Naniwa References Naniwa ancient city, Japan Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: Ōsaka-Kōbe metropolitan area/ Ancient and medieval periodsAncient Naniwa—in what is now Ōsaka—was the site of palace or capital complexes intermittently from the early 5th to the mid-7th century, but in 710 it lost its position to Nara, the first “permanent” national capital. Read MoreAncient Naniwa—in what is now Ōsaka—was the site of palace or capital complexes intermittently from the early 5th to the mid-7th century, but in 710 it lost its position to Nara, the first “permanent” national capital. Read More