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Tennōji-ku, Osaka
is one of 24 wards of Japan, wards of Osaka, Japan. It is named after the ''Shitennō-ji'', the temple of the Four Heavenly Kings, which is located in the ward. General information Tennōji Station is the city's main southeastern rail terminal with Osaka Municipal Subway's Tennōji Station Midōsuji Line and Tanimachi Line, JR Tennōji as the terminus of the JR Hanwa Line (and a major stop on the Kyoto Line, Osaka Loop Line, Yamatoji Line and Kansai Airport Line) and the Kintetsu Abenobashi Station, directly across the street from Tennōji station is the terminus of the Minami Osaka Line. As a result of its being a major railway hub, it has become a major built up area in southern Osaka. The buildings around the station include, the Kintetsu department store, Mio, Station Plaza, and Hoop shopping malls, Apollo Movie Theater and Lucias shopping mall, as well as the more recent Q's Mall. In addition, there are several shopping streets in the area including Abenobashisuji. The Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennōji Zoo
is a 11-hectare (27-acre) zoo located at Tennōji Park in Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan, opened on January 1, 1915. It is the third zoo to be built in Japan and is located southwest of the Shitennō-ji temple, the first Buddhist temple in Japan. History In the late 1920s, Tennōji Zoo acquired a chimapanzee, Torō, who died of pneumonia after only a month at the zoo. In response, they sent animal collector Isamu Kagawa to Africa to get a replacement, called Rita. Rita and her mate, Lloyd, became very popular at the zoo and across Japan. Attractions and Animals African Savanna Zone ;African Savanna The habitat features expansive habitats for African animals. These habitats are arranged so that predators like lions and hyenas appear to be sharing the same space with their prey. * Common dwarf mongoose * Common eland * Eastern black rhinoceros * Egyptian goose * Grant's zebra * Hippopotamus * Lesser flamingo * Lion * Marabou stork * Nile tilapia * Reticulated giraffe * Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamatsukuri Station
is a railway station and metro station complex in Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is on the Osaka Loop Line of West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line of Osaka Metro. Lines *West Japan Railway Company (JR West) **Osaka Loop Line *Osaka Metro **Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line (Station Number: N19) Layout JR West Osaka Loop Line There are two side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...s with two tracks elevated. JR Tamatsukuri Station north entrance.jpg, JR West station building JR Tamatsukuri Station platform.jpg, JR West tracks Osaka Metro Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line There is an island platform fenced with platform gates between 2 tracks underground. Tamatsukuri6.jpg, Subway ticket gates Surrounding area Schools * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsuruhashi Station
is a railway station complex in the Tsuruhashi district of Ikuno-ku and Tennoji-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is served by the JR West Osaka Loop Line, the Kintetsu Nara Line, and the Osaka Metro Sennichimae Line. Kintetsu Railway This station has a stationmaster and administrates itself and Imazato Station. Layout The station on the Kintetsu lines has two island platforms serving four tracks on the second level. The platforms enable passengers to change trains between the Nara Line and the Osaka Line (cross-platform interchange). Adjacent stations History The Kintetsu platform featured what was once the smallest FamilyMart store in Japan. It closed down in June 2022. West Japan Railway Company This station has a stationmaster and administrates Teradacho, Momodani, Tamatsukuri and Morinomiya stations. Layout The station on the Osaka Loop Line has two side platforms serving two tracks on the third floor, over the western side of the platforms and track ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momodani Station
is a railway station on the Osaka Loop Line in Tennoji-ku, Osaka, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Station layout This station has two elevated side platforms serving two tracks. The station has a ''Midori no Madoguchi , short for ''Magnetic-electronic Automatic'' ''Reservation System,'' is a train ticket reservation system used by the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and travel agencies in Japan. It was developed jointly by Hitachi and the former Ja ...'' staffed ticket office. Platforms Adjacent stations History The station opened on 28 May 1895 as . It was renamed Momodani Station on 1 March 1905. Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Momodani being assigned station number JR-O03. Surrounding area * Osaka Police Hospital *Daini Osaka Police Hospital * Momodani Shopping Arcade Schools * Osaka Prefectural Yuhigaoka High School * Osaka Prefectural Tennoji Shogyo High School * Poole Gakuin Junior and Senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teradachō Station
