{{Short description|Ward of Osaka, Japan}} [[File:Naniwa-ku in Osaka City.svg|thumb|Location of Naniwa-ku in Osaka City]] [[Image:Minato-machi River Place.jpg|thumb|right|Minato-machi River Place]] [[Image:DendenTown-20080309-04.jpg|thumb|right|[[Den Den Town]]]] [[Image:Namba parks01s3872.jpg|thumb|right|[[Parks Tower (Namba Parks)|Parks Tower]]]]
{{nihongo|'''Naniwa-ku'''|浪速区}} is one of 24 [[wards of Japan|wards]] of [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]. It has an area of 4.37 km<sup>2</sup>, and a population of 51,567.
== General information == Largely a residential area itself, Naniwa-ku is adjacent to and has in recent years blurred into the [[Namba]] district, which is south Osaka's transport hub and centre of commerce, entertainment, shopping, and culture.
Naniwa retains significant [[Burakumin]] and [[Koreans|Korean]] communities. The plight and struggle of both communities in Japan is represented in [[Liberty 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.
== Attractions == Naniwa is the site of a number of well-known commercial areas like [[Nipponbashi]], where [[Capcom]] and [[SNK]] are headquartered.<ref>{{cite news|last=Baseel|first=Casey|title=Japan's first dedicated esports hotel to open next spring with three full floors of gaming gear|publisher=Japan Today|date=September 18, 2019|url=https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/japan%E2%80%99s-first-dedicated-esports-hotel-to-open-next-spring-with-three-full-floors-of-gaming-gear}}</ref> Locally known as [[Den 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 is [[Shin Sekai]] (New World), an entertainment district famous for the [[Tsutenkaku 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 the [[Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium]] (''Osaka-furitsu taiiku-kaikan''), where the Grand Sumo Tournament is held in March (''Ozumo Sangatsu Basho'') and [[Liberty Osaka]] - [[the Osaka Human Rights Museum]]. Naniwa also contains the massive modern shopping, dining, and entertainment complex, [[Namba Parks]].
== Landmarks == * [[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]]
==Mass media==
===Newspaper=== *[[Sankei Shimbun]] - Namba Sankei Building
===FM Radio Station=== *[[FM Osaka|FM OSAKA]] - Minatomachi River Place
== Train stations == ;[[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) :[[Nankai Kōya Line|Kōya Line (Shiomibashi Branch)]]: [[Shiomibashi Station]] - [[Ashiharachō Station]] ;[[Hanshin Railway]] :[[Hanshin Namba Line]] [[Sakuragawa Station (Osaka)|Sakuragawa Station]] ;[[Osaka Metro]] (In registration, Namba Station is located in Chūō-ku) :[[Midōsuji Line]]: [[Daikokuchō Station]] :[[Yotsubashi Line]]: [[Namba Station|Namba Station (a platform)]] - [[Daikokuchō Station]] :[[Sennichimae Line]]: [[Sakuragawa Station (Osaka)|Sakuragawa Station]] :[[Sakaisuji Line]]: [[Ebisuchō Station (Osaka)|Ebisuchō Station]] ;[[Hankai Tramway]] (In registration, Minami-Kasumichō Station is located in Nishinari-ku) :[[Hankai Line]]: [[Ebisuchō Station (Osaka)|Ebisuchō Station]]
==Education== {{expand section|date=April 2015}} The [[Osaka Chinese School]] is in Naniwa-ku.<ref>[http://www.ocs.ed.jp/ Home page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719163922/http://www.ocs.ed.jp/ |date=2018-07-19 }}. [[Osaka Chinese School]]. Retrieved on April 11, 2015. "所在地：大阪市浪速区敷津東1-8-13"</ref>
== Companies headquartered in Naniwa-ku, Osaka == *[[Kubota]] *[[Nankai Electric Railway]] *[[Pixela Corporation]] *[[Tabio (company)|Tabio]]
== Notable people from Naniwa-ku, Osaka == *[[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 (owarai)|(Downtown)]] *[[Shinobu Orikuchi]], Japanese ethnologist, linguist, folklorist, novelist, and poet *[[Nakamoto Yuta]], japanese singer, kpop group member NCT, NCT127, actor
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} *[http://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/contents/wdu020/naniwa/english/ Official website of Naniwa] {{in lang|en}} {{Osaka}} {{Osaka Prefecture}} {{Authority control}}
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