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Prefecture of Japan
Photo: Sakai Yayoi, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons
The Nankai Electric Railway connects Kansai airport to central Osaka and, unlike other railways, it accepts contactless payment from all major card payment brands.
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the city that gives the prefecture its name
Although part of Osaka City, it was once an independent city, known as a free city alongside Sakai, and as the "Cotton City"
known for the Nintoku-ryō Tumulus, a giant ancient tomb
North eastern suburban city
Northwestern suburban city
Suburban city that lies in the north end of Osaka basin
Northern suburban city whose part of it comprises a part of the large "new town" of Senri
halfway between Osaka and Kyoto, known for one of Japan's largest burial mounds (kofun) and the Suntory Yamazaki distillery
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