Miyakojima-ku
Miyakojima is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 105,000 residents
- Description: ward of Japan
- Also known as: “Miyakojima Ward” and “Miyakojima-ku, Osaka”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Osaka castle and Osaka-jō Hall.
Osaka castle
Photo: Mc681, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Osaka Castle area is in Osaka city. This area consisting of many buildings surrounded by water is home to Osaka-castle, Osaka-jo Hall, classical music halls, theaters where you can enjoy the performing arts, hotels, shopping and sports facilities.
Osaka-jō Hall
Theater building
Photo: Mc681, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Osaka-jo Hall is a multi-purpose arena located in the Kyōbashi area of Osaka, Japan. The hall opened in 1983 and can seat up to 16,000 people. Built on a site area of 36,351 square meters, part of its form uses stone walls, modeled after those of Osaka Castle and it won the Osaka Urban Scenery Architects Prize Special Award in 1984.
Kyobashi
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kita and Minami.
Kita
Photo: Martin Abegglen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Kita is the newest centre of Osaka city. The area around Umeda station, where major terminals for the Osaka subway, Japan Rail, Hankyu and Hanshin railways can be found, boasts department stores, buildings full of fashionable shops and various attractions.
Minami
Photo: joopdorresteijn, CC BY 2.0.
Minami is the largest commercial area in Osaka, Japan. All manner of shops and entertainment can be found in the Minami Area, which stretches from Semba to the area surrounding Namba station.
North Osaka
Photo: Nesnad, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Northern Osaka covers the wards of Higashiyodogawa-ku, Nishiyodogawa-ku, and Yodogawa-ku, which sprawl along the northern side of the Yodogawa river.
Miyakojima-ku
- Categories: ward of Japan and locality
- Location: Osaka, Osaka, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.7127° or 34° 42′ 46″ northLongitude
135.5297° or 135° 31′ 47″ eastPopulation
105,000Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
8Q6QPG7H+3VOpenStreetMap ID
node 551367464OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
1856777Wikidata ID
Q490581
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Miyakojima-ku” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مياكوجيما-كو”
- Catalan: “Miyakojima-ku”
- Catalan: “Miyakojima”
- Cebuano: “Miyakojima Ku”
- Chinese: “都岛区”
- Chinese: “都島區”
- Dutch: “Miyakojima-ku”
- Esperanto: “kvartalo Mijakoĝima”
- Esperanto: “kvartalo Mijakoĵima”
- Esperanto: “Kvartalo Mijakoĵima”
- Esperanto: “Mijakoĵima-ku”
- Finnish: “Miyakojima-ku”
- French: “arrondissement de Miyakojima”
- French: “Arrondissement de Miyakojima”
- French: “Miyakojima-ku”
- German: “Miyakojima-ku”
- Hungarian: “Mijakodzsima-ku”
- Irish: “Miyakojima-ku”
- Italian: “Miyakojima-ku”
- Japanese: “Miyakojima-ku”
- Japanese: “みやこじまく”
- Japanese: “ミヤコジマク”
- Japanese: “大阪市都島区”
- Japanese: “都島”
- Japanese: “都島区”
- Korean: “미야코지마구”
- Persian: “میاکوجیما، اوساکا”
- Persian: “میاکوجیما”
- Polish: “Miyakojima”
- Portuguese: “Miyakojima-ku”
- Russian: “Миякодзима-ку”
- Scots: “Miyakojima-ku, Osaka”
- Scots: “Miyakojima-ku”
- Spanish: “Miyakojima-ku”
- Swedish: “Miyakojima-ku”
- Thai: “เขตมิยาโกะจิมะ”
- Turkish: “Miyakojima, Osaka”
- Turkish: “Miyakojima”
- Venetian: “Miyakojima-ku”
- Vietnamese: “Miyakojima, Ōsaka”
- Vietnamese: “Miyakojima”
- Yue Chinese: “都島區”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Takakuracho 1-chome and Tomobuchicho 2-chome.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Miyakojima Post Office and 京昭会ツヂ病院.
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