I live in a city very close to the centre of Osaka. Only 10-15min by train. My town in acctually in Hyogo prefecture, but I can say, I'm from Osaka. Why?
There is a river call "Muko" which devides two cities, Amagasaki (my city) and Nishinomiya. They are both in Hyogo prefecture, but the funny thing is the local code of each telephone number quite differs. Most in Hyogo starts from 07..., but mine starts from 06 which is exactly the same as the centre of Osaka.
Many say, my city belongs almost to Osaka, and the charactaristic of people is resemble to Osaka people. I don't know well about it. Anyway, should I say, I'm from Osaka?, or I'm from Kobe which is the capital city of Hyogo. I prefer Kobe which sounds more sophisticated, and it really does sophisticate in the town itself.
The constraction works are currently going on around Osaka station. A quite a huge constraction. I wonder how different it is from what it was 10 years ago. And how different I am from what I was 10 years ago.
Am I growing up well as the city develops steadly....?
