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 ...

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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) *

Nakanoshima Park The is the first public park opened by Osaka in 1891, after its foundation as a city. It is located in Kita ward, on the Nakanoshima sandbank, lying between Dōjima and Tosabori Rivers. The 11 hectare park houses public facilities such as Os ...

*:Rose garden *

Osaka City Central Public Hall is a public building in the city of Osaka, situated on the Nakanoshima sandbank. History The construction of the building started in 1913 and was completed by 1918. It was built following the donation of 1 million yen by Einosuke Iwamoto wh ...

* 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

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Nakanoshima Mitsui Building is a 3 km long and 50 hectares narrow sandbank in Kita-ku, Osaka city, Japan, that divides the Kyū-Yodo into the Tosabori and Dōjima rivers. Many governmental and commercial offices (including the city hall of Osaka), museums and oth ...

*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 * Rihga Royal Hotel * Nakanoshima Centre Building

Cultural facilities

(from east to west) *

Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka The is a Japanese art museum and regarded as one of the best ceramic-collections in the world. This museum collects, studies, conserves, exhibits and interprets East Asian ceramics, which mainly came from ancient China and Korea. The world-famou ...

* Festival Hall (Nakanoshima Festival Tower East) *

National Museum of Art, Osaka is a subterranean Japanese art museum located on the island of Nakanoshima, located between the Dōjima River and the Tosabori River, about 10 minutes west of Higobashi Station in central Osaka. The official Japanese title of the museum trans ...

Nakanoshima Museum of Art is a 3 km long and 50 hectares narrow sandbank in Kita-ku, Osaka city, Japan, that divides the Kyū-Yodo into the Tosabori and Dōjima rivers. Many governmental and commercial offices (including the city hall of Osaka), museums and oth ...

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Osaka International Convention Center , also known as , is a convention center in the city of Osaka, Japan. Located adjacent to the convention center is underground Nakanoshima Station (Osaka), Nakanoshima Station served by Keihan Electric Railway Keihan Nakanoshima Line, Nakanoshi ...

Transportation

Train

Keihan Electric Railway The , 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 ...

Keihan Main Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by Keihan Electric Railway. The line runs between Sanjō Station in Kyoto and Yodoyabashi Station in Osaka. There are through services to the Keihan Ōtō Line and the Keihan Nakanoshima Line. Trains ...

Yodoyabashi Station is a railway station on the Osaka Metro Midosuji Line and the Keihan Railway Keihan Main Line in Japan. It is the nearest station to the Osaka City Hall (). Lines * ** (M17) * Keihan Electric Railway ** Keihan Main Line Layout Osaka Met ...

, Kitahama Station **

Nakanoshima Line The is a railway line operated by the Keihan Electric Railway in 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 ...

Naniwabashi Station is a railway station on the Keihan Nakanoshima Line in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. It opened on October 19, 2008 (the day of the opening of the Nakanoshima Line). Station layout The station consists of an underground island platform serving two trac ...

Ōebashi Station is a railway station on the Keihan Electric Railway Nakanoshima Line in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, and opened on October 19, 2008 (the day of the opening of the Nakanoshima Line). Station layout There is an island platform with two tracks underg ...

, Watanabebashi Station, Nakanoshima Station *

Osaka Municipal Subway The is a major rapid transit system in the Osaka metropolitan area of Japan, operated by the Osaka Metro Company, Ltd. It serves the city of Osaka and the adjacent municipalities of Higashiosaka, Kadoma, Moriguchi, Sakai, Suita, and Yao. O ...

** Midosuji Line:

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 ...

: 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 is a railway station in Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Line * West Japan Railway Company (JR West) ** JR Tōzai Line ;Stations and rail lines near Shin-Fukushima Station *JR West Osaka Loop Line: Fukushima Station (no connecti ...

Pedestrian road

*Nakanoshima Promenade

Landmarks and architecture

Cultural facilities

Transportation

Train

Pedestrian road

See also