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Tennōji Park
The is a park with botanical garden at 1–108, Chausuyama-cho, Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan. Establishments *Tennoji Zoo *Osaka Municipal Museum of Art *Greenhouse *Keitakuen *Chausuyama Tomb Tenshiba Area Restaurants, cafes, vegetable and fruit market, FamilyMart convenience store, Futsal courts, and Kintetsu Friendly Hostel Osaka-Tennoji Park are located in the Tenshiba Area Access ;Tennoji Gate :*Osaka Metro :**Midosuji Line, Tanimachi Line: Tennoji Station :*JR West :**Yamatoji Line, Osaka Loop Line, Hanwa Line: Tennoji Station :*Kintetsu Railway, Kintetsu :**Minami Osaka Line: Osaka Abenobashi Station ;Shinsekai Gate :*Osaka Metro :**Sakaisuji Line: Ebisucho Station (Osaka), Ebisucho Station :**Midosuji Line, Sakaisuji Line: Dobutsuen-mae Station History The Park was established in 1909 after the demolished of the buildings of the Fifth National Industrial Exhibition. With the zoo following in 1919. See also *List of botanical gardens in Japan Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennōji-ku, Osaka
is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is named after the ''Shitennō-ji'' (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 Kintetsu Abeno Haruka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanwa Line
The is a commuter rail line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The 61.3 km (38.1 mi) line runs between Osaka and Wakayama, Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan and has a 1.7 km branchline in a southern Osaka suburb. The name is taken from the second syllable of ''Osaka'' and the first syllable of ''Wakayama''. Services The terminus of the line in Osaka is Tennōji Station in Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Tennōji-ku where most of the commuter trains on the line originate and terminate. However, many intercity limited express and rapid trains extend to the Osaka Loop Line beyond Tennōji. The terminus in Wakayama is Wakayama Station. Some trains from Osaka terminate before Wakayama and some spur off to Kansai Airport Station on the Kansai Airport Line from Hineno Station. Tracks are connected to the Kisei Main Line and some trains continue on from there. The , also called the or the , between Ōtori Station and Higashi-Hagoromo S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gardens In Osaka Prefecture
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The single feature identifying even the wildest wild garden is ''control''. The garden can incorporate both natural and artificial materials. Gardens often have design features including statuary, follies, pergolas, trellises, stumperies, dry creek beds, and water features such as fountains, ponds (with or without fish), waterfalls or creeks. Some gardens are for ornamental purposes only, while others also produce food crops, sometimes in separate areas, or sometimes intermixed with the ornamental plants. Food-producing gardens are distinguished from farms by their smaller scale, more labor-intensive methods, and their purpose (enjoyment of a hobby or self-sustenance rather than producing for sale, as in a market garden). Flower gardens combine plants of different heights, colors, textures, and fragrances to create interest and delight the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botanical Gardens In Japan
Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek word (''botanē'') meaning "pasture", "herbs" "grass", or "fodder"; is in turn derived from (), "to feed" or "to graze". Traditionally, botany has also included the study of fungi and algae by mycologists and phycologists respectively, with the study of these three groups of organisms remaining within the sphere of interest of the International Botanical Congress. Nowadays, botanists (in the strict sense) study approximately 410,000 species of land plants of which some 391,000 species are vascular plants (including approximately 369,000 species of flowering plants), and approximately 20,000 are bryophytes. Botany originated in prehistory as herbalism with the efforts of early humans to identify – and later cultivate – edible, medici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Botanical Gardens In Japan
This list of botanical gardens in Japan is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in Japan. * Akatsuka Botanical Garden ( Itabashi, Tokyo) * Aloha Garden Tateyama (Tateyama, Chiba) * Amami Islands Botanical Garden (Amami, Kagoshima) * Aoshima Subtropical Botanical Garden (Miyazaki, Miyazaki) * Aritaki Arboretum (Koshigaya, Saitama) * Atagawa Tropical & Alligator Garden (Kamo, Shizuoka) * Botanic Garden, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University (Kanazawa, Ishikawa) * Botanical Garden of Tohoku University (Sendai, Miyagi) * Botanic Gardens of Toyama (Toyama, Toyama) * Botanical Gardens Faculty of Science Osaka City University (Katano, Osaka) * Enoshima Tropical Plants Garden (Fujisawa, Kanagawa) * Experimental Station for Landscape Plants (Chiba, Chiba) * Fuji Bamboo Garden (Nagaizumi, Shizuoka) * Fukuoka Municipal Zoo and Botanical Garden (Fukuoka, Fukuoka) * Futagami Manyo Botanical Gardens (Takaoka, Toyama) * Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands (Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fifth National Industrial Exhibition
