Naniwa ( ja, なにわ, なには, ナニワ, 難波, 浪速, 浪花, 浪華) may refer to: *

Naniwa-kyō is a historical Japanese capital city, which was located in present-day central Osaka city 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 po ...

, the place that became the modern Japanese city 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 2. ...

Naniwa-ku, Osaka is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It has an area of 4.37 km², and a population of 51,567. General information Largely a residential area itself, Naniwa-ku is adjacent to and has in recent years blurred into the Namba district, wh ...

, one of the 24 wards of Osaka City, Japan * Japanese cruiser ''Naniwa'', the first protected cruiser built specifically for the Imperial Japanese Navy

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