Nishinari-ku, Osaka

Nishinari-ku, Osaka
Location of Nishinari-ku in Osaka City
The rooftops in Nishinari
A shopping arcade in Nishinari

Nishinari-ku (西成区?) is one of the 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It contains some shopping and entertainment areas beloved to many Osakans, e.g. Shinsekai and Tamade. It lies directly south of the Namba transport hub and extends further south toward Sumiyoshi Park. It is served by the Nankai Railway lines as well as the Yotsubashi and Sakaisuji subway lines. Nishinari-ku is also home to a number of 'shitamachi' ("lower-town") shopping streets, increasingly a rarity in fast-developing urban Japan. Kamagasaki in Nishinari-ku is home to a large number of day-laborers and most of the homeless people in Osaka.[1]

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Crime and safety

Two designated yakuza groups, the Sakaume-gumi and the Azuma-gumi, are based in Nishinari.[2]

Transport

West Japan Railway Company

Osaka Municipal Subway

Nankai Railway

Hankai Railway

  • Hankai Line: Minamikasumicho Station, Imaike Station, Imafune Station, Matsudacho Station, Kitatengachaya Station, Shotenzaka Station, Tenjinnomori Station, Higashitamade Station, Tsukanishi Station

Education

Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Osaka City Board of Education. The public high schools are operated by the Osaka Prefectural Board of Education.

Elementary schools

  • Imamiya Elementary School
  • Kishinosato Elementary School
  • Kitatsumori Elementary School
  • Koji Elementary School
  • Senbon Elementary School
  • Tachibana Elementary School
  • Tamade Elementary School
  • Tsumori Elementary School
  • Tengachaya Elementary School
  • Nagahashi Elementary School
  • Haginochaya Elementary School
  • Bainan Elementary School
  • Matsunomiya Elementary School
  • Minamitsumori Elementary School

Junior high schools

  • Imamiya Junior High School
  • Tsurumibashi Junior High School
  • Tengachaya Junior High School
  • Seinan Junior High School
  • Bainan Junior High School
  • Tamade Junior High School

High schools

  • Imamiya Technical High School
  • Nishinari High School

Notable people

  • Akai Hidekazu, talent
  • Koki Kameda, boxer
  • Yoshie Kashiwabara, singer
  • Katsura Zakoba, comic storyteller
  • Shingo☆Nishinari, rapper
  • Takajin, singer and popular culture commentator

See also

References

External links

Media related to Nishinari-ku, Osaka at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 34°38′6″N 135°29′40″E / 34.635°N 135.49444°E / 34.635; 135.49444


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