is a district of
Osakais a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū.Osaka is a City in Japan and also is designated city under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture...
,
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Namba is regarded as the center of so-called
Minami ("South") area of Osaka. Its name is a variation on the name of the surrounding ward,
NaniwaNaniwa-ku is one of 24 wards of Osaka City, Japan. It has an area of 4.37 km², and a population of 51,567.- General information :...
. Namba is best known as the city's main south-central railway terminus:
JR, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū.-History:JR West was incorporated as a business corporation on April 1, 1987 as part of the breakup of government-owned Japanese National Railways...
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Kintetsu, named Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. in English until June 27, 2003, is a Japanese rail transit corporation commonly known as . It is the largest private railway in Japan. Its complex network of lines connects Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Nagoya, Tsu and Ise...
, Nankai, and three lines of the
Osaka Municipal Subwayis the metro network in the city of Osaka, Japan, an integral part of the extensive mass transit system of Greater Osaka , having 125 out of the 1,108 rail stations in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto region. It is operated by Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau...
have stations there.
Some of the most famous images of Osaka, including the Glico Man and the Giant Crab, are located around the
Dōtonboriis one of the principal tourist destinations in Osaka, Japan. It is a single street, running alongside the Dōtonbori canal between the Dōtonboribashi Bridge and the Nipponbashi Bridge in the Namba ward of Osaka...
canal in Namba.
is a district of
Osakais a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū.Osaka is a City in Japan and also is designated city under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture...
,
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Namba is regarded as the center of so-called
Minami ("South") area of Osaka. Its name is a variation on the name of the surrounding ward,
NaniwaNaniwa-ku is one of 24 wards of Osaka City, Japan. It has an area of 4.37 km², and a population of 51,567.- General information :...
. Namba is best known as the city's main south-central railway terminus:
JR, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū.-History:JR West was incorporated as a business corporation on April 1, 1987 as part of the breakup of government-owned Japanese National Railways...
,
Kintetsu, named Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. in English until June 27, 2003, is a Japanese rail transit corporation commonly known as . It is the largest private railway in Japan. Its complex network of lines connects Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Nagoya, Tsu and Ise...
, Nankai, and three lines of the
Osaka Municipal Subwayis the metro network in the city of Osaka, Japan, an integral part of the extensive mass transit system of Greater Osaka , having 125 out of the 1,108 rail stations in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto region. It is operated by Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau...
have stations there.
Some of the most famous images of Osaka, including the Glico Man and the Giant Crab, are located around the
Dōtonboriis one of the principal tourist destinations in Osaka, Japan. It is a single street, running alongside the Dōtonbori canal between the Dōtonboribashi Bridge and the Nipponbashi Bridge in the Namba ward of Osaka...
canal in Namba. Namba is also known as an entertainment district, and hosts many of the city's most popular bars, restaurants, nightclubs, arcades, and
pachinkois a Japanese gaming device used for amusement and gambling. A pachinko machine resembles a vertical pinball machine, but with no flippers and a large number of relatively small balls. The player fires a ball up into the machine, controlling only its initial speed. The ball then cascades down...
parlors. The area is also known for shopping, with the
Takashimayais a large Japanese department store chain.Founded in 1829 in Kyoto by Iida Shinkichi as a retailer of used clothing and cotton cloth, the store now has outlets throughout Japan and also in New York, Taipei, Paris and Singapore....
department store (for older styles) and the sprawling underground Namba City shopping mall (for newer styles).
Namba ParksNamba Parks is an office and shopping complex located in Namba-naka Nichome, Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan, the south of Namba Station on Nankai Railway. It consists of a high office building called Parks Tower and a 120-tenant shopping mall with rooftop garden...
is a new development consisting of a high office building, called "Parks Tower," and a 120-tenant shopping mall with rooftop garden. Various kinds of restaurants (Japanese, Korean, Italian, etc.) are located on the 6th floor, and shops on the 2nd to 5th floors. Parks Garden features enough greenery to help visitors forget that they’re in the middle of the city. There is also an amphitheater for live shows, as well as space for small personal vegetable gardens and wagon shops.
