Chūō-ku, Osaka

For other uses, see Chūō-ku.

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.

Chūō-ku, Osaka 中央区
Wards
Skyline in 2013
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

The Siege of Osaka Castle, 17th century.

Osaka Castle

Osaka Business Park (OBP)

Dōtonbori River at night

Consulates

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

Osaka Prefecture

• Osaka Prefectural Government
• Osaka Prefectural Police Head Station
  • Minami Police Station
  • Higashi Police Station
• Osaka