Current time in Osaka, Japan
The current local time in Osaka is shown below. Osaka observes JST.
What's the daylight saving status?
Osaka does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
What's the timezone history of Osaka?
Osaka shares Japan Standard Time at UTC+9 with the rest of the country. The city's longitude (135.5 degrees east) places it nearly exactly on the JST meridian, with solar noon arriving within seconds of clock noon during standard time. This is closer alignment than Tokyo (which is around 19 minutes east of the meridian and runs slightly ahead of solar time). The single national timezone means no internal Japanese travel ever crosses a time boundary.
What are the working hours in Osaka?
Osaka's working day runs 09:00 to 18:00, but the city's commercial culture is distinctly more direct and merchant-oriented than Tokyo's, reflecting its centuries-old role as the trading hub for western Japan. The lunch break is shorter than in Tokyo (often just 30 to 45 minutes), and after-work drinking customs in the Namba and Umeda entertainment districts produce sustained social activity well past 22:00. The traditional Osaka humour and conversational style is noticeably more rapid-paced than the Tokyo norm.
Where is Osaka?
Osaka sits on the Yodo River where it meets Osaka Bay on the southern coast of Honshu in western Japan. The city proper holds around 2.7 million residents, with the wider Keihanshin metropolitan area (encompassing Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto) at around 19 million, making it the second-largest urban region in Japan after Tokyo. The geography is heavily shaped by the bay and the historic river-and-canal network that earned the city its 'water capital' nickname.