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Osaka Prefecture
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Osaka Prefecture is the prefecture that Osaka City is located in. Osaka Prefecture is one of the smallest prefectures in Japan. Osaka Prefecture (大阪府 Ōsaka-fu) is a prefecture located in the Kansai region on Honshu, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Osaka. It is the center of Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto area. Osaka Prefecture neighbors the prefectures of Hyōgo and Kyoto in the north, Nara in the east and Wakayama in the south. The west is open to Osaka Bay. The Yodo and Yamato Rivers flow through the prefecture. Osaka Prefecture Map Prior to the construction of Kansai International Airport, Osaka Prefecture was the smallest prefecture in Japan. The artificial island on which the airport was built added enough area to make it slightly larger than Kagawa Prefecture Osaka Prefecture Cities Daitō Fujiidera Habikino Hannan Higashiōsaka Hirakata Ibaraki Ikeda Izumi Izumiōtsu Izumisano Kadoma Kaizuka Kashiwara Katano Kawachinagano Kishiwada Matsubara Minoh Moriguchi Neyagawa Osaka (capital) Ōsakasayama Sakai Sennan Settsu Shijōnawate Suita Takaishi Takatsuki Tondabayashi Toyonaka Yao (Article based on Wikipedia article and used under the GNU Free Documentation License) | | |