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Nishi-ku

Nishi is one of 24 wards of , . It is in the west of central Osaka, and is generally flat. 80% of the area was destroyed by bombing in World War II, and was not regenerated until the mid-1960s.
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  • Type: Suburb with 92,400 residents
  • Description: one of the 24 wards of the City of Osaka, Japan
  • Also known as: “Nishi Ward”, “Nishi-ku, Osaka”, “Nishi-ku, Ōsaka”, and “Nishiku”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kyocera Dome Osaka and Noda Station.

Stadium
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The is a baseball located in , , . Opened in 1997, the stadium was the home field of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes.

Railway station
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is a railway station in , , , on the JR West Osaka Loop Line. The Station is connected to on the Osaka Metro Sennichimae Line.

Museum
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is a subterranean art museum located on the island of , located between the Dōjima River and the Tosabori River, about 10 minutes west of in central .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Minami and Universal Studios Japan.

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is the largest commercial area in , . All manner of shops and entertainment can be found in the Area, which stretches from Semba to the area surrounding Namba station.

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is a theme park located in , . Opened on March 31, 2001, it is one of six Universal Studios theme parks worldwide and was the first to open outside the .

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Tennōji is one of 24 wards of , Japan. It is named after the , the temple of the Four Heavenly Kings, which is located in the ward.

Nishi-ku

Latitude
34.6746° or 34° 40′ 29″ north
Longitude
135.4768° or 135° 28′ 36″ east
Population
92,400
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
8Q6QMFFG+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 551366800
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1855256
Wiki­data ID
Q275123
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Yue Chinese—“Nishi-ku” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Nishi-ku”
  • Catalan: “Nishi”
  • Cebuano: “Nishi-ku (subdistrito sa Hapon, Ōsaka-fu)”
  • Cebuano: “Nishi-ku”
  • Chinese: “西区”
  • Chinese: “西區”
  • Dutch: “Nishi-ku”
  • Esperanto: “Kvartalo Niŝi-ku”
  • Esperanto: “kvartalo Niŝi”
  • Esperanto: “Kvartalo Niŝi”
  • Esperanto: “Niŝi-ku”
  • Finnish: “Nishi-ku”
  • French: “Nishi-ku”
  • German: “Nishi-ku”
  • Hungarian: “Nisi-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Nishi-ku, Ōsaka”
  • Indonesian: “Nishi-ku”
  • Irish: “Nishi-ku”
  • Italian: “Nishi-ku”
  • Japanese: “Nishi-ku”
  • Japanese: “にしく”
  • Japanese: “大阪市西区”
  • Japanese: “西区”
  • Korean: “니시 구”
  • Korean: “니시구”
  • Persian: “نیشی، اوساکا”
  • Persian: “نیشی”
  • Polish: “Nishi”
  • Portuguese: “Nishi-ku, Osaka”
  • Portuguese: “Nishi-ku”
  • Russian: “Ниси-ку”
  • Scots: “Nishi-ku, Osaka”
  • Scots: “Nishi-ku”
  • Slovenian: “Nishi-ku”
  • Slovenian: “Niši”
  • Spanish: “Nishi-ku”
  • Thai: “เขตนิชิ”
  • Turkish: “Nishi, Osaka”
  • Turkish: “Nishi”
  • Venetian: “Nishi-ku”
  • Vietnamese: “Nishi-ku”
  • Yue Chinese: “西區 (大阪)”

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