is a

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on the

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in Chūō-ku,

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. Matsuyamachi is often called "Matchamachi" (まっちゃまち)and known as ton'yas (

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) selling Japanese dolls (ningyo), penny sweets (

dagashi ''Dagashi'' (Japanese: 駄菓子) refers to cheap candies and snack foods. ''Dagashi'' are comparable to American penny candy. The word ''dagashi'' is derived from the Japanese words ''da'' ("futile" or "negligible") and ''kashi'' (snacks). The ...

), toys (omocha) and fireworks (hanabi).

Layout

*This station has an

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with 2 tracks, and is fenced with platform gates. Chūō-ku, Osaka Osaka Metro stations Railway stations in Japan opened in 1996 {{PRChina-metro-stub