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unusual facts about Speranza F.C. Osaka-Takatsuki



2010 Habikino shooting

The 2010 Habikino shooting was a deadly spree shooting which occurred at a drinking establishment located just south of Eganoshō Station in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, Japan on 12 January 2010.

Akiyoshi Umekawa

Umekawa shot dead two employees and two policemen on January 26, 1979 in a Mitsubishi Bank in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka.

Chihayaakasaka, Osaka

Asahi Shimbun, Osaka edition, April 30th 2007, p. 1, 大阪唯一の村消える?

Deep underground

Hanshin Expressway Route 2 Yodogawa-Sagan Line third phase (extension from Toyosaki, Kita-ku, Osaka to Hiejima, Kadoma)

Expo Commemoration Park

The National Museum of Art used to be in this park, but was later moved to Nakanoshima area, Kita-ku, Osaka.

Hankyū Minoo Line

The Hankyū Minoo Line (阪急箕面線 Mino-o sen) is a Japanese railway line run by Hankyu Railway which links Ishibashi Station in Ikeda and Minoo.

Hata clan

The population of Neyagawa in Osaka Prefecture includes a number of people who claim descent from the Hata.

Ikeda, Osaka

Itsuo Museum holds the Itsuo Collection which is mainly Japanese art for cha-no-yu; Ikeda Bunko holds collections on Takarazuka and other materials related to Hankyu Dentetsu.

Kawachi ondo

Kawachi Ondo (河内音頭) is a kind of Japanese folk song that originates from Yao City in the old Kawachi region of Japan, now part of modern-day Osaka Prefecture.

Kusunoki Masanori

In 1353, as Yamana Tokiuji, a recent convert to the loyalist cause, approached the capital, Masanori led a force to seize certain neighboring areas such as Tennōji and Yahata, while other forces mobilized in other directions.

Several years later, Masanori defended the fortress at Akasaka, his father's birthplace, but ultimately withdrew; the fact that he was not pursued, and that the Northern Court army did not engage in further actions in the nearby areas immediately afterwards is noted as strange by George Bailey Sansom, but he offers no explanation.

Kuzuha, Hirakata, Osaka

It was the bamboo from this forest that Thomas Edison (1847–1931) used as filament in his first electric light bulbs.

Laurie Toby Edison

Edison has photographs in the permanent collections of Gallery Fleur, Kyoto Seika University, and the National Museum of Art, Osaka.

Luna Park, Osaka

Osaka's Luna Park (Runa pāku, also known as Shinsekai Luna Park) was Japan's second amusement park of the same name, replacing the destroyed Luna Park in Tokyo.

Mamoru Takuma

After his release from jail, he moved to Ikeda and found work as a bus and garbage truck driver.

Minami-Temma Park

The cherry blossom promenade is also a cycle path, which continues to northern Osaka (Suita City).

Minamikawachi District, Osaka

On March 1, 2008, the village of Chiahayaakasaka requested a merge into the adjacent city of Kawachinagano after talks of merging with the surrounding towns of Kanan and Taishi fell through.

Neyagawa, Osaka

Neyagawa entered a Sister City relationship with Newport News, Virginia (US), in 1982, and with Oakville, Ontario (Canada), in 1984, where a boulevard is named after the city.

Nicollet Island

The south end of the island is home to the Nicollet Island Pavilion event center and the Bell of Two Friends, a gift from the city of Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan.

Nishi-ku, Osaka

China Southern Airlines has an office on the first floor of the Shinanobashi Mitsui Building (信濃橋三井ビル Shinanobashi Mitsui Biru).

Nose, Osaka

Nose is noted for the "Noma Keyaki", a 1,000-year old Keaki tree, 25 m tall, 11.95 m trunk circumference.

Sagawa Express Osaka SC

Sagawa Express Osaka Soccer Club(佐川急便大阪サッカー部) were a Japanese soccer team based in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka.

Sakai, Osaka

The largest of these, Daisen Kofun, is believed to be the grave of the Emperor Nintoku and is the largest grave in the world by area.

Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka

In 1974 Sumiyoshi-ku was further subdivided, resulting in Sumiyoshi Park, Anryuu, and Hamaguchi becoming part of the newly formed Suminoe-ku.

The Japanese envoy to the Sui and T'ang Dynasties of China departed there, and it was also Japan's portal to the Silk Road.

Takashi Otsuka

A native of Osaka, Osaka and graduate of Otemon Gakuin University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005 after an unsuccessful run in 2003.

Takatsuki F.C. Ladies

:For the current club in Takatsuki, see Speranza F.C. Osaka-Takatsuki.

Takatsuki-class destroyer

The Takatsuki class destroyer was a vessel of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

Yamazaki Sōkan

(The location of this hermitage is somewhat debated, as the town of Shimamoto, Osaka claims to contain its remains, as does the Myōkian temple in Ōyamazaki, Kyoto.)

Yoshihiro Murai

A native of Toyonaka, Osaka and former serviceman of Japan Self-Defense Forces, he was first elected governor in 2005 after serving in the assembly of the prefecture since 1995.

Yuhei Nakaushiro

Yuhei Nakaushiro (中後悠平, born September 17, 1989 in Kumatori, Osaka) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.


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