is one of the 24 wards of

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 ...

, Japan. It contains some shopping and entertainment areas, such as Tamade. It lies directly south of the

Namba Namba (, ) is a district in Chūō and Naniwa wards of Osaka, Japan. It is regarded as the center of Osaka's ''Minami'' ( :ja:ミナミ, "South") region. Its name came from a variation of '' Naniwa'', the former name of Osaka. Namba hosts som ...

transport hub and extends further south toward

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 ...

. It is served by the

Nankai Railway is a private railway in Japan, founded in 1884. The name ''Nankai'' (which means "South Sea") comes from the company's routes along the Nankaidō, the old highway that ran south from the old capital, Kyoto, along the sea coast. Nankai predates ...

lines as well as the Yotsubashi and Sakaisuji subway lines. Nishinari-ku is also home to a number of ''shitamachi'' ("lower-town") shopping streets, increasingly a rarity in fast-developing urban Japan.

Kamagasaki is an old place name for a part of Nishinari-ku in Osaka, Japan, which has the largest day laborer concentration in Japan: 30,000 people are estimated to live in every 2,000 meter radius in this area, part of which has been in slum-like conditio ...

in Nishinari-ku is home to many day-laborers and most of the

homeless Homelessness, also known as houselessness or being unhoused or unsheltered, is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and functional housing. It includes living on the streets, moving between temporary accommodation with family or friends, liv ...

people in Osaka.

Crime and safety

Nishinari has a historical reputation for being "sketchy and dangerous", but it is currently undergoing

gentrification Gentrification is the process whereby the character of a neighborhood changes through the influx of more Wealth, affluent residents (the "gentry") and investment. There is no agreed-upon definition of gentrification. In public discourse, it has ...

. Two designated yakuza groups, the Sakaume-gumi and the

Azuma-gumi The is a yakuza organization based in Osaka, Japan.

, are based in Nishinari."2010 Police White Paper Chapter 2 : Furtherance of Organized Crime Countermeasures"
2010, ''

National Police Agency National Police may refer to the national police forces of several countries: *Afghanistan: Afghan National Police *Haiti: Haitian National Police *Canada: Royal Canadian Mounted Police *Colombia: National Police of Colombia *Cuba: National Revolut ...

Transport

West Japan Railway Company

Osaka Loop Line The is a railway Circle route, loop line in Japan operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It encircles central Osaka. Part of a second, outer loop line, the Osaka Higashi Line, from Hanaten Station, Hanaten to Kyuhoji Station, Kyuh ...

Shin-Imamiya Station is a major railway station operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and Nankai Electric Railway. is a stop on the Hankai Tramway Hankai Line. This station is located near on the Midosuji and Sakaisuji lines of the Osaka Metro, but ...

Osaka Metro

Midōsuji Line The is a rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, operated by Osaka Metro. Constructed under Midōsuji, a major north-south street, it is the oldest line in the Osaka subway system and the second oldest in Japan, following the Tokyo Metro Ginza L ...

: Dobutsuen-mae Station *

Sakaisuji Line The is an underground rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, operated by Osaka Metro. Its official name is , and in Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan), MLIT publications, it is written as . The Sakaisuji Line is uniq ...

: Dobutsuen-mae Station,

Tengachaya Station is a Nankai Electric Railway and Osaka Metro Sakaisuji Line railway station and metro station in Nishinari-ku, Osaka. It is the terminal station of the southern end of the Sakaisuji Line. All trains of the Nankai Main Line and the Kōya 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 ...

: Hanazonocho Station,

Kishinosato Station is a train station on the Osaka Metro Yotsubashi Line in Nishinari-ku, Osaka, Japan. While situated relatively close to the station served by the Sakaisuji Line and Nankai Railway, there are no transfer passageways between the two stations. ...

, Tamade Station

Nankai Railway

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 ...

Kishinosatotamade Station is a railway station in Nishinari-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway. Lines Kishinosato-Tamade Station is served by the Nankai Main Line as well as the Koya Line, and has the ...

* Kōya Line:

Haginochaya Station is a railway station operated by Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. in Nishinari-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Line *Nankai Electric Railway (NK04) ** Kōya Line Layout Haginochaya is an elevated station with one island platform An ...

Shiomibashi Line The is a railway line in Osaka Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by the Nankai Electric Railway, a private railway operator. It connects Osaka and Koyasan, the capital of the Japanese Buddhist sect Shingon, via the ...

Kizugawa Station is a train station in Nishinari-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway. Lines Kizugawa Station is served by the Koya Line The is a railway line in Osaka Prefecture and Wakayam ...

, Tsumori Station,

Nishi-Tengachaya Station is a train station in Nishinari-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway. Lines Nishi-Tengachaya Station is served by the Koya Line The is a railway line in Osaka Prefecture and ...

Hankai Railway

Hankai Line The is a tramway in the cities of Osaka and Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd. owns and operates the line. The line's name comes from (the kanji character for ''saka'' is also pronounced ''han'') and (whose kanji contribu ...

: Minamikasumicho Station, Imaike Station, Imafune Station, Matsudacho Station, Kitatengachaya Station, Shotenzaka Station, Tenjinnomori Station, Higashitamade Station, Tsukanishi Station

Education

Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Osaka City Board of Education. The public high schools are operated by the

Osaka Prefectural Board of Education Osaka Prefectural Board of Education is a branch of the government of Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The board supervises individual municipal school systems and directly operates public high schools in Osaka prefecture. Schools operated by the prefect ...

Elementary schools

*Imamiya Elementary School *Kishinosato Elementary School *Kitatsumori Elementary School *Koji Elementary School *Senbon Elementary School *Tachibana Elementary School *Tamade Elementary School *Tsumori Elementary School *Tengachaya Elementary School *Nagahashi Elementary School *Haginochaya Elementary School *Bainan Elementary School *Matsunomiya Elementary School *Minamitsumori Elementary School

Junior high schools

*Imamiya Junior High School *Tsurumibashi Junior High School *Tengachaya Junior High School *Seinan Junior High School *Bainan Junior High School *Tamade Junior High School

High schools

*Imamiya Technical High School *Nishinari High School

Notable people

Nishinari Ward Office of Osaka City 20190131

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, mixed martial artist

References

External links

Official website of Nishinari
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