Naniwa-ku (浪速区) is one of 24wards ofOsaka,Japan. It has an area of 4.37 km², and a population of 51,567.

Largely a residential area itself, Naniwa-ku is adjacent to and has in recent years blurred into theNamba district, which is south Osaka's transport hub and centre of commerce, entertainment, shopping, and culture.

Naniwa retains significantBurakumin andKorean communities. The plight and struggle of both communities in Japan is represented inLiberty Osaka (Osaka Human Rights Museum).

Almost the entire ward was decimated in air attacks during bombing in March 1945. Few buildings pre-dating World War II remain.

Naniwa is the site of a number of well-known commercial areas likeNipponbashi, whereCapcom andSNK are headquartered.^[1] Locally known asDen Den Town (Electric City), Nipponbashi was traditionally a concentration for Osaka's electrical appliance outlets, though the emergence of several large electrical department stores over in recent years has seen its shop space make a gradual shift away from the electrical appliance sector. Directly to its south isShin Sekai (New World), an entertainment district famous for theTsutenkaku Tower and Janjan Alley.

Amongst Naniwa's sites is the Imamiya Ebisu Shrine, which sponsors the lively Toka Ebisu Festival. Naniwa is the site of theOsaka Prefectural Gymnasium (Osaka-furitsu taiiku-kaikan), where the Grand Sumo Tournament is held in March (Ozumo Sangatsu Basho) andLiberty Osaka -the Osaka Human Rights Museum. Naniwa also contains the massive modern shopping, dining, and entertainment complex,Namba Parks.

• Den Den Town
• Festival Gate
• Imamiya Ebisu Shrine
• Namba City
• Namba Parks
• Osaka City Air Terminal
• Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
• Tsutenkaku
• Liberty Osaka (Osaka Human Rights Museum)
• Sports Palace, Osaka

• Sankei Shimbun - Namba Sankei Building

• FM OSAKA - Minatomachi River Place

JR West

Kansai Line (Yamatoji Line):Shin-Imamiya Station -Imamiya Station -JR Namba Station

Osaka Loop Line:Ashiharabashi Station - Imamiya Station - Shin-Imamiya Station

Nankai Railway (In registration, Namba Station on Nankai Railway is located in Chūō-ku, and Shin-Imamiya Station in Nishinari-ku)

Nankai Main Line:Imamiyaebisu Station (only local trains of the Koya Line stop)

Kōya Line (Shiomibashi Branch):Shiomibashi Station -Ashiharachō Station

Hanshin Railway

Hanshin Namba LineSakuragawa Station

Osaka Metro (In registration, Namba Station is located in Chūō-ku)

Midōsuji Line:Daikokuchō Station

Yotsubashi Line:Namba Station (a platform) -Daikokuchō Station

Sennichimae Line:Sakuragawa Station

Sakaisuji Line:Ebisuchō Station

Hankai Tramway (In registration, Minami-Kasumichō Station is located in Nishinari-ku)

Hankai Line:Ebisuchō Station

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TheOsaka Chinese School is in Naniwa-ku.^[2]

• Kubota
• Nankai Electric Railway
• Pixela Corporation
• Tabio

• Atomi Kakei, Japanese calligrapher, painter, scholar and educator
• Daizen Takahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler
• Junko Noda, Japanese voice actress and singer
• Kazumi Takahashi, Japanese novelist and scholar
• Masatoshi Hamada, Japanese comedian(Downtown)
• Shinobu Orikuchi, Japanese ethnologist, linguist, folklorist, novelist, and poet
• Nakamoto Yuta, japanese singer, kpop group member NCT, NCT127, actor

Media related toNaniwa-ku, Osaka at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website of Naniwa(in English)

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