Nishinari-ku, Osaka

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The rooftops in Nishinari

A shopping arcade in Nishinari

Nishinari (西成区, -ku) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It contains some shopping and entertainment areas beloved to many Osakans; eg Shinsekai and Tamade. It lies directly south of the Namba transport hub and extends further south towards Sumiyoshi Park. It is served by the Nankai Railway lines as well as the Yotsubashi and Sakai-Suji subway lines. Nishinari-ku is also home to a number of 'shitamachi' (down-town) shopping streets, increasingly a rarity in fast-developing urban Japan. Kamagasaki in Nishinari-ku is home to a large number of day-laborers and most of the homeless people in Osaka.

1 Transport
2 Education
3 External links

[edit] Transport

[edit] JR

West Japan Railway Company

Osaka Loop Line:Shin-Imamiya Station

[edit] Subway

Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau

Midosuji Line:Dobutsuen-mae Station
Sakaisuji Line:Dobutsuen-mae Station, Tengachaya Station
Yotsubashi Line:Hanazonocho Station, Kishinosato Station, Tamade Station

[edit] Nankai Railway

Nankai Line:Shin-Imamiya Station, Tengachaya Station, Kishinosatotamade Station
Koyasan Line:Shin-Imamiya Station, Haginochaya Station, Tengachaya Station, Kishinosatotamade Station
Shiomibashi Line:Kizugawa Station, Tsumori Station, Nishitengachaya, Kishinosatotamade Station

[edit] Hankai Railway

Hankai Line:Minamikasumicho Station, Imaike Station, Imafune Station, Matsudacho Station, Kitatengachaya Station, Shotenzaka Station, Tenjinnomori Station, Higashitamade Station, Tsukanishi Station

[edit] Education

Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Osaka City Board of Education. The public high schools are operated by the Osaka Prefectural Board of Education.