Shinsekai

Shinsekai is a neighbourhood located next to south Osaka City's downtown "Minami" area. The neighbourhood was created in 1912 with New York as a model for its southern half and Paris for its northern half.

Photo: Dick Thomas Johnson, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tsūtenkaku and Tennoji Zoo.

Tsūtenkaku

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Mc681, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tsūtenkaku is a tower and landmark of Osaka, Japan, and advertises the Hitachi company. It is located in the Shinsekai district of Naniwa-ku, Osaka. Its total height is 103 metres; the main observation deck is at a height of 91 metres.

Tennoji Zoo

Zoo

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tennōji Zoo is a 11-hectare zoo located at Tennōji Park in Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan, opened on January 1, 1915. It is the third zoo to be built in Japan and is located southwest of the Shitennō-ji temple, the first Buddhist temple in Japan. Tennoji Zoo is situated 210 metres southeast of Shinsekai.

Tennoji Park

Park

Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.

The Tennōji Park is a park with botanical garden at 1–108, Chausuyama-cho, Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan. Tennoji Park is situated 360 metres east of Shinsekai.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Den Den Town and Kamagasaki.

Den Den Town

Locality

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Den Den Town is a locality.

Kamagasaki

Locality

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.