is one of 24

wards Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a priso ...

Osaka 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 third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...

city in Japan. The ward is primarily a residential quarter, but has some office buildings and a commercial district, as well as factories and wholesale businesses. In recent years, many high rise apartment buildings and office buildings have been built in this ward, because it is close to the

Umeda is a major commercial, business, shopping and entertainment district in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, and the city's main northern railway terminus (Ōsaka Station, Umeda Station). The district's name means "plum field". History Umeda was historical ...

and Dōjima business centres. , the ward has a population of 63,237, and an area of . It is bordered by the

Yodo River The , also called the Seta River (瀬田川 ''Seta-gawa'') and the Uji River (宇治川 ''Uji-gawa'') at portions of its route, is the principal river in Osaka Prefecture on Honshu, Japan. The source of the river is Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefectur ...

on the north, and the Dōjima River on the south.

History

This district (north part of Dōjima) was a suburban farm village during the

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...

, and large factories, especially textile factories, were built during the

Meiji period The is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization ...

. Panasonic, then

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. formerly between 1935 and 2008 and the first incarnation of between 2008 and 2022, is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka. It was founded by Kōnosuke Matsushita in 1918 as a lightbulb s ...

, was established in 1918 in Fukushima-ku. Even today, there are many printing companies and automobile parts wholesalers in the ward. Prior to

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

Osaka University Hospital is a university hospital located in Suita, Osaka 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 third most populous city in Japan, following Speci ...

and Osaka City Central Market were located here. After World War II, many office buildings were built around JR Fukushima station, because it is close to

(the business centre of western Japan). Other areas of Fukushima-ku were converted from factories into residential areas and commercial districts. In 2008,

Hotarumachi is a mixed-use redevelopment project in Fukushima-ku ward of Osaka City, Japan, located on the former site of Osaka University Hospital. Facilities *Headquarters of Asahi Broadcasting Corporation *:ABC Hall *Dōjima River Forum (hall) * The ...

was redeveloped at the former site of Osaka University Hospital. In 2019, north of

Hanshin , derived from the second kanji from and the first kanji from (but in ''on''-reading instead of ''kun''-reading), refers generally to Osaka, Kobe, and the surrounding area in the Kansai region of Japan. In the context of a region of Hyōgo ...

Noda Station, the large factory site of former

Shionogi is a Japanese pharmaceutical company best known for developing Crestor. Medical supply and brand name also uses katakana (シオノギ). Shionogi has business roots that date back to 1878, and was incorporated in 1919. Among the medicines prod ...

Research Laboratories and

Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma is a pharmaceutical company based in Japan. Its headquarters are in Chuo-ku, Osaka. The original Dainippon Pharmaceuticals (Dainippon Seiyaku) was established in 1885 by Nagayo Sensai, a graduate of Tekijuku – the first private medical school ...

Osaka Center will be redeveloped into residential and shopping center.

Places of interest

Buildings

* City Tower Nishi-Umeda (residential), high, 50 floors *

The Tower Osaka The Tower Osaka is a high rise apartment building situated at Hotarumachi, 1-1 Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is the highest building in Fukushima ward. Access The nearest train stations are on the Keihan Nakanoshima Line, and on t ...

(residential), 177 m high, 50 floors * Osaka Fukushima Tower (residential), high, 45 floors *

King Mansion Dōjimagawa is a high rise apartment building, situated at 1-1-36 Tamagawa, Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Japan. This building was once highest in Fukushima ward, when constructed on 1998. Also is face to Dōjima River and Dōjima Ōhashi bridge. Access on the K ...

(residential), high, 43 floors * City Tower Osaka Fukushima Tower (residential), high, 37 floors * Crevia Tower Nakanoshima (residential), 127 m high, 34 floors *

Osaka Nakanoshima Combined Government Office 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 third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2.7 ...

, 115 m high, 24 floors * Riverside Tower Nakanoshima (residential), high, 31 floors *

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation is a certified broadcasting holding company headquartered in Osaka, Japan. Until March 31, 2018, it was a unified radio and television broadcaster serving in the Kansai region. On April 1, 2018, its radio and television broadcasting divisions ...

(broadcasting), 16 floors *

Gate Tower Building is a 16-floor office building in Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is notable for the highway offramp of the Ikeda Route that passes through the building. Overview The building has a double core construction, with a circular cross-section. ...

, with part of the

Hanshin Expressway The is a network of expressways surrounding Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto, Japan. Operated by , it opened in 1962. Portions of the Hanshin Expressway about east of Fukae Station collapsed during the Kobe earthquake on 17 January 1995. These section ...

passing directly through the 5th to 7th floors of the building

Parks

Park *

Shimo-fukushima Park is a public urban park, situated at 4 chōme Fukushima in Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Japan. The park was constructed at the site of the former spinning factory of the Dai-Nihon Spinning Company (current company is Unitika, Ltd.), and is the largest ...

Shopping Center

* WISTE Noda-Hanshin shopping center (AEON shopping mall) * Kohnan

hardware store Hardware stores (in a number of countries, "shops"), sometimes known as DIY stores, sell household hardware for home improvement including: fasteners, building materials, hand tools, power tools, keys, locks, hinges, chains, plumbing suppli ...

, Oobiraki branch

Hospitals

* JCHO Osaka Hospital (former Koseinenkin Hospital) * Kansai Electric Power Co. Hospital

Company Headquarters

Hanshin Electric Railway is a Japanese private railway company of Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group that links Osaka and Kobe. It also owns the Hanshin Tigers baseball team. The first character for Kobe (神戸) and the second character for Osaka (大阪) combine to form the c ...

Co., Ltd. *

(radio and TV broadcast) * Osaka

Nikkan Sports is the first-launched Japanese daily sports newspaper founded in 1946. It has a circulation of 1,661,000, and is an affiliate newspaper of the ''Asahi Shimbun''. Companies and regions ;Nikkan Sports News (Tokyo) :Tokyo HQ: 5-10, Tsukiji Sanc ...

(newspaper)

Major factories

* Toppan Printing Kansai Division (Office, Printing factory) * Rengo: Yodogawa Factory (Paper manufacture) * Fukuyama Transporting: Osaka distribution centre (Truck terminal)

Historical sites

Fukuzawa Yukichi was a Japanese educator, philosopher, writer, entrepreneur and samurai who founded Keio University, the newspaper '' Jiji-Shinpō'', and the Institute for Study of Infectious Diseases. Fukuzawa was an early advocate for reform in Japan. His ...

birthplace (at Hotarumachi) * Sakaro-no-matsu monument * Fukushima-tenmangu shrine * Noda-ebisu-jinjya shrine

Transport

Rail

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 ...

(JR West) **

Osaka Loop Line The is a railway loop line in Japan operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It encircles central Osaka. Part of a second, proposed outer loop line, the Osaka Higashi Line, from Hanaten to Kyuhoji was opened on March 15, 2008, an ...

: Fukushima Station) - Noda Station **

JR Tōzai Line is one of several commuter rail lines and services in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The line, whose name literally means "east-west", runs underground through central Osaka and conne ...

Shin-Fukushima Station is a railway station in Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Line * West Japan Railway Company (JR West) **JR Tōzai Line ;Stations and rail lines near Shin-Fukushima Station *JR West Osaka Loop Line: Fukushima Station (no connecti ...

Ebie Station is a railway station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) JR Tōzai Line in Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Connecting lines from Ebie *Hanshin Railway Main Line: Noda Station *Osaka Metro Sennichimae Line: Nodahanshin ...

Main Line Mainline, ''Main line'', or ''Main Line'' may refer to: Transportation Railway * Main line (railway), the principal artery of a railway system * Main line railway preservation, the practice of operating preserved trains on an operational railw ...

: Fukushima Station - Noda Station - Yodogawa Station *

Osaka Metro The is a major rapid transit system in the Osaka Metropolitan Area of Japan, operated by the Osaka Metro Company, Ltd. It serves the city of Osaka and the adjacent municipalities of Higashiosaka, Kadoma, Moriguchi, Sakai, Suita, and Yao. O ...

Sennichimae Line is an underground rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan. It is one of the lines of Osaka Metro. It links the northwestern district of Fukushima-ku and the southeastern district of Ikuno-ku with the central commercial and entertainment district ...

Nodahanshin Station is a terminus on the Osaka Metro Sennichimae Line in Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Japan. The station name "Nodahanshin" was originally a name of tram stop of a former municipal streetcar line and means "Hanshin Railway Noda Station". Layout Platform ...

- Tamagawa Station *

Keihan Electric Railway , known colloquially as the , , or simply , is a major Japanese private railway operator in Osaka, Kyoto, and Shiga Prefectures. The transit network includes seven lines; four main lines with heavy rolling stock, two interurban lines, and a funic ...

Nakanoshima Line The is a railway line operated by the Keihan Electric Railway in Osaka, Japan. It opened on October 19, 2008, and has a ruling grade of 1 in 25 (4%). Services The following services operate on the Nakanoshima line, with through-running to/from t ...

: Nakanoshima Station

Road

: Kobe Route and Ikeda Route * National Route 2

References

External links

* {{Authority control Wards of Osaka