is one of 24 wards of

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...

, 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

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and

Tanimachi Line The is a rapid transit line of Osaka Metro, running from Dainichi Station in Moriguchi to Yaominami Station in Yao through Osaka. Its official name is , while the Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau refers to it as , and in MLIT publicat ...

of the Osaka Municipal Subway at Tennoji Station, and the Hankai Tramway's Uemachi Line which terminates at Tennoji-eki-mae Station. The Abenobashi area of Abeno is a commercial area where department stores and movie theatres are located. Abeno is a home for

Sharp Corporation is a Japanese multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronic products, headquartered in Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. Since 2016 it has been majority owned by the Taiwan-based Foxconn Group. Sharp employs more than 5 ...

( Nagaike-cho).

History

When Osaka city increased its number of wards from 15 to 22 on April 1, 1943, Sumiyoshi ward was divided into three "new" wards, one of which was Abeno, the others being Higashi-Sumiyoshi ward and Sumiyoshi ward. There are varying theories as to the origin of the name "Abeno". One is that it was the name of a powerful family-clan in ancient Japan, another suggests it might come from one of Yamabe no Akahito's songs in Man'yōshū, and another theory suggests it might come from the "amabe" in Higashi-narigun-amabe-gou, an ancient place name. The theory of the powerful family-clan name holds strongest.

Train stations located in Abeno-ku

West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...

(JR West) **

Hanwa Line The is a commuter rail line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The 61.3 km (38.1 mi) line runs between Osaka and Wakayama, Japan and has a 1.7 km branchline in a southern Os ...

: Bishoen Station - Minami-Tanabe Station -

Tsurugaoka Station is a railway station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Hanwa Line in Nishi-Tanabecho Nichome, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. When the platforms and the tracks were located on the ground, the station was located in Yamasak ...

Kintetsu Railway , referred to as , is a Japanese passenger railway company, managing infrastructure and operating passenger train service. Its railway system is the largest in Japan, excluding Japan Railways Group. The railway network connects Osaka, Nara, Ky ...

Minami Osaka Line is a railway line operated by Kintetsu Railway connecting in Osaka and in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture via Osaka's southern suburb cities of Matsubara, Fujiidera and Habikino in Osaka Prefecture, and Katsuragi and Yamato-Takada in Nara Pref ...

: Osaka Abenobashi Station - Koboreguchi Station * Hankai Tramway ** Uemachi Line: Tennoji-eki-mae Station -

Abeno Station is a metro station on the Tanimachi Line of the Osaka Metro and a tram stop on the Hankai Uemachi Line in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan. Layout ;Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line (T28) *an island platform serving two tracks under Abeno-suji. ;Hankai Uema ...

- Matsumushi Station -

Higashi-Tengachaya Station is a tramway stop in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan on the Hankai Tramway Uemachi Line. Layout A side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more r ...

Kitabatake Station Kitabatake (written: 北畠 lit. "north terraced field") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese ''kuge'' *, Japanese warlord *, Japanese ''kuge'' and writer *, Japanese archer *, Japanese poet and writer {{surn ...

- Himematsu Station * Osaka Metro **

: Tennoji Station - Showacho Station -

Nishitanabe Station is a subway station on the Osaka Metro Midosuji Line in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan. Layout There are two side platforms with two tracks underground. Surroundings *Sharp Corporation Headquarters *Nagaike Park *Nagai Stadium , known as the Ya ...

- Fuminosato Station

Education

; College * Osaka Christian College * Osaka City University College of Nursing * Osaka Municipal College of Design ; Private schools: * Abeno Shogaku High School (formerly Osaka Girls' Senior High School) * Ohtani Junior and Senior High School

External links

Official website of Abeno
Wards of Osaka {{Osaka-geo-stub

History

Train stations located in Abeno-ku

Education

See also

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