Scenes of exhilarating Osaka

In celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Osaka City Foundation for Urban Technology in 2000, a photo contest was held. The theme of the contest was “100 views of Osaka we want people to see.” Following on in that vein, a second contest was held in 2002, again calling for scenes of Osaka. The results of the latter contest - all of them wonderful scenes of our proud city - are shown here for all to see.

The theme of this contest is “Scenes from exhilarating Osaka”, and that is to say, photographs of familiar, everyday scenes that spark feelings of excitement and wonder in the viewer. Contestants were invited to enter photographs of lanes, streets and street corners, public squares and meeting places, as well as underground scenes. In other words, scenes that not only are exciting to see, but which also make the people who saw them feel excited at the mere memory of the encounter.