Nishinari ku, Osaka

Updated on Oct 22, 2023

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Riots in the nishinari ward in osaka prefecture japan

Nishinari-ku (西成区) is one of the 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It contains some shopping and entertainment areas, such as 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.

Map of Nishinari Ward, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Crime and safety

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

West Japan Railway Company

Osaka Loop Line: Shin-Imamiya Station

Osaka Municipal Subway

Midōsuji Line: Dobutsuen-mae Station

Sakaisuji Line: Dobutsuen-mae Station, Tengachaya Station

Yotsubashi Line: Hanazonocho Station, Kishinosato Station, Tamade Station

Nankai Railway

Nankai Main Line: Shin-Imamiya Station, Tengachaya Station, Kishinosatotamade Station

Kōya Line: Shin-Imamiya Station, Haginochaya Station, Tengachaya Station, Kishinosatotamade Station

Shiomibashi Line: Kizugawa Station, Tsumori Station, Nishi-Tengachaya Station, Kishinosatotamade Station

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.