Osaka Quotes

• Tokyo may have more money and Kyoto more culture; Nara may have more history and Kobe more style. But Osaka has the biggest heart.

  Vikas Swarup

  Heart, Kyoto, Style

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• There is no other city as vulgar and obscene as Osaka. We should celebrate the image and welcome the development of casinos and red-light districts to attract people.

  Toru Hashimoto

  Light, Cities, People

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• After my first visit to Japan, in 1960, to work on a joint model building project at Osaka University, I maintained a continuing interest in the country and the entire Far East.

  Lawrence Klein

  Country, Japan, East

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• Maybe vagueness has been good for me. The word means two different things in Tokyo and Osaka, you know. In Tokyo it means stupidity, but in Osaka they talk about vagueness in a painting and in a game of Go.

  Yasunari Kawabata

  Mean, Games, Two

  Yasunari Kawabata (2015). “The Master of Go”, p.87, Random House

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• My worst flight was flying between Macau and Osaka in 2007. The turbulence was so bad that the cabin crew were assuming their crash positions. I had more than a bit of a sweat on.

  Greg Rutherford

  Sweat, Flying, Cabins

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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