Osaka (Japanese: 大阪市, Hepburn: Ōsaka-shi, articulated [oːsakaɕi]; generally just 大阪, Ōsaka [oːsaka] (About this soundlisten)) is an assigned city in the Kansai area of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and the biggest part of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, the second biggest metropolitan territory in Japan and among the biggest on the planet with in excess of 20 million occupants. Osaka was generally viewed as Japan's monetary center point. By the Kofun time frame (300–538) it had formed into a significant territorial port, and in the seventh and eighth hundreds of years, it served quickly as the magnificent capital. Osaka kept on prospering during the Edo time frame (1603–1867) and got known as a focal point of Japanese culture. Following the Meiji Restoration, Osaka significantly extended in size and experienced quick industrialization. In 1889, Osaka was formally settled as a region.