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 2. ...

, Japan, stretching along the south-west border of the city. It borders the wards of Minato-ku, Taisho-ku and

Nishinari-ku is one of the 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It contains some shopping and entertainment areas, such as Tamade. It lies directly south of the Namba transport hub and extends further south toward Sumiyoshi Park. It is served by the Nankai Railway line ...

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. Its offic ...

, the Chuo Line, and the

Nankō Port Town Line The , also called New Tram, is an automated guideway transit line in Suminoe-ku, Osaka, Japan. The line is operated by Osaka Metro, and was constructed to serve as the main public transportation for newly built Osaka South Port habitations and fa ...

), as well as two rail lines ( Nankai Main Line 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

Yasumasa Morimura Yasumasa Morimura (森村泰昌, Morimura Yasumasa, born June 11, 1951) is a contemporary Japanese performance and appropriation artist whose work encompasses photography, film, and live performance. He is known for his reinterpretation of ...

, 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. The former name is , or until June, 2010. It is located in Nanko Cosmo Square near the Osaka harbor, Suminoe-ku, Osaka, and is 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 The was a maritime museum in Osaka, Japan. It was opened by the Mayor of Osaka City on 14 July 2000 having started on site in March 1998. Designed by architect Paul Andreu with engineering design by Arup and Tohata. the museum was built on rec ...

– an award-winning maritime museum, designed by architect

Paul Andreu Paul Andreu (10 July 1938 – 11 October 2018) was a French architect, known for his designs of multiple airports such as Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, and multiple prestigious projects in China, including the National Centre for the Per ...

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

Shopping and Entertainment

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– large international trade complex and shopping mall *

Zepp The Zepp music halls are a group of Japanese music venues covering every area of the country. They play host to many international tours and are a popular stop among Japanese musicians. Each venue takes the Zepp name, along with the city in whic ...

Osaka music hall

Education

International schools: *

Kongo Gakuen is a South Korean international school in Suminoe-ku, Osaka, Japan. The school was established in 1946. It is recognised by the government of Osaka Prefecture as a private school under Article 1 of Japan's School Education Act.http://www.kongoga ...

, 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

. Chongryon. Retrieved on 14 October 2015.

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

J-pop J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1 ...

singer-songwriter, illustrator and pianist on avex. * Yusuke Maruhashi (born 1990) – Japanese footballer. *

Soichiro Fujitaka , nicknamed So, is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for Bambitious Nara of the B.League in Japan. He also plays for Japan men's national 3x3 team. Non-FIBA Events statistics , - , align="left" , 2013 , align="left" , Un ...

(born 1991) – basketball player.

References

External links

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