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50-432: Kameoka abuts Kyoto to the west and is located to the north of Osaka . It is on the border line between former Tanba and Yamashiro Provinces . Together with Nantan city, the region is known as Southern Tanba, Kuchitan or Nanatan. For centuries, Kameoka served as a key transportation point to connect San'in region and Tanba providence with Kyoto . Today, the city serves as one of the suburbs of Metro Kyoto . Kameoka

100-433: A city designated by government ordinance and thereby divided into 24 wards . Sakai became the second city in the prefecture to be promoted to a city designated by government ordinance on April 1, 2006, and was divided into seven wards. In 2000, Fusae Ota became Japan's first female governor when she replaced Knock Yokoyama , who resigned after prosecution for sexual harassment . Tōru Hashimoto , previously famous as

150-560: A Kansai region-wide group but has also won support from the government, through technology and material support from Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and financial support from NEDO. The Osaka Securities Exchange , specializing in derivatives such as Nikkei 225 Futures, is based in Osaka. There are many electrical, chemical, pharmaceutical, heavy industry, food, and housing companies in Osaka Prefecture. According to

200-537: A counselor on television, was elected in 2008 at the age of 38, becoming the youngest governor in Japan. On June 18, 2018, an earthquake struck the northern region of the prefecture. It killed 4 people and caused minor damage across Greater Osaka . In 2010, the Osaka Restoration Association was created with backing by Governor Tōru Hashimoto, with hopes of reforming Osaka Prefecture into

250-441: A shallow hardpan soil, as the tillage radish can break the hardpan, making the transfer of water and other important nutrients much easier for the root system. Nutrient retention is another important feature of tillage radish. The large taproot is used to retain macro- and micro-nutrients that would otherwise have the potential to be lost to leaching during the time when the field would otherwise be left empty. The nutrients from

300-412: A stir-fried dish across the country. In Bangladesh , fresh daikon is often finely grated and mixed with fresh chili, coriander , flaked steamed fish, lime juice, and salt. This light, refreshing preparation served alongside meals is known as mulo bhorta . In Taiwanese cuisine , both the root and the stems/leaves of the daikon are consumed. In South Korea , daikon radish is often used in kimchi ,

350-407: A traditional fermented dish. Kimchi is most commonly eaten as a side dish with rice , among other dishes. It is most commonly made with daikon radish, carrots , scallions , and other easily fermented vegetables. Raw daikon is 95% water, 4% carbohydrates , and less than 1% each of protein and fat (table). In a reference amount of 100 grams (3.5 oz), raw daikon supplies 18 calories and

400-487: A very strong odor. This soup, called mullangi sambar ( Tamil : முள்ளங்கி சாம்பார் , Kannada : ಮುಲ್ಲಂಗಿ ಸಾಂಬಾರ್ ; literally, "radish sambar") is very popular and is often mixed with rice. In Vietnamese cuisine , sweet and sour pickled daikon and carrots ( củ cải cà rốt chua or đồ chua ) are a common condiment in bánh mì sandwiches. In the Philippines, the sour stew sinigang may include daikon. Daikon

450-524: Is 13.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1690 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.1 °C. Per Japanese census data, the population of Kameoka peaked around the year 2000 and has declined slightly since. Kameoka was part of ancient Tanba Province . Rice cultivation was introduced in

500-464: Is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu . Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 (as of 1 April 2022 ) and has a geographic area of 1,905 square kilometres (736  sq mi ). Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Nara Prefecture to the southeast, and Wakayama Prefecture to the south. Osaka

550-580: Is a mild-flavored winter radish usually characterized by fast-growing leaves and a long, white, napiform root. Originally native to continental East Asia , daikon is harvested and consumed throughout the region, as well as in South Asia , and is available internationally. In some locations, daikon is planted for its ability to break up compacted soils and recover nutrients and is not harvested. In culinary contexts, daikon ( Japanese : 大根 , lit.   'big root') or daikon radish are

