Nature & geography・Osaka

OkawaOkawa

Also known as: 大川・旧淀川

The common name for the lower course of the old Yodo River, which splits around Nakanoshima into the Dojima and Tosabori rivers. It symbolizes Osaka as a water city of "eight hundred bridges" and is the stage for the Tenjin Matsuri boat procession.

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