Yamasaka 2-chome

Yamasaka 2-chome is a neighborhood in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Osaka. Yamasaka 2-chome is situated nearby to the neighborhood Tanabe 3-chome, as well as near Nagaikecho.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yamasaka Shrine and Minami-Tanabe.

Yamasaka Shrine

Shinto shrine

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Yamasaka Shrine is a Shinto shrine.

Minami-Tanabe

Railway stop

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Minami-Tanabe Station is a railway station on the West Japan Railway Company Hanwa Line in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The station opened on July 18, 1929.

Horaku-ji

Buddhist temple

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Hōraku-ji is a Buddhist temple in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan. It was founded in 1178 by Taira no Shigemori.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abeno-ku and Nagaikoen.

Abeno-ku is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is located in southern Osaka city and has a population of over 107,000. In the northern part of Abeno, Abenobashi, there is the Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line which terminates at Abenobashi Station, the Midōsuji…

Nagaikoen

Neighborhood

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Nagai Park is a large sports complex located in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka. Its facilities include three multipurpose sports stadiums, including 50,000-seat Nagai Stadium; Nagai Botanical Garden, which has over 1,000 species of trees and flowers; a swimming pool and gymnasium; and a tract of preserved local forest.

Kamagasaki

Locality

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Kamagasaki is an old place name for a part of Nishinari-ku in Osaka, Japan, which has the largest day laborer concentration in Japan: 30,000 people are estimated to live in every 2,000 meter radius in this area, part of which has been in slum-like conditions. Kamagasaki is situated 3 km northwest of Yamasaka 2-chome.

Yamasaka 2-chome

Type: Neighborhood
Also known as: “Yamasaka”
Category: locality
Location: Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Osaka, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

34.6243° or 34° 37′ 28″ north

Longitude

135.52186° or 135° 31′ 19″ east

Elevation

13 metres (43 feet)

Open location code

8Q6QJGFC+PP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8540715591

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

11807899

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In Other Languages

“Yamasaka 2-chome” goes by many names.

Japanese: “やまさか2ちょうめ”
Japanese: “山坂”
Japanese: “山坂二丁目”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Minami-Tanabe and Higashisumiyoshi Tanabe Post Office.

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