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600-417: Is a popular ingredient used to make sabzi , stuffed paranthas , pakodas , salads, pickles, and as garnish . The plant's leaves are used to make dal and kadhi , among other dishes. In South India , daikon is the principal ingredient in a variety of sambar , in which roundels of the radish are boiled with onions, tamarind pulp, lentils, and a special spice powder. When cooked, it can release

650-494: Is a rich source (20% or more of the Daily Value , DV) of vitamin C (27% DV), with no other micronutrients in significant content (table). Tillage radish leaves behind a cavity in the soil when the large taproot decays, making it easier for the following year's crops, such as potatoes, to bore deeper into the soil. Potatoes grown in a rotation with tillage radish do not experience growth restrictions associated with having

700-486: Is called kiriboshi-daikon ( 切干大根 , "cut-dried daikon") . Daikon radish sprouts ( kaiware-daikon ( 貝割れ大根 , literally "open-clam-like daikon") ) are used raw for salad or garnishing sashimi . Daikon leaves are frequently eaten as a green vegetable. They are thorny when raw, so softening methods such as pickling and stir frying are common. The daikon leaf is one of the Festival of Seven Herbs , where it

750-571: Is called suzushiro . In Chinese cuisine, turnip cake and chai tow kway are made with daikon. The variety called mooli has a high water content, and some cookbooks recommend salting (or sweetening, depending on the region and context) and draining it before it is cooked. Sometimes, mooli is used as a medium for elaborately carved garnishes. More commonly, daikon is referred as bailuobo (白蘿蔔) in Mandarin or lobak in Cantonese . Bailuobo

800-457: Is known locally as labanos . In Pakistani cuisine , the young leaves of the daikon plant are boiled and flash-fried with a mixture of heated oil, garlic, ginger, red chili, and various spices. The radish is eaten as a fresh salad, often seasoned with either salt and pepper or chaat masala . In Punjab province, daikon is used to stuff pan-fried breads known as paratha . Daikon's seed pods called moongray in local languages, are also eaten as

850-511: Is necessary to distinguish the usual Japanese form from others, it is sometimes known as Japanese radish . The vegetable's Chinese names are still uncommon in English. In most forms of Chinese cuisine , it is usually known as bái luóbo (white radish). Although in Cantonese and Malaysian cuisine , it is encountered as lobak or lo pak , which are Cantonese pronunciations of the general Chinese term for "radish" or "carrot" ( 蘿蔔 ). In

900-634: Is notable as the launch point for Hozugawa Kudari, a boat ride down the Hozu River . It is also the location of Anaoji Temple , one of the 21 temples in western Japan authorized to issue amulets in the name of the Boddhisattva Kannon. Kyoto Prefecture Osaka Prefecture Kameoka has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kameoka

950-597: Is prepared by meticulous katsura-muki ( 桂剥き , katsura peeling (etymology disputed)) . Daikon-oroshi ( 大根おろし , grated daikon) is frequently used as a garnish, often mixed into various dippings such as ponzu , a soy sauce and citrus juice condiment. The pink spicy momiji-oroshi ( もみじおろし , literally "autumn-leaf-red grated (daikon)") is daikon grated with chili pepper . Simmered dishes are also popular such as oden . Daikon that has been shredded and dried (a common method of preserving food in Japan)

1000-486: Is sometimes used, owing to the similarity of the vegetables' names in Mandarin and Hokkien. This variant inspired the title for a popular guidebook on Singaporean street food , There's No Carrot in Carrot Cake , which refers to chai tow kway , a kind of cake made from daikon. In North America , it is primarily grown not for food but as a fallow crop , with the roots left unharvested to prevent soil compaction ;

1050-511: Is the capital and largest city of Osaka Prefecture, and the third-largest city in Japan, with other major cities including Sakai , Higashiōsaka , and Hirakata . Osaka Prefecture is located on the western coast of the Kii Peninsula , forming the western is open to Osaka Bay . Osaka Prefecture is the third-most-populous prefecture, but by geographic area the second-smallest; at 4,600 inhabitants per square kilometre (12,000/sq mi) it

