aims to preserve the site effectively and give economic support for Asuka residents, was settled in 1980.
明日香村是奈良縣中部的村，該村內發現了大量飛鳥時代的宮殿與史跡。
Osaka | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:35 1 History
00:00:44 1.1 Prehistory to the Kofun period
00:01:41 1.2 Asuka and Nara period
00:03:08 1.3 Heian to Edo period
00:06:00 1.4 19th century to present
00:08:39 2 Etymology
00:09:32 3 Geography and climate
00:09:42 3.1 Geography
00:11:04 3.2 Climate
00:12:52 4 Cityscape
00:13:12 4.1 Neighborhoods
00:15:53 4.2 Wards
00:16:05 5 Demographics
00:17:46 5.1 Dialect
00:18:13 6 Politics
00:20:37 7 Politics regarding the use of nuclear energy
00:24:28 8 Economy
00:27:29 9 Transportation
00:29:32 10 Culture and lifestyle
00:29:41 10.1 Shopping and culinary
00:32:43 10.2 Entertainment and performing arts
00:35:27 10.3 Annual festivals
00:36:11 10.4 Museum and galleries
00:37:25 10.5 Sports
00:40:14 10.6 Media
00:41:04 10.6.1 Newspapers
00:41:49 10.6.2 Television and radio
00:43:00 10.6.3 Publishing companies
00:43:21 11 Places of interest
00:43:33 11.1 Amusement parks
00:44:54 11.2 Parks
00:46:19 11.3 Temples, shrines, and other historical sites
00:47:00 11.4 Entertainment
00:48:37 11.5 Red light districts
00:48:48 11.6 Day-Trip Locations
00:49:09 12 Education
00:51:36 12.1 Libraries
00:51:56 12.2 Learned society
00:52:08 13 International relations
00:52:19 13.1 Twin towns and sister cities
00:53:19 13.2 Business partner cities
00:53:31 14 See also
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Osaka (Japanese: 大阪市, Hepburn: Ōsaka-shi, pronounced [oːsakaɕi]; commonly just 大阪, Ōsaka [oːsaka] (listen)) is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan. It is the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Japan and among the largest in the world with over 19 million inhabitants. Osaka will host Expo 2025. The current mayor of Osaka is Ichiro Matsui.
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Osaka (大阪 Ōsaka?) About this sound listen (help·info) is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan. It is the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Japan and among the largest in the world with nearly 19 million inhabitants. Situated at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, Osaka is Japan's second largest city by the daytime population after the Tokyo 23 wards, and serves as a major economic hub.
Historically a merchant city, Osaka has also been known as the nation's kitchen (天下の台所 tenka no daidokoro?) and served as a center for the rice trade during the Edo period.[1][2][3][4]
Some of the earliest signs of habitation in the area of Osaka were found at the Morinomiya remains (森の宮遺跡 Morinomiya iseki?), with its shell mounds, including sea oysters and buried human skeletons from the 5th–6th centuries BC. It is believed that what is today the Uehonmachi area consisted of a peninsular land, with an inland sea in the east. During the Yayoi period, permanent habitation on the plains grew as rice farming became popular.[1]
By the Kofun period, Osaka developed into a hub port connecting the region to the western part of Japan. The large numbers of increasingly larger tomb mounds found in the plains of Osaka are seen as evidence of political-power concentration, leading to the formation of a state.[1][5]
In 645, Emperor Kōtoku built his Naniwa Nagara-Toyosaki Palace in what is now Osaka[6] making it the then-capital of Japan (Naniwa-kyō). The city now known as Osaka was at this time referred to as Naniwa, and this name and derivations of it are still in use for districts in central Osaka such as Naniwa (浪速) and Namba (難波).[7] Although the capital was moved to Asuka (in Nara Prefecture today) in 655, Naniwa remained a vital connection, by land and sea, between Yamato (modern day Nara Prefecture), Korea, and China.[1][8]
Naniwa was declared the capital again in 744 by order of Emperor Shōmu, and remained so until 745, when the Imperial Court moved back to Heijō-kyō (now Nara). By the end of the Nara period Naniwa's seaport roles had been gradually taken over by neighboring areas, but it remained a lively center of river, channel, and land transportation between Heian-kyō (Kyoto today) and other destinations.In 1496, the Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist sect set up their headquarters in the heavily fortified Ishiyama Hongan-ji, on the site of the old Naniwa imperial palace. Oda Nobunaga began a decade-long siege campaign on the temple in 1570 which ultimately resulted in the surrender of the monks and subsequent razing of the temple. Toyotomi Hideyoshi constructed Osaka Castle in its place.
Osaka was long considered Japan's primary economic center,[9] with a large percentage of the population belonging to the merchant class (see Four divisions of society). Over the course of the Edo period (1603–1867), Osaka grew into one of Japan's major cities and returned to its ancient role as a lively and important port. Its popular culture[10] was closely related to ukiyo-e depictions of life in Edo. By 1780 Osaka had cultivated a vibrant arts culture, as typified by its famous Kabuki and Bunraku theaters.[11] In 1837 Ōshio Heihachirō, a low-ranking samurai, led a peasant insurrection in response to the city's unwillingness to support the many poor and suffering families in the area. Approximately one-quarter of the city was razed before shogunal officials put down the rebellion, after which Ōshio killed himself.[12] Osaka was opened to foreign trade by the government of the Bakufu at the same time as Hyōgo (modern Kobe) on 1 January 1868, just before the advent of the Boshin War and the Meiji Restoration.[13]
Osaka residents were stereotyped in Edo literature from at least the 18th century. Jippenisha Ikku in 1802 depicted Osakans as stingy almost beyond belief. In 1809 the derogatory term Kamigata zeeroku was used by Edo residents to characterize inhabitants of the Osaka region in terms of calculation, shrewdness, lack of civic spirit, and the vulgarity of Osaka dialect. Edo writers aspired to samurai culture, and saw themselves as poor but generous, chaste, and public spirited. Edo writers by contrast saw zeeroku as obsequious apprentices, stingy, greedy, gluttonous, and lewd. To some degree Osaka residents are stigmatized by Tokyo observers in much the same way down to the present, especially in terms of gluttony. As a famous saying has it, Osaka wa kuidaore (Osaka people eat 'til they drop)