is a public
urban park
An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens ( UK), is a park in cities and other incorporated places that offer recreation and green space to resi ...
situated at 1 chōme Tenjimbashi in
Kita-ku, Osaka
is one of 24 wards of Osaka in Japan.
Incidents and accidents
2021 Osaka building fire
Notable locations
Kita-ku, particularly the Umeda area surrounding Osaka Station, is one of the main commercial centers of Osaka. Kita-ku is also a fina ...
,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. It lies on the north side of the Ōkawa (
Kyū-Yodo River
The was the main stream of the Yodo River before 1907, when the current (new) Yodo River was constructed by a normalisation project. Now called the ''Kyū-Yodo River'', it is a major waterway in central Osaka and the main drainage of Neyagawa ...
) between Temma-bashi bridge and Tenjim-bashi bridge.
The park was constructed at the former Temma-Aomono-Ichiba vegetable
wholesale market
Wholesaling or distributing is the sale of goods or merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional or other professional business users; or to other wholesalers (wholesale businesses) and related subordinated services. In g ...
. Now, this park is a popular place for
cherry blossom
A cherry blossom, also known as Japanese cherry or sakura, is a flower of many trees of genus ''Prunus'' or ''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus''. They are common species in East Asia, including China, Korea and especially in Japan. They generally ...
viewing in spring along the Kyū-Yodo River. The cherry blossom promenade is also a cycle path, which continues to northern Osaka (
Suita City).
Facilities
*Minami-Temma tennis court
:Three grass (hard) courts
*Tenjimbashi Kita
Kōban (police substation)
*Monuments
:*Monument of Temma old songs
:*Monument of
Edo era,
Yodo River 50
Koku
The is a Chinese-based Japanese unit of volume. 1 koku is equivalent to 10 or approximately , or about . It converts, in turn, to 100 shō and 1000 gō. One ''gō'' is the volume of the "rice cup", the plastic measuring cup that is supplied ...
boat songs
:*Monument of vegetable wholesale market
Activities in the park
*
cherry blossom
A cherry blossom, also known as Japanese cherry or sakura, is a flower of many trees of genus ''Prunus'' or ''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus''. They are common species in East Asia, including China, Korea and especially in Japan. They generally ...
viewing : April
Access
Temmabashi Station
is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keihan Electric Railway and Osaka Metro.
Lines
;Keihan Electric Railway
:Station Number: KH03
:* Keihan Main Line
:* Nakanoshima Line
;Osaka Metro
:* Ta ...
of
Keihan 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 ...
is nearest.
Photographs
File:Minami-Temma-TennisCourt-20090412.jpg, Tennis court
File:MinamiTemmaPark-CycleLine.jpg, cherry blossom promenade
File:Temma-Songs-Monument-20090412.jpg, Temma old songs monument
See also
*
Nakanoshima Park: west of this park
*
Sakuranomiya Park: east of this park
*
Osaka Castle Park
is a public urban park and historical site situated at Osaka-Jō in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. It lies on the south of the Ōkawa (Kyū-Yodo River) and occupies a large area in the center of the city of Osaka. This park is the second largest ...
References
External links
{{commonscat-inline, Minami-Temma Park, Osaka
Official page of large park in Kita-ward, Osaka City
Parks and gardens in Osaka