is a railway station on the Osaka Loop Line in Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Station layout The station has two elevated side platforms, serving two tracks. Platforms File:Teradacho station.jpg, The ticket vending machines and ticket barriers in September 2006 File:Teradacho Station (01) IMG 6695 20130811.JPG, The platforms in August 2013 Adjacent stations History The station opened on 16 July 1932. Following the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. In August 2015, an old station sign painted directly on the wall and dating from the 1930s or 1940s was uncovered during renovation work, and this was subsequently preserved. Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Teradacho being assigned station number JR-O02. File:Teradacho Station Old Board.jpg, The old station sign uncovered in August 2015 File:Teradacho Station Old Board 2016.j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osaka Loop Line
The is a railway Circle route, loop line in Japan operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It encircles central Osaka. Part of a second, outer loop line, the Osaka Higashi Line, from Hanaten Station, Hanaten to Kyuhoji Station, Kyuhoji was opened on March 15, 2008, and the line from Shigino Station, Shigino to Shin-Ōsaka Station, Shin-Ōsaka opened in March 2019. This entry covers the original central loop line. Outline The loop line consists of two tracks around the heart of metropolitan Osaka. All train services consist of eight cars, with distinctive orange color with white Japan Railways, JR graphics on the front, rear and sides. The train schedule varies, but on average, two trains leave Tennōji Station and Ōsaka Station every five minutes, in opposite directions. Operation On this line, JR West operates several types of trains. The line serves as a link between Ōsaka Station in northern Osaka (actually the Umeda district), and Tennōji in southern centra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Japan Railway Company
, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and is also one of only three Japan Railways Group constituents of the Nikkei 225 index: the others are JR East and JR Central. It was also listed in the Nagoya and Fukuoka stock exchanges until late 2020. Lines Shinkansen * Hokuriku Shinkansen ( - ) * San'yō Shinkansen * Hakata Minami Line :: Officially not a Shinkansen JR-West's highest-grossing line is the Sanyo Shinkansen high-speed rail line between Osaka and Fukuoka. The Sanyo Shinkansen alone accounts for about 40% of JR-West's passenger revenues. The company also operates Hakata Minami Line, a short commuter line with Shinkansen trains in Fukuoka. Urban Network The "Urban Network" is JR-West's name for its commuter rail lines in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shitennoji Junior And Senior High School
is a single-sex education, girls' private junior and senior high school in Tennoji-ku, Osaka. It is a part of the Shi-Tennoji Gakuen, a group of Buddhist educational institutions affiliated with Shitennō-ji, Shitennoji temple in Osaka. It was established in April 1922 as . Notable alumnae Actresses *Yoko Akino *Mitsuki Takahata *Reon Yuzuki Synchronized swimmers *Miho Takeda *Fumiko Okuno *Miya Tachibana *Mayuko Fujiki *Yoko Yoneda Volleyball players *Katsumi Matsumura *Kinuko Tanida *Sata Isobe *Yoshiko Matsumura *Michiko Shiokawa *Sachiko Otani *Kiyomi Sakamoto *Mariko Mori (volleyball), Mariko Mori Table tennis players *Kasumi Ishikawa *Yukie Ozeki *An Konishi *Reiko Sakamoto (table tennis), Reiko Sakamoto *Hiroko Fujii *Ai Fujinuma *Haruna Fukuoka *Reiko Hiura Handball players *Mineko Tanaka *Mika Nagata *Yui Sunami *Asuka Fujita *Sato Shiroishi Other *Kumiko Ogura, badminton player * Aya Tamaki, badminton player *Yoriko Okamoto, taekwondo practitioner *Midori Ito, figur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shimizudani High School
is a prestigious Japanese public co-educational senior high school (secondary school), located in Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan. Overview Shimizudani is one of the oldest high schools in Osaka with a history of over 100 years. The school was founded in 1900, and named as Osaka Prefectural#Japanese sense of prefecture, Prefectural First Girls’ High School (traditional Japanese: 大阪府第一高等女學校). "Shimizudani" was named from a place of Shimizu (清水, which means "pure water" or "clear stream") and Tani (Dani) (谷, which means 'valley'), which means the place that the clear stream flows through. Shimizudani High School is located on the northern part of "Uemachi Plateau" that is the center of Osaka from ancient times, and the South-West of Osaka Castle, and the south side of the Naniwa Nagara-Toyosaki Palace, Naniwa Palace. Therefore, it is said that there's "Suzaku Avenue" under the Shimizudani. In former times, Shimizudani was the elite school, and place of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsūtenkaku
is a tower and landmark of Osaka, Japan, and advertises the Hitachi company. It is located in the Shinsekai district of Naniwa-ku, Osaka. Its total height is ; the main observation deck is at a height of . It is owned by History The current tower is the second to occupy the site. The original tower, patterned after the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe, was built in 1912, and was connected to the adjacent amusement park, Luna Park, by an aerial cable car. At the time of its construction, its height of made it the second tallest structure in Asia. It quickly became one of the most popular locations in the city, drawing visitors from all over the area. The original structure was severely damaged by a fire in 1943, and rather than being repaired, it was disassembled and the steel used for the war effort. After World War II, citizens lobbied to rebuild the tower. A private company, the Tsūtenkaku Kanko Co. Ltd., was established, and Tachū Naitō, Japan's "Father of T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
