Chūō-ku, Osaka
Chūō-ku, Osaka
中央区 | |
|---|---|
| Skyline in 2013 Skyline in 2013 | |
| Location within Osaka City Location within Osaka City | |
| Sovereign state | Japan |
| Region | Kansai |
| Prefecture | Osaka Prefecture |
| City | Osaka |
| Established | 1989 |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.87 km2 (3.42 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 109,249 |
| • Density | 12,317/km2 (31,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (JST) |
| ISO 3166-2 | JP-27 |
| Website | Official website |
Chūō-ku (中央区, 'Central Ward') is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It has an area of 8.88 km2, and a population of 60,085. It houses Osaka's financial district, as well as the Osaka Prefecture offices and principal shopping and tourist areas.
Consulates
[edit ]Various consulates are found in Chūō-ku. The Consulate-General of South Korea has its own building. Three consulates, Consulate-General of Australia, the Consulate-General of the Netherlands, and the Consulate-General of the Philippines, occupy the twenty-ninth, thirty-third, and twenty-fourth floors, respectively, of the Twin21 MID Tower. The Consulate-General of Canada is on the twelfth floor of the Daisan Shoho Building in Chūō-ku. The Consulate-General of France is on the tenth floor of the Crystal Tower. The Consulate-General of India is on the tenth floor of the Semba I.S. Building. The Consulate-General of Indonesia is on the first floor of the Koike Bldg. The Consulate-General of Singapore is on the fourteenth floor of the Osaka Kokusai Building. The Consulate-General of Thailand is in the first, fourth, and fifth floors of the Bangkok Bank Building. The Consulate-General of the United Kingdom is on the nineteenth floor of the Seiko Osaka Building. The Consulate-General of Vietnam is on the tenth floor of the Estate Bakuro-machi Building.[1]
Facilities
[edit ]Osaka Prefecture
[edit ]- Osaka Prefectural Government
- Osaka Prefectural Police Head Station
- Minami Police Station
- Higashi Police Station
- Osaka Contemporary Art Center
Mass media
[edit ]- Broadcasting stations
- NHK Osaka Broadcasting Station - Otemae
- Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation - Shiromi Nichome (Osaka Business Park)
- TV Osaka - Otemae
- Newspapers
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun - Otemae
Economy
[edit ]Company headquarters
[edit ]- Capcom - Uchihiranomachi[2]
- Daimaru
- Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma - Dojomachi[3]
- Iwatani Corporation - Hommachi
- JEX Co., Ltd. - Jekusu Kabushiki-gaisha
- Kansai Paint - Imabashi[4]
- Kansai Urban Banking Corporation
- Keihan Electric Railway Co., Ltd. - Otemae[5]
- Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. - Dojomachi
- Mandom Corporation - Junikencho[6]
- Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation - Kitahama[7]
- Morishita Jintan Co., Ltd. - Morinomiya
- Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
- Nippon Life Insurance Company - Imabashi[8]
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation (NTT West) - Bamba[9]
- Ono Pharmaceutical - Kyutaro-machi[10]
- Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. - Hiranomachi[11]
- Osaka Exchange Inc. - Kitahama[12]
- Resona Bank - Bingomachi[13]
- Sakura Color Products Corporation - Morinomiya[14]
- Shionogi - Dojomachi[15]
- Sumitomo Chemical - Kitahama[16]
- Sumitomo Life Insurance Company - Shiromi (Osaka Business Park)[17]
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company - Dojomachi[18] [19]
- Takenaka Corporation - Hommachi[20]
- Teijin - Hommachi[21]
- Unitika - Kyutaro-machi[22]
Sumitomo Trust and Banking was headquartered in Kitahama prior to its merger to form Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (now headquartered in Tokyo). Daiwa Bank and Kinki Osaka Bank [jp] were headquartered in Chuo-ku prior to their merger to form Resona Bank.
