Osaka

The festival hall

In nakanoshima, near umeda, and the symphony hall in umeda host modern and classical recitals, while umeda koma in umeda, and shin-kabukiza in uehommachi host enka performances. for more independent or underground music, try banana hall in umeda or big cat in amerika-mura.

The occupation of most resident Americans, Europeans and Australians is teaching English as is the case in most of Japan. There are also many international students and staff at various universities in Osaka. In recent years, the economy in the Osaka region had been relatively stagnant compared to Tokyo's: although there are jobs in law, finance, accounting, engineering and other professional fields in Osaka, demand for foreign professionals tends to be higher in Tokyo as is pay. Osaka does have several educational publishers that employ foreign workers, but these jobs require fluent Japanese language ability. Temporary work in a variety of industries is available.