Osaka's Dotonbori entertainment district is a dining and selfie hotspot, in Kansai Region, Honshu island, Japan.

Osaka's Dotonbori entertainment district is a dining and selfie hotspot, in Kansai Region, Honshu island, Japan. Osaka is Japan's second largest metropolitan area. For many centuries it's been the economic powerhouse of the Kansai Region. Before the Nara Period, Naniwa (Osaka's former name) was a regional economic and political center ruled by Emperor Kōtoku in 645-654. In the 1500s, Toyotomi Hideyoshi built his castle in Osaka, which would have become Japan's political capital if Tokugawa Ieyasu had not ended the Toyotomi lineage and established his government in distant Edo (Tokyo).

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Osaka's Dotonbori entertainment district is a dining and selfie hotspot, in Kansai Region, Honshu island, Japan. Osaka is Japan's second largest metropolitan area. For many centuries it's been the economic powerhouse of the Kansai Region. Before the Nara Period, Naniwa (Osaka's former name) was a regional economic and political center ruled by Emperor Kōtoku in 645-654. In the 1500s, Toyotomi Hideyoshi built his castle in Osaka, which would have become Japan's political capital if Tokugawa Ieyasu had not ended the Toyotomi lineage and established his government in distant Edo (Tokyo).