Branch offices
[edit ]Fuji Fire and Marine Insurance has its Osaka offices in the ward.[23]
Offices of foreign companies
[edit ]Air China has an office on the 1st floor of the Uchihonmachi Green Building in Chūō-ku.[24] Asiana Airlines operates a sales office on the 18th Floor of the Epson Osaka Building in Chūō-ku.[25]
Landmarks
[edit ]Railway stations
[edit ]- West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
- Osaka Loop Line: Morinomiya Station - Osakajo-koen Station
- Keihan Electric Railway
- Keihan Line: Yodoyabashi Station - Kitahama Station - Temmabashi Station
- Kintetsu Railway
- Namba Line: Osaka Namba Station - Kintetsu Nippombashi Station
- Hanshin Electric Railway
- Hanshin Namba Line: Osaka Namba Station
- Nankai Electric Railway
- Nankai Main Line: Namba Station
- Osaka Metro
- Midosuji Line: Yodoyabashi Station - Hommachi Station - Shinsaibashi Station - Namba Station
- Tanimachi Line: Temmabashi Station - Tanimachi Yonchome Station - Tanimachi Rokuchome Station
- Chuo Line: Hommachi Station - Sakaisuji-Hommachi Station - Tanimachi Yonchome Station - Morinomiya Station
- Sennichimae Line: Namba Station - Nippombashi Station
- Sakaisuji Line: Kitahama Station - Nagahoribashi Station
- Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line: Shinsaibashi Station - Matsuyamachi Station - Nagahoribashi Station - Tanimachi Rokuchome Station - (Tamatsukuri Station, Tennoji-ku) - Morinomiya Station - Osaka Business Park Station
Education
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University and Colleges
[edit ]- Osaka Dental University Temmabashi Campus
- Osaka University of Economics Kitahama Campus
- Osaka Jogakuin Junior College
- Osaka Jogakuin University
- Hannan University Yodoyabashi Satellite Campus
Secondary Education
[edit ]- Private schools
Notable people from Chūō-ku, Osaka
[edit ]- Akinobu Okada, Japanese professional baseball player and manager
- Isuzu Yamada, Japanese stage and screen actress
- Koji Imada, Japanese musician, comedian and TV presenter
- Kosuke Gomi, Japanese novelist
- Kyū Sazanka, Japanese actor
- Naomi Osaka, Japanese tennis player
- Nakamura Ganjirō II, Japanese kabuki and film actor
- Ōnishiki Uichirō, Japanese professional sumo wrestler
- Sanjugo Naoki, Japanese novelist
- Tokuzō Tanaka, Japanese film director
- Toyoko Yamasaki, Japanese novelist
- Yoko Akino, Japanese actress
- Yusuke Hagihara, Japanese astronomer
References
[edit ]- ^ "List of Consulates in Kansai Area Archived 2008年09月23日 at the Wayback Machine." Creation Core Higashi Osaka. Retrieved on January 15, 2009.
- ^ "Locations." Capcom. Retrieved on August 12, 2011. "3-1-3 Uchihirano-machi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0037, Japan"
- ^ "Corporate Profile Archived 2017年08月06日 at the Wayback Machine." Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
- ^ "Corporate Profile Archived 2015年05月10日 at the Wayback Machine." Kansai Paint. Retrieved on February 27, 2015.
- ^ "Company Information Archived 2015年02月07日 at the Wayback Machine." Keihan Electric Railway Co., Ltd. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
- ^ "Company Data." Mandom Corporation. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
- ^ "Corporate Data." Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
- ^ "Worldwide Network ." Nippon Life Insurance Company. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
- ^ "Corporate Data." Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
- ^ "Business Locations." Ono Pharmaceutical. Retrieved on January 30, 2019.
- ^ "Contact Us." Osaka Gas. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
- ^ "Corporate Profile Archived 2015年02月07日 at the Wayback Machine." Osaka Exchange Inc. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
- ^ "UHead Office Location - Osaka Head Office." Resona Bank. Retrieved on April 15, 2014.
- ^ "Corporate Profile Archived 2014年09月19日 at the Wayback Machine." Sakura Color Products Corporation. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
- ^ "Company Profile." Shionogi. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
- ^ "Corporate Profile." Sumitomo Chemical. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
- ^ "Overview." Sumitomo Life Insurance Company. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
- ^ "FAQ." Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. Retrieved on February 2, 2011. "Q : Where is Takeda located? A : The Head Office is located in Osaka, Japan,[...]"
- ^ "Overview." Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. Retrieved on February 2, 2011. "Headquarters Head Office 1-1, Doshomachi 4-chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-8645"
- ^ "Corporate Profile." Takenaka Corporation. Retrieved on October 20, 2009.
- ^ "Corporate Data." Teijin. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
- ^ "Unitika Group locations." Unitika. Retrieved on April 15, 2014.
- ^ "Company Profile." (Archive) Fuji Fire and Marine Insurance. Retrieved on August 26, 2013. "Osaka head office: 1-18-11 Minami Senba, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan" - Information in Japanese (Archive) "大阪本社 〒542-8567 大阪市中央区南船場1丁目18番11号"
- ^ "International Offices Archived 2008年12月17日 at the Wayback Machine." Air China . Retrieved on January 18, 2009.
- ^ "Worldwide Offices Japan Archived 2012年05月30日 at archive.today." Asiana Airlines . Retrieved on January 19, 2009.
- ^ "Find Out More about Us in English". Osaka Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School . Retrieved 2019年07月04日.
External links
[edit ]- Media related to Chūō-ku, Osaka at Wikimedia Commons
- Chuo Ward Official Web Site OSAKA CITY (in English)
- 大阪市 中央区 (in Japanese)
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