Dōtonbori
Dōtonbori or Dōtombori is a district in Osaka, Japan. Known as one of Osaka's principal tourist and nightlife areas, the area runs along the Dōtonbori canal from Dōtonboribashi Bridge to Nipponbashi Bridge in the Namba district of the city's Chūō ward.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in Japan
- Also known as: “Dōtombori” and “Dotonbori”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ebisu Bridge and Glico Man Sign.
Kanidoraku
Restaurant
Kani Dōraku is a Japanese restaurant chain that specialises in crustaceans and other seafood. The restaurants are known for their traditional appearance and the large animatronic red crab above their main entrances.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sōemon and Den Den Town.
Sōemon
Neighborhood
Photo: Tuyo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sōemonchō or Soemonchō is an entertainment district in Chūō-ku, one of the wards of Osaka, Japan. The district borders on two other entertainment districts, Shinsaibashi to the north and Dōtonbori to the south.
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.
Dōtonbori
- Categories: chōchō and prosperous area
- Location: Chūō-ku, Osaka, Osaka, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.66903° or 34° 40′ 9″ northLongitude
135.50157° or 135° 30′ 6″ eastElevation
13 metres (43 feet)Inception
1612Open location code
8Q6QMG92+JJOpenStreetMap ID
node 4029007869OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
1864334Wikidata ID
Q964876
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Satellite Map
Discover Dōtonbori from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Dōtonbori” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دوتونبوري”
- Basque: “Dōtonbori”
- Catalan: “Dōtonbori”
- Chinese: “道頓堀”
- Chinese: “道顿堀”
- Dutch: “Dōtonbori”
- French: “Dōtonbori”
- Hebrew: “דוטונבורי”
- Indonesian: “Dōtonbori”
- Italian: “Dōtonbori”
- Japanese: “Dōtonbori”
- Japanese: “どうとんぼり”
- Japanese: “とんぼり”
- Japanese: “道頓堀”
- Javanese: “Dōtonbori”
- Korean: “도톤보리”
- Polish: “Dōtonbori”
- Pushto: “ډوټونبوري”
- Russian: “Дотонбори”
- Sanskrit: “दोतोन्बोरि”
- Spanish: “Dōtonbori”
- Thai: “โดตมโบริ”
- Turkish: “Dōtonbori”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nanba 1-chome and Shinsaibashisuji 2.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Police Koban and Dotombori Fire Station.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dōtonbori”. Photo: Kang-min Liu, CC BY 2.0.