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1100-572: Is the second-most densely populated , below only Tokyo . Osaka Prefecture is one of Japan's two " urban prefectures " using the designation fu (府) rather than the standard ken for prefectures, along with Kyoto Prefecture. Osaka Prefecture forms the center of the Keihanshin metropolitan area, the second-most-populated urban region in Japan after the Greater Tokyo area and one of the world's most productive regions by GDP . Prior to

1150-657: Is used in various dishes for its unique and mild flavour after being boiled and cooked. For soups, bailuobo can be seen in daikon and pork rib soup (白蘿蔔排骨湯), daikon and tomato soup (白蘿蔔番茄湯), daikon and tofu soup (白蘿蔔豆腐湯), etc. Delicacies such as "shredded daikon" (白蘿蔔絲) and "cut daikon" (白蘿蔔塊) are popular domestic dishes too. Similar to Japanese cuisine, there are many types of pickles (in Mandarin Chinese: 咸菜 xiáncài / 榨菜 zhàcài ) made with daikon, for example, "sour-sweet cut daikon" (酸甜白蘿蔔塊), "spicy daikon" (麻辣白蘿蔔), daikon zhacai (白蘿蔔 榨菜 ), etc. In North India , daikon

1200-537: The Chongryon and classes for ethnic Koreans had opened in the prefecture. During the Japanese rule of Korea many ethnic Koreans came to the Osaka area to look for work. Many people from Jeju came to the Osaka area after a 1922 ferry line between Osaka and Jeju opened. During World War II Japanese authorities forced additional ethnic Koreans to move to the Osaka area. Public elementary and junior high schools in

1250-516: The Sengoku period , Akechi Mitsuhide constructed Kameyama Castle and laid out the castle town which became the core of modern Kameyama. During the Edo period , it was the center of Tanba-Kameyama Domain , which was controlled by a succession of fudai daimyo clans. Kameyama was renamed Kameoka in 1869 to avoid confusion with Kameyama, Mie . The town of Kameyama was established with the creation of

1300-580: The Yayoi period , and the area's many large kofun burial mounds , especially on the left bank of the Oigawa River (Hozu River). According to the Nihon Shoki , at the beginning of the 6th century, the area was the center of a succession struggle within the imperial court, in which King Yahiko, who was in the direct line of succession was defeated by Emperor Keitai from Echizen Province . The area

1350-465: The 2005 Population Census of Japan, Osaka prefecture has a population of 8,817,166, an increase of 12,085, or 0.14%, since the Census of year 2000. As of 2022 this prefecture has about 93,000 ethnic Korean persons , the largest such population of any prefecture in Japan. Osaka City . As of 2013 most ethnic Korean children attend ordinary Japanese public schools, although some Korean schools operated by

1400-679: The Japanese ones. These varieties also grow well at lower elevations in East Africa. If moisture is abundant, it can grow quickly; otherwise, the flesh becomes overly tough and pungent. The variety Long White Icicle is available as seed in Britain and will grow very successfully in Southern England, producing roots resembling a parsnip by midsummer in good garden soil in an average year. The roots can be stored for weeks without

1450-529: The Meiji Restoration, the modern-day area of Osaka Prefecture was split between Kawachi , Izumi , and Settsu provinces. Osaka Prefecture was created on June 21, 1868, at the very beginning of the Meiji era . During the instigation of Fuhanken Sanchisei in 1868, the prefecture received its suffix fu , designating it as a prefecture. On September 1, 1956, the city of Osaka was promoted to

1500-518: The Osaka Metropolis and merging with the City of Osaka. In the 2011 local elections, the association was able to win the majority of the prefectural seats and Hashimoto was elected as mayor of Osaka. A referendum on the issue was held in 2015 and was defeated with 50.38% of voters opposed to the plan. A second referendum in 2020 was rejected by 50.6% of voters. Osaka Prefecture neighbors

