Namba (, ) is a district in
Chūō and
Naniwa wards of
Osaka
is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ...
,
Japan
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. It is regarded as the center of Osaka's ''Minami'' (
:ja:ミナミ, "South") region.
Its name came from a variation of ''
Naniwa'', the former name of Osaka. Namba hosts some of the city's main south-central railway terminals, as
JR,
Kintetsu,
Nankai,
Hanshin, and three
Osaka Metro subway lines all have stations within this region.
Railway stations
;
Namba Station
:
● Nankai Electric Railway
::
● Nankai Line
::
● Koya Line
:
Osaka Metro
::
● Midōsuji Line (M20)
::
● Yotsubashi Line (Y15)
::
● Sennichimae Line (S16)
;
JR Namba Station
:
●JR West
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● Kansai Main Line (
Yamatoji Line
The is the common name of the western portion of the Kansai Main Line in Japan. The line is owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It starts at Kamo Station (Kyoto), Kamo Station in Kyoto Prefecture and ends at JR Namba Stat ...
)
;
Ōsaka Namba Station
:
● Kintetsu
::
Namba Line (through service to the
Nara Line)
:
● Hanshin Railway
::
● Hanshin Namba Line
References
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Tourist attractions in Osaka
Chūō-ku, Osaka
Naniwa-ku, Osaka