Osaka has many aliases, such as "the capital of the world", "the city of buyers and sellers", "the city of laughter", "the city of food" and "the kitchen of the world". From these aliases, we can see Osaka people's cheerful, unrestrained and life-oriented character. Osaka dialect is a language of laughter in Japanese, and most comedians are from Osaka. Osaka people like to be brief and concise, and often get to the heart of the problem. I like making friends and often turn my enemies into friends at the dinner table.

in the past, osaka had convenient water transportation, which was not only a sea terminal in the inland sea of seto, but also a large and small river and canal. Where there is a river, there is a bridge. Osaka claims to have 88 bridges. During the Edo period, warehouses of various vassal States gathered in Osaka, and products from various countries were transported here, and entrusted to Osaka businessmen to become cash to support daily expenses. When there was no money, the vassal States used the annual salary as a guarantee to borrow money from Osaka businessmen. Osaka is a place where products are traded and distributed in the world, so it is called "the kitchen in the world". In the samurai era, scholars, peasants, workers and businessmen had the lowest status. However, the businessmen in Osaka used rice markets and banks to hold the lives of samurai and famous people tightly in their own hands. At that time, although they were often defaulted, the merchants exchanged this cannon, which destroyed the economic foundation of the samurai class and paved the way for Japan to enter capitalism.

Osaka was originally a market in front of Benyuan Temple. After Toyotomi Hideyoshi built a city in Osaka, Osaka rapidly expanded as a city. After the establishment of Tokugawa shogunate, Osaka's commercial culture became increasingly developed, and civic arts such as gourmet culture, versatile talents, kabuki and literary music developed. Since then, there has been a saying that "Kyoto wears poverty and Osaka eats poverty". Today, Osaka's "Dotonbori" area is still a famous gathering area of good quality and cheap food shops. The Tianshou Pavilion in Osaka Castle was burned twice, and the current Tianshou Pavilion was built in 1931. Inside is the History Museum in Osaka. Osaka became a modern industrial city after Meiji Restoration, and its population once surpassed that of Tokyo. Before the war, there was a saying of "Tokyo in politics and Osaka in economy". However, due to the post-war development, Hanshin Industrial Zone, centered on Osaka and Kobe, became the third place after ranking in Keihin Industrial Zone and Zhongjing Industrial Zone. Osaka has the place names of gods, and Fukuoka also has the place names of gods. The origin of this god is one person, that is, Sugawara no michizane, who sacrificed in Tianman Palace in Osaka. Kanhara was an excellent scholar in heian period and was highly valued by the Emperor. Later, he was slandered by people, denounced by Kyushu, and died of grief and indignation. After the death of Sugawara, there were frequent disasters in Kyoto, and Kyoto people rumored that Sugawara was the cause of trouble, and it was called a god in power. Many palaces have been built in various places to prevent them from being harmed. It is said that Sugawara specializes in health, wisdom, and learning, and it is said that it is quite clever.

Osaka is also the birthplace of Japanese modernization. In 1838, Kouan Ogata, a famous orchid scholar (Holland), opened an orchid school in Osaka to spread modern western civilization, mainly teaching western medicine, mathematics, astronomy and other knowledge. According to the records, as many as one thousand people have studied here. Many famous figures have emerged, such as Fukuzawa Yukichi, Yoshijiro Omura, Zuonei Hashimoto, Keisuke Big Bird and so on. With the spread of Lanxue, Japanese intellectuals began to realize the shortcomings of Sinology and began the process of sublation of culture.

generally speaking, compared with Kanto people who attach importance to appearance, Kansai people have a stronger tendency to pay attention to reality rather than embellishment. Under the control of the edo shogunate in Kanto, the idea of samurai society dominated, while the rationalism of businessmen in Osaka, the capital, prevailed. In Kanto, "samurai should use expensive toothpicks even if they can't eat", while in Kansai, there is a spirit of "not afraid of being poor" that they should eat well even if they lose everything. Although Osaka is not as large as Tokyo, it is the center of West Japan, with international ports, international airports, science cities and wholesale centers. In the past, when Japan Railway gained the upper hand in all parts of the country, it could not gain the upper hand except near Osaka. Osaka people competed with the state-owned railway in a unique way and made great contributions to the construction of transportation cities around Osaka.

Osaka is known as "ice" because of its cold climate, unique scenery and recognized culture.