The Fifth National Industrial Exhibition was held in Osaka in 1903. It was the first to be open to foreign exhibitors, and twice the size of previous National Industrial Exhibitions. Summary The fair ran from 1 March 1903 until 31 July, with formal opening by the emperor on 20 April. It was held in the location now occupied by Tennōji Zoo, Tennōji Park. There were 4,350,693 visitors; 959,516 additionally visited the aquarium, which cost extra. This was the largest event held in Japan to date. The buildings were destroyed after the fair, and the Tennōji Park established there. Participants The 47 Japanese prefectures all participated, as did 16 counties and colonies. Countries included Belgium, China, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Pavilions In the entertainment section, there was a theatre, a tower with a lift, a ''Mystery Building'', and a two storey wooden ''Human Pavilion''. The Human Pavilion exhibited Ainu, Okinawan, and Korean people, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakaisuji Line
The is an underground rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, operated by Osaka Metro. Its official name is , and in MLIT publications, it is written as . The Sakaisuji Line is unique in the Osaka Metro system in that despite being regulated as a tramway under the Railway Business Act like the other lines, the line was constructed as an extension of a line governed as a railway, specifically the Hankyu Senri Line, to which the Sakaisuji Line connects to at its northern end at Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme Station. Through services using both Osaka Municipal Subway and Hankyu rolling stock operates to and from the Senri Line and Arashiyama Line via the Kyoto Main Line. History The Sakaisuji Line was first envisioned in the Urban Transportation Council Report No. 3 (1958) as an underground line running from Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme to Tenma via Sakaisuji and Dobutsuen-mae, and it was to be operated by Hankyu Railway instead of the Osaka prefectural government. In 1963, the Urba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osaka Abenobashi Station
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2.7 million in the 2020 census, it is also the largest component of the Keihanshin, Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, which is the List of metropolitan areas in Japan, second-largest metropolitan area in Japan and the 10th List of urban areas by population, largest urban area in the world with more than 19 million inhabitants. Osaka was traditionally considered Japan's economic hub. By the Kofun period (300–538) it had developed into an important regional port, and in the 7th and 8th centuries, it served briefly as the imperial capital. Osaka continued to flourish during the Edo period (1603–1867) and became known as a center of Japanese culture. Following the Meiji Restoration, Osaka greatly expanded in size and under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minami Osaka Line
is a railway line operated by Kintetsu Railway connecting in Osaka and in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture via Osaka's southern suburb cities of Matsubara, Fujiidera and Habikino in Osaka Prefecture, and Katsuragi and Yamato-Takada in Nara Prefecture. The line is the major access from Osaka to southern part of Nara Basin, and together with the Yoshino Line is the main access to the Yoshino refuge of Emperor Godaigo, a popular tourism destination, especially during spring. The network formed by this line and some branch lines use a track gauge of , making them the only lines of the Kintetsu network at this gauge, other lines of Kintetsu are 1435mm gauge and 762mm gauge. History The first section of the line opened in 1898 in a part between Kashiwara Station and Furuichi Station by . The next year took over the line, then the company renamed itself . The railway constructed its own access line to Osaka center, completed in 1923 and electrified at 1,500 V DC, then the highest vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kintetsu Railway
, referred to as , is a Japanese passenger railway company, managing infrastructure and operating passenger train service. Its railway system is the largest in Japan, excluding Japan Railways Group. The railway network connects Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, Nagoya, Tsu, Ise, and Yoshino. Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd. History On September 16, 1910, was founded and renamed a month after. Osaka Electric Tramway completed Ikoma Tunnel and started operating a line between Osaka and Nara (present-day Nara Line) on April 30, 1914. The modern Kashihara, Osaka, and Shigi lines were completed in the 1920s, followed by the Kyoto Line (a cooperative venture with Keihan Electric Railway). Daiki founded in 1927, which consolidated on September 15, 1936. In 1938, Daiki teamed up with its subsidiary to operate the first private railway service from Osaka to Nagoya. Another subsidiary Sankyū bought Kansai Express Electric Railway on Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