Namba is located in
Chūō, Osaka is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It has an area of 8.88 km2, and a population of 60,085. It houses Osaka's financial district, as well as the Osaka Prefecture offices and principal shopping and tourist areas.-Economy:...
and
NaniwaNaniwa-ku is one of 24 wards of Osaka City, Japan. It has an area of 4.37 km², and a population of 51,567.- General information :...
wards.
Train stations
Namba Stationis a name of two train stations in the Namba district of Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. One is owned by Nankai Electric Railway and the other is by Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau. The names of both stations are written in hiragana on signage within the stations, because the two kanji can be also...
- ●Nankai Electric Railway
is a private railway in Japan. IC cards are accepted.Nankai was founded in 1884, then became one of the companies that merge to form Kintetsu in 1944, but separated again in 1947. Nankai predates all electric railways in the Tokyo region....
- ●Nankai Line
|}|} is one of the two main railway line of Japanese private railway company Nankai Electric Railway, together with Kōya Line. The route is from Namba Station in south downtown of Osaka to Wakayamashi Station in Wakayama via Sakai, Kishiwada, Izumisano and Misaki municipalities...
- ●Koya Line
|}|}|} of Nankai Electric Railway is a railway line in Osaka Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It connects Osaka and Koyasan, the capital of Japanese Buddhist sect Shingon, via suburbs of Osaka, such as Sakai, Osakasayama, Tondabayashi and Kawachinagano in Osaka Prefecture and Hashimoto...
- Osaka Municipal Subway
is the metro network in the city of Osaka, Japan, an integral part of the extensive mass transit system of Greater Osaka , having 125 out of the 1,108 rail stations in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto region. It is operated by Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau...
- ●Midosuji Line
|}The is one of the Osaka Municipal Subway lines, the rapid transit system in Osaka City, Japan. Constructed under Midōsuji, a north-south major street, the line is the oldest line of the Osaka subway system and the second oldest in Japan, following the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line.North of Nakatsu it...
(M20)
- ●Yotsubashi Line
|}The is one of the lines of Osaka Municipal Subway, the underground rapid transit system in Osaka City, Japan. The line connects Umeda, Hommachi, Yotsubashi, Namba, Daikokuchō and Suminoe.-History:*May 10, 1942 - Daikokuchō - Hanazonochō...
(Y15)
- ●Sennichimae Line
|} is one of the lines of Osaka Municipal Subway, the underground rapid transit system in Osaka City, Japan.-History:*April 16, 1969 - Nodahanshin - Sakuragawa *July 25, 1969 - Tanimachi Kyūchōme - Imazato...
(S16)
JR Namba StationJR Namba Station is a train station in Namba, Naniwa Ward, Osaka, Japan, adjacent to Namba Station and Osaka Namba Station operated by the West Japan Railway Company...
- ●JR West
- ●Kansai Main Line
The is a Japanese railway line which connects Nagoya Station with JR Namba Station in Osaka. It is jointly run by the Central Japan Railway Company and the West Japan Railway Company with the boundary between both companies being located at Kameyama Station in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture.The section...
(Yamatoji LineThe is the common name of the western portion of the Kansai Main Line. The electrified portion is one of commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company...
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Ōsaka Namba Station
- ●Kintetsu
, named Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. in English until June 27, 2003, is a Japanese rail transit corporation commonly known as . It is the largest private railway in Japan. Its complex network of lines connects Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Nagoya, Tsu and Ise...
- Namba Line
The Namba Line is an underground railway line of Kintetsu Corporation in Osaka, Japan opened in 1970. It is an extension of the Osaka Line and the Nara Line. Along with the commuter trains of the Nara Line and the Hanshin Namba Line, some intercity trains including "the Urban Liner" connecting...
(through service to the Nara Line|}The is a Japanese railway line of . The line is from Fuse Station in eastern suburb of Osaka to Kintetsu Nara Station in the historic city of Nara, but operationally trains start at Sannomiya Station on the Hanshin Railway Main Line in Kobe, Amagasaki Station or Osaka Namba Station on the Namba...
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- ●Hanshin Railway