Osaka 大阪市

Ōsaka was traditionally considered Japan's economic hub. Today it is Japans second most populous area and the 10th in the world with 19 million people. Osaka is a major financial center of Japan, and is headquarters of multinational electronics corporations such as Panasonic and Sharp. Today we went on a bus tour to Nara and Kyoto with some of the other families. We spent so much time in traffic and in the bus. Our bus driver was speeding at one point and got pulled over by the police. We were all very nervous when they took her into the police car without any explanation!!