1550-677: The area is a mix of agriculture, light manufacturing and is increasingly a commuter town for Kyoto. Kameoka has 17 public elementary schools and seven public middle schools operated by the city government and two public high schools operated by the Kyoto Prefectural Department of Education. [REDACTED] JR West – San'in Main Line / Sagano Line Kameoka has agreements of friendship and co-operation with: Osaka Prefecture Osaka Prefecture ( 大阪府 , Ōsaka-fu , pronounced [oːsaka ɸɯ] )

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1600-580: The city is part of Kyoto 4th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Historically, the area served as a farming community for Kyoto , Japan's former capital. For centuries, area farmers provided ingredients used for traditional Japanese food served in Kyoto including chestnuts , black beans , azuki , rice , matsutake , yams , and daikon . In addition, farmers in the city provide beef , chicken and ayu (also known as sweetfish ). At present,

1650-480: The core city system in the 2020s). After the modern reactivation of districts in 1878/79, Osaka, including Sakai which was only merged into Osaka in 1881, consisted of 5 urban districts (-ku) and 27 rural districts (-gun) , excluding 15 districts in Yamato Province which was later separated from Osaka as Nara Prefecture in 1887. When the prefectures were subdivided into modern municipalities in 1889,

1700-409: The cuisines of Hokkien and Teochew -speaking areas such as Singapore , Thailand, and Taiwan, it is also known as chai tow or chai tau ( 菜頭 ). Any of these may be referred to as "radish," with the regional variety implied by context. In English-speaking countries, it is also sometimes marketed as icicle radish . In mainland China and Singapore, the calque white carrot or misnomer carrot

1750-471: The dish " turnip cake ." Several nonwhite varieties occur. The Cantonese lobak , lo pak , etc., sometimes refer to the usual Chinese form but is also applied to a form of daikon with a light green coloration of the top area of the root around the leaves. The Korean radish , also called mu , has a similar pale green shade halfway down from the top and are generally shorter, stouter, and sturdier, with denser flesh and softer leaves. Both are often spicier than

1800-469: The five urban districts were turned into two district-independent cities: Osaka City and Sakai City, and Osaka's [rural] districts were subdivided into 12 towns and 310 villages. After Osaka City had absorbed many surrounding municipalities in the interwar/Taishō period, the number of municipalities in Osaka had already dropped to 149 by 1953. The Great Shōwa mergers of the 1950s reduced the total to 47 by 1961, including 26 cities by then. The current total of 43

1850-510: The leaves (if harvested) are used as animal fodder . The official general name used by the United States Department of Agriculture is oilseed radish , but this is only used in non-culinary contexts. Other English terms employed when daikon is used as animal feed or as a soil ripper are "forage radish", "fodder radish", and "tillage radish". In Hong Kong , the misnomer turnip is also used. This name lends its name to

1900-434: The leaves if lifted and kept in a cool, dry place. If left in the ground, the texture tends to become woody, but the storage life of whole untreated roots is not long. Certain varieties of daikon can be grown as a winter cover crop and green manure . These varieties are often named "tillage radish" because the plant grows a huge, penetrating root that effectively performs deep cultivation. The roots bring nutrients lower in

1950-490: The long white radishes. The heirloom watermelon radish is another Chinese variety of daikon with a dull green exterior but a bright rose or fuchsia -colored center. Its Chinese name ( t   心裡美蘿蔔 , s   心里美萝卜 , xīnlǐměi luóbó ) is sometimes irregularly romanized as the shinrimei radish and sometimes translated as the "beauty heart," "beautiful heart inside," or "roseheart" radish. The Chinese and Indian varieties tolerate higher temperatures than

2000-562: The modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On January 1, 1955, Kameoka merged with 15 neighboring villages all within Minami-Kuwada District, and was raised to city status. Kameoka has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 24 members. Kameoka contributes two members to the Kyoto Prefectural Assembly . In terms of national politics,

