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Minato-ku

Minato is one of 24 wards of , . It has an area of 7.9 km2, and a population of 84,961. Literally translated, Minato-ku means "Harbor Ward".
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  • Type: Suburb with 82,000 residents
  • Description: one of 24 wards of the City of Osaka
  • Also known as: “Minato”, “Minato Ward”, and “Minato-ku, Osaka”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kyocera Dome Osaka and Universal City 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 train station on the West Japan Railway Company Sakurajima Line in , , . The station has the same name as the station in , .

Peak
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located in Minato-ku, Osaka is currently Japan's second lowest mountain. The definition of a "mountain" used here is any elevation described as a mountain on a topographic map published by the Geographical Survey Institute of Japan, though it is disputed that the mountain lacks credibility because it is not a natural part of the landscape.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Universal Studios Japan and Minami.

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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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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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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.

Minato-ku

Latitude
34.6627° or 34° 39′ 46″ north
Longitude
135.4539° or 135° 27′ 14″ east
Population
82,000
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
8Q6QMF73+3G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3227702425
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1857093
Wiki­data ID
Q1365114
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Minato-ku” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميناتو-كو”
  • Basque: “Minato-ku”
  • Catalan: “Minato-ku”
  • Catalan: “Minato”
  • Cebuano: “Minato-ku (subdistrito sa Hapon, Ōsaka-fu)”
  • Cebuano: “Minato-ku”
  • Chinese: “港区”
  • Chinese: “港區”
  • Czech: “Minato-ku”
  • Danish: “Minato-ku”
  • Dutch: “Minato-ku”
  • Esperanto: “Kvartalo Minato-ku”
  • Esperanto: “kvartalo Minato”
  • Faroese: “Minato-ku”
  • Finnish: “Minato-ku”
  • French: “Minato-ku”
  • German: “Minato-ku”
  • Greek: “Μινάτο-κου”
  • Hebrew: “מינאטו-קו”
  • Hungarian: “Minato-ku”
  • Irish: “Minato-ku”
  • Italian: “Minato-ku”
  • Japanese: “Minato-ku”
  • Japanese: “みなとく”
  • Japanese: “大阪市港区”
  • Japanese: “港区”
  • Kalaallisut: “Minato-ku”
  • Korean: “미나토 구 (오사카 시)”
  • Korean: “미나토구”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Minato-ku”
  • Persian: “میناتو، اوساکا”
  • Persian: “میناتو”
  • Polish: “Minato”
  • Portuguese: “Minato-ku”
  • Russian: “Минато-ку”
  • Scots: “Minato-ku, Osaka”
  • Scots: “Minato-ku”
  • Spanish: “Minato-ku”
  • Thai: “เขตมินาโตะ”
  • Turkish: “Minato, Osaka”
  • Turkish: “Minato”
  • Venetian: “Minato-ku”
  • Vietnamese: “Minato-ku”
  • Yue Chinese: “港區 (大阪)”

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