is a 3 km long and 50 hectares narrow sandbank in
Kita-ku,
Osaka
is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ...
city,
Japan
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, that divides the
Kyū-Yodo into the
Tosabori and
Dōjima rivers. Many governmental and commercial offices (including the city hall of Osaka), museums and other cultural facilities are located on Nakanoshima.
Landmarks and architecture
(from east to west)
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Nakanoshima Park
*:Rose garden
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Osaka City Central Public Hall
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Nakanoshima Library
*City Hall
*
Bank of Japan
The is the central bank of Japan.Louis Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric. (2005). "Nihon Ginkō" in The bank is often called for short. It is headquartered in Nihonbashi, Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo.
The said bank is a corporate entity ...
Osaka branch
*Nakanoshima Festival Tower (Headquarters of the
Asahi Shimbun
is a Japanese daily newspaper founded in 1879. It is one of the oldest newspapers in Japan and Asia, and is considered a newspaper of record for Japan.
The ''Asahi Shimbun'' is one of the five largest newspapers in Japan along with the ''Yom ...
)
*
Nakanoshima Mitsui Building
*Headquarters of
Kansai Electric Power Company
, also known as , is an electric utility with its operational area of Kansai region, Japan (including the Keihanshin megalopolis).
The Kansai region is Japan's second-largest industrial area, and in normal times, its most nuclear-reliant. Bef ...
*
Osaka University
The , abbreviated as UOsaka or , is a List of national universities in Japan, national research university in Osaka, Japan. The university traces its roots back to Edo period, Edo-era institutions Tekijuku (1838) and Kaitokudō, Kaitokudo (1724), ...
Nakanoshima Center
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Rihga Royal Hotel
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Nakanoshima Centre Building
Cultural facilities
(from east to west)
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Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka
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Festival Hall (Nakanoshima Festival Tower East)
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National Museum of Art, Osaka
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Nakanoshima Museum of Art
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Science Museum
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*
Osaka International Convention Center
Transportation
Train
*
Keihan Electric Railway
**
Keihan Main Line:
Yodoyabashi Station,
Kitahama Station
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Nakanoshima Line:
Naniwabashi Station,
Ōebashi Station,
Watanabebashi Station,
Nakanoshima Station
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Osaka Municipal Subway
**
Midosuji Line:
Yodoyabashi Station
**
Yotsubashi Line:
Higobashi Station
*
Hanshin Electric Railway
is a Japanese private railway company owned by Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group that links Osaka and Kobe. It also owns the Hanshin Tigers baseball team.
The first character for Kobe (神戸) and the second character for Osaka (大阪) combine to form ...
Main Line:
Fukushima Station
*
JR Tōzai Line:
Shin-Fukushima Station
Pedestrian road
*Nakanoshima Promenade
See also
*
Hotarumachi
Kita-ku, Osaka
Geography of Osaka
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