2050-399: The most common names in all forms of English. Historical ties to South Asia permit mooli ( Hindi : मूली , romanized :  mūlī ) as a general synonym in English. The generic terms white radish , winter radish , Oriental radish , long white radish , and other terms are also used. Other synonyms usually vary by region or describe regional varieties of the vegetable. When it

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2100-454: The other side of Osaka's economy can be characterized by its Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) activities. The number of SMEs based in Osaka in 2006 was 330,737, accounting for 99.6% of the total number of businesses in the prefecture. While this proportion is similar to other prefectures (the average nationwide was 99.7%), the manufactured output of the SMEs amounted to 65.4% of the total within

2150-569: The prefecture are operated by the municipalities. Public high schools are operated by the Osaka Prefectural Board of Education . Osaka Prefecture has sister region relationships with: The sports teams listed below are based in Osaka. The symbol of Osaka Prefecture, called the sennari byōtan or "thousand gourds", was originally the crest of Toyotomi Hideyoshi , the feudal lord of Osaka Castle . Daikon Daikon or mooli , Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus,

2200-500: The prefecture, a rate significantly higher than Tokyo's 55.5%, or Kanagawa 's 38.4%. One model from Osaka of serving the public interest and restimulating the regional economy, combined with industry-education cooperation efforts, is the Astro-Technology SOHLA, with its artificial satellite project. Having originally started from a gathering of Higashiosaka based SMEs, Astro-Technology SOHLA has not only grown into

2250-420: The prefectures of Hyōgo and Kyoto in the north, Nara in the east and Wakayama in the south. The Yodo and Yamato Rivers flow through the prefecture. Prior to the construction of Kansai International Airport , Osaka was the smallest prefecture in Japan. The artificial island on which the airport was built added enough area to make it slightly larger than Kagawa Prefecture . As of 1 April 2012, 11% of

2300-535: The root become readily available for the following year's crop upon the decay of the radish, which can boost yields and reduce fertilizer costs. Daikons are also used as a forage worldwide. As a forage, they also have the side benefit of weed suppression . Although used elsewhere for much longer, daikon as a forage is a recent introduction in Massachusetts field practice. Daikon is used in preparing metal surfaces for chemical patination, for example, under

2350-467: The soil profile up into the higher reaches and are good nutrient scavengers, so they are good partners with legumes instead of grasses; if harsh winters occur, the root will decompose while in the soil, releasing early nitrogen stores in the spring. In Japan, many types of pickles are made with daikon roots, including takuan and bettarazuke . Daikon roots can be served raw, in salads, or as sashimi ' s tsuma ( つま , accompaniment) , which

2400-489: The total land area of the prefecture was designated as Natural Parks , namely Kongō-Ikoma-Kisen and Meiji no Mori Minō Quasi-National Parks and Hokusetsu and Hannan-Misaki Prefectural Natural Parks. Since 2005, Osaka consists of 43 municipalities : 33 cities , nine towns and one village . As of 2021, the 33 cities include two designated major cities , seven core cities and two (transitional) special case cities (after legal abolition in 2015, to be replaced with

2450-593: Was reached during the Great Heisei mergers in 2005. The gross prefecture product of Osaka for the fiscal year 2004 was ¥38.7 trillion, second after Tokyo with an increase of 0.9% from the previous year. This represented approximately 48% of the Kinki region. The per capita income was ¥3.0 million, seventh in the nation. Commercial sales the same year was ¥60.1 trillion. Overshadowed by such globally renowned electronics giants as Panasonic and Sharp ,

2500-587: Was the location of the ichinomiya of the province, Izumo-daijingū and the Tanba Kokubun-ji . The Tanba provincial capital was located nearby, but its exact location has yet to be determined. The area around Kameoka developed as transportation hub as it was the entrance to Kyoto from the San'in region . In 1333, Takauji Ashikaga raised his army in Kameoka to settle the Genkō Rebellion in Kyoto . In

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