Ōsaka Castle

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Ōsaka Castle

building, Ōsaka, Japan

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Ōsaka-Kōbe metropolitan area
The city site
…east of the central city, Ōsaka Castle, originally built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, stands on a northern extension of the upland (about 65 feet [20 metres] above sea level) that rises in the southern part of Ōsaka urban prefecture to more than 3,000 feet. The metropolitan area spreads over the deltas…
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…east of the central city, Ōsaka Castle, originally built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, stands on a northern extension of the upland (about 65 feet [20 metres] above sea level) that rises in the southern part of Ōsaka urban prefecture to more than 3,000 feet. The metropolitan area spreads over the deltas…
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