is one of 24 wards of

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, Japan, stretching along the south-west border of the city. It borders the wards of Minato-ku, Taisho-ku and Nishinari-ku to the north, and Sumiyoshi-ku to the east. It is the largest land area of all wards in Osaka, and includes about half of the

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harbor area. Suminoe-ku is connected to the region by three municipal subway lines (the

Yotsubashi Line The is an underground rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, operated by Osaka Metro. The line connects Umeda, Hommachi, Yotsubashi, Namba, Daikokuchō and Suminoe, and runs parallel to the Midōsuji Line from Daikokuchō to Nishi-Umeda. Despite b ...

, the Chuo Line, and the

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), as well as two rail lines (

Nankai Main Line The is one of the two main railway lines of Japanese private railway company Nankai Electric Railway, together with Nankai Kōya Line, Kōya Line. The route is from Namba Station in south downtown of Osaka to Wakayamashi Station in Wakayama, Wa ...

and

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) and three expressways. The ward is also home to the Osaka international ferry terminal with services to

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and

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, as well as international destinations Shanghai, China, and

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, South Korea.

Attractions

Within the ward are multiple large parks, museums, international business facilities, and arts facilities.

Kitakagaya Creative Village

* A largely pre-war neighborhood, with a large concentration of galleries, artist workshops, studios, urban farms, and other creative facilities among factories and old wood-frame homes * Chidori Bunka – a community arts and crafts complex, built inside a collection of old interconnected buildings * Creative Center Osaka – a large dockside arts and performance complex * Morimura@Museum – interactive arts museum by

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, a well-known contemporary Japanese artist * The Branch Art Lab – ecological art gallery with urban garden and residency program

Landmarks

* Former Kansai Electric Nanko Power Station – former gas power plant, now decommissioned *

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– one of the largest conference and exhibition centers in Japan *

Osaka Prefectural Government Sakishima Building The or is the second tallest building in Osaka and the third tallest building in Japan. Until 2010, it was known as or . It is located in Nanko Cosmo Square, near the Osaka harbor, in Suminoe-ku. The skyscraper rises , the same height as the ...

– formerly known as Osaka World Trade Center, at 256 m (840 ft) is the third tallest building in Japan, with shops, restaurants, and observation deck

Other Galleries and Museums

* Osaka Maritime Museum – an award-winning maritime museum, designed by architect

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but which closed in 2013 just a decade after its opening * Mizuno Sportology Gallery * Wine Museum Osaka

Parks and Recreation facilities

* Osaka Nanko Bird Sanctuary – 19-hectare wetland park serving as a stopover point for migratory birds coming from as far as Siberia and New Zealand, with public observation towers *

Sumiyoshi Park Sumiyoshi Park (住吉公園 ''Sumiyoshi Kōen'') is an Osaka prefectural park in Hamaguchi-higashi Itchome, Suminoe-ku, Osaka, Japan. It was registered by Osaka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osa ...

– opened in 1873, a storied park that is the oldest in Osaka City * Suminoe Park

Shopping and Entertainment

* Asia & Pacific Trade Center – large international trade complex and shopping mall *

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Osaka music hall

Education

International schools: *

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, a South Korean school * South Osaka Korean Elementary School ( 南大阪朝鮮初級学校), a North Korean schoolウリハッキョ一覧

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Notable people

Ai Otsuka is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Suminoe-ku, Osaka, Japan. She is a popular artist on the Avex Trax label and is best known for her 2003 hit " Sakuranbo", which stayed in the Top 200 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart for 103 weeks. A piano player ...

(born 1982) – Female

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singer-songwriter, illustrator and pianist on

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. * Yusuke Maruhashi (born 1990) – Japanese footballer. *

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(born 1991) – basketball player.

References

External links

Suminoe Ward subpage of official Osaka website
{{Authority control Wards of Osaka