Namba
Namba is a district in Chūō and Naniwa wards of Osaka, Japan. It is regarded as the center of Osaka's Minami region. Its name came from a variation of Naniwa, the former name of Osaka.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: ええんやで中村, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: neighborhood in Chūō-ku and Naniwa-ku, Osaka
- Also known as: “Nanba” and “Nanba 2-chome”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Glico Man Sign and Osaka Shochiku‑za.
Osaka Shochiku‑za
Theater building
Photo: MASA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Osaka Shochiku‑za is a theater building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dōtonbori and Sōemon.
Dōtonbori
Locality
Photo: Kang-min Liu, CC BY 2.0.
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.
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.
Naniwa-ku
Suburb
Photo: 螺钉, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Naniwa-ku is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It has an area of 4.37 km2, and a population of 51,567.
Namba
- Categories: prosperous area and locality
- Location: Chūō-ku, Osaka, Osaka, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.6675° or 34° 40′ 3″ northLongitude
135.49932° or 135° 29′ 58″ eastElevation
20 metres (66 feet)Open location code
8Q6QMF8X+XPOpenStreetMap ID
node 2441090405OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Yue Chinese—“Namba” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Namba”
- Catalan: “Nanba”
- Chinese: “难波”
- Chinese: “難波”
- Dutch: “Namba”
- Esperanto: “Namba”
- French: “Namba”
- German: “Namba”
- German: “Nanba”
- Hebrew: “נאמבה”
- Indonesian: “Namba”
- Italian: “Namba”
- Japanese: “なんば”
- Japanese: “なんば2ちょうめ”
- Japanese: “難波”
- Japanese: “難波二丁目”
- Japanese: “難波新地”
- Korean: “난바”
- Korean: “남바”
- Pushto: “نمبا”
- Sanskrit: “नम्बा”
- Thai: “นัมบะ”
- Wu Chinese: “难波”
- Yue Chinese: “難波”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Art Park and ekimo namba.
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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 “Namba”. Photo: ええんやで中村, CC BY-SA 4.0.