is one of 24 wards of

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 ...

in Japan.

Incidents and accidents

2021 Osaka building fire

Notable locations

Kita-ku, particularly 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 ...

area surrounding

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

, is one of the main commercial centers of Osaka. Kita-ku is also a financial administration center, housing the headquarters of the

Japan Mint The is an Independent Administrative Institution of the Japanese government, responsible for producing and circulating the coins of Japan. The agency has its head office in Osaka with branches in Saitama and Hiroshima. The Japan Mint does no ...

and the Osaka branch of the

Bank of Japan The is the central bank of Japan. Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric. (2005). "Nihon Ginkō" in The bank is often called for short. It has its headquarters in Chūō, Tokyo. History Like most modern Japanese institutions, the Bank of Japan was foun ...

Firms headquartered in Kita-ku

* Daicel *

Daikin is a Japanese multinational air conditioning manufacturing company headquartered in Osaka. It has operations in Japan, China, Australia, the United States, India, Southeast Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa. Daikin is th ...

(Umeda Center Building) *

Daiwa House is Japan's largest homebuilder, specializing in prefabricated houses. The company is also engaged in the construction of factories, shopping centers, health care facilities, the management and operation of resort hotels, golf courses and fitnes ...

* FM802 *

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings is a Japanese multinational '' keiretsu'' holding company which owns Hankyu Corporation, the Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd., Toho Co., Ltd., and affiliate companies. On October 1, 2006, Hankyu Holdings changed its name to the present ...

* Hankyu Railway * Kansai Electric Power Company * Kansai Telecasting Corporation * Kaneka Corporation * Mainichi Broadcasting System *

Nihon Bussan was a Japanese video game developer and publisher headquartered in Kita, Osaka. In the past they had also manufactured and sold yachts. The main video game brand of the company was Nichibutsu (日物、ニチブツ), with adult video games (ma ...

Nippon Paint is a Japanese paint and paint products manufacturing company. It is the fourth largest paint manufacturer globally based on revenue in 2020. History The company, was founded in 1881 by Jujiro Motegi under the name Komyosha(Yamato Jujiro Shot ...

* Nipro * Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners * Santen Pharmaceutical *

Suntory (commonly referred to as simply Suntory) is a Japanese multinational brewing and distilling company group. Established in 1899, it is one of the oldest companies in the distribution of alcoholic beverages in Japan, and makes Japanese whisky. I ...

* Toyobo *

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 ...

* West Nippon Expressway Company (Dojima Avanza) * Yanmar (Umeda Gate Tower) * Zojirushi Asahi Kasei,

Itochu Corporation is a Japanese corporation based in Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka and Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo. It is one of the largest Japanese ''sogo shosha'' (general trading companies). Among Japanese trading companies, it is distinguished by not being descende ...

, Kuraray and Kaneka Corporation each have "headquarters" in both Kita-ku and in Tokyo.

Firms with branch offices in Kita-ku

Dentsu and

Yomiuri Shimbun The (lit. ''Reading-selling Newspaper'' or ''Selling by Reading Newspaper'') is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities. It is one of the five major newspapers in Japan; the other four are ...

have branch offices in Kita-ku.

Mazda , commonly referred to as simply Mazda, is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Fuchū, Hiroshima, Japan. In 2015, Mazda produced 1.5 million vehicles for global sales, the majority of which (nearly one ...

has an office in the Umeda Sky Building Tower East.

Air France Air France (; formally ''Société Air France, S.A.''), stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the flag carrier of France headquartered in Tremblay-en-France. It is a subsidiary of the Air France–KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global a ...

has an office on the third and sixth floors of the Shin-Sakurabashi Building in Umeda. The office handles

Aircalin Société Aircalin, also known as Air Calédonie International, is the flag carrier of the French collectivity of New Caledonia, with its headquarters in Nouméa. It operates scheduled services from its main base at La Tontouta International ...

-related inquiries. Google has an office in the Hankyu Grand Building in Kita-ku.

Bandai Visual was a Japanese anime, film production, and distribution enterprise, established by Bandai and a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings. They focused mainly in international distribution of anime properties in North America. Most of the anime and f ...

's Kansai Office opened in Kita-ku in March 1988; the division is now known as the Osaka Branch. Japan Airlines at one time operated a ticketing facility on the first floor of the Daiichi Seimei Building in

, Kita-ku.

Diplomatic missions

The Consulate-General of the United States in Osaka is located in Kita-ku. The Consulate-General of Belgium in Osaka is located on the twelfth floor of the Snow Crystal Building in

, Kita-ku. The Consulate-General of Germany in Osaka is located on the thirty-fifth floor of the Umeda Sky Building Tower East in Kita-ku. The Consulate-General of Italy in Osaka is located since April 2013 on the 17th floor of the Nakanoshima Festival Tower in Nakanoshima.

Landmarks

Umeda downtown

Commercial and business centre of

Kansai The or the , lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshu, Honshū. The region includes the Prefectures of Japan, prefectures of Nara Prefecture, Nara, Wakayama Prefecture, Wakayama, Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto, Osaka Prefectur ...

region with many high-rise buildings and large underground complexes.

Nakanoshima island

Government facilities and museums, and office buildings is situated on this island. Notable establishments is City hall, Central Public Hall,

Osaka branch and

Osaka International Convention Center , also known as , is a convention center in the city of Osaka, Japan. Located adjacent to the convention center is underground Nakanoshima Station served by Keihan Electric Railway Nakanoshima Line as the terminus. Past events *2001 World To ...

National Museum of Art, Osaka is a subterranean Japanese art museum located on the island of Nakanoshima, located between the Dōjima River and the Tosabori River, about 10 minutes west of Higobashi Station in central Osaka. The official Japanese title of the museum tran ...

and Osaka Science Museum is also in this island.

Parks

* Nakanoshima Park * Yodogawa riverside park and Kema-Sakuranomiya Park * Ohgimachi Park **Ogimachi Kids Park (Kids Plaza Osaka) * Sakuranomiya Park *

Minami-Temma Park is a public urban park situated at 1 chōme Tenjimbashi in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. It lies on the north side of the Ōkawa (Kyū-Yodo River) between Temma-bashi bridge and Tenjim-bashi bridge. The park was constructed at the former Temma-Aomono-I ...

* Umeada Umekita Gardens

Shrine and Temple

* Kokubun-ji (Osaka) *

Osaka Temmangu Shrine 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 ...

Others

*Tenjimbashisuji Shōtengai (the longest covered shopping street in Japan) * Festival Hall *The South Korean government maintains the Korea Education Institution ( ko, 오사카한국교육원, ja, 大阪韓国教育院) in Kita-ku.

Department stores

Hanshin Department Store is a Japanese department store chain owned by , a subsidiary of H2O Retailing Corporation. Stores ;Hanshin Umeda :*13-13, Umeda Itchome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan :*Access ::* Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line: Umeda Station ::*JR West: ...

Hankyu Department Store is a Japanese department store chain owned by , a subsidiary of H2O Retailing Corporation. Stores *Umeda, Osaka - Main Store (''Honten'') **Hankyu Men's *Kobe **formerly Sogo Department Stores * Takarazuka * Kawanishi * Senri *Takatsuki, Takat ...

* Daimaru Umeda-mise

Mass media

Newspapers

*''

Mainichi Shimbun The is one of the major newspapers in Japan, published by In addition to the ''Mainichi Shimbun'', which is printed twice a day in several local editions, Mainichi also operates an English language news website called ''The Mainichi'' (prev ...

'' Osaka Office – Umeda *''

'' Osaka Office – Nozakicho *''

Asahi Shimbun is one of the four largest newspapers in Japan. Founded in 1879, it is also one of the oldest newspapers in Japan and Asia, and is considered a newspaper of record for Japan. Its circulation, which was 4.57 million for its morning edition a ...

'' Osaka Office – Nakanoshima

Broadcasting stations

* Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS) – Chayamachi, TV and radio * Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) – Oyodo-minami, TV and radio *

Kansai TV JODX-DTV, virtual channel 8 (UHF digital channel 17), branded as or , is the Kansai region key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS), operated by the . Kansai TV is a company affiliated in Hankyu Hanshin Hol ...

– Ogimachi, TV

Education

International schools: * Osaka YMCA International SchoolContact Us
" Osaka YMCA International School. Retrieved November 1, 2015. "6-7-34, Nakatsu Kita-ku Osaka city 531-0071"

Railway stations

Terminals: *

(

JR West , 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 i ...

) * Umeda Station (

Hankyu , trading as , is a Japanese private railway company that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of the flagship properties of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., in turn part of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Gr ...

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 ...

Osaka Subway 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 ...

) *

Yodoyabashi Station is a railway station on the Osaka Metro Midosuji Line and the Keihan Railway Keihan Main Line in Japan. It is the nearest station to the Osaka City Hall (). Lines * ** (M17) * Keihan Electric Railway ** Keihan Main Line Layout Osaka ...

( Keihan, Osaka Subway) The following stations are also connected to Osaka and Umeda by underground passageways: * Kitashinchi Station (JR West) * Higashi-Umeda Station (Osaka Subway) * Nishi-Umeda Station (Osaka Subway) Other stations in Kita-ku: * Minami-morimachi Station (Osaka Subway) * Nakatsu Station (Hankyu) * Nakatsu Station (Osaka Subway) * Nakazakicho Station (Osaka Subway) * Ogimachi Station (Osaka Subway) * Osaka-Temmangu Station (JR West) * Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme Station (Hankyu, Osaka Subway) * Temma Station (JR West)

People

* Kenta Kiritani – actor and singer

References

External links

* * {{Coord, 34, 42, 20, N, 135, 30, 36, E, source:jawiki, display=title Wards of Osaka