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Shinsekai

Shinsekai is an 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.
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Photo: Dick Thomas Johnson, CC BY 2.0.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tsūtenkaku and Tennoji Zoo.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Mc681, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a tower and landmark of , Japan, and advertises the Hitachi company. It is located in the Shinsekai district of . Its total height is 103 metres; the main observation deck is at a height of 91 metres.

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

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Den Den Town and Kamagasaki.

Locality
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is a locality.

Locality
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is an old place name for a part of in , , 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.

Photo: Kanchi1979, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.

Shinsekai

Latitude
34.65209° or 34° 39′ 8″ north
Longitude
135.50619° or 135° 30′ 22″ east
Open location code
8Q6QMG24+RF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4190308689
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q1049117
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Shinsekai” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شينسيكاي”
  • Catalan: “Shinsekai”
  • Chinese: “新世界”
  • Dutch: “Shinsekai”
  • French: “Shinsekai”
  • Hebrew: “שינסקאאי”
  • Japanese: “南陽新地”
  • Japanese: “大阪新世界”
  • Japanese: “新世界”
  • Korean: “신세카이”
  • Russian: “Синсэкай”
  • Russian: “Шинсекаи”
  • Spanish: “Shinsekai”
  • Swedish: “Shinsekai”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 新世界 東映 and 大阪府浪波警察署 通天閣下警ら連絡所.

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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 “Shinsekai”. Photo: Dick Thomas Johnson, CC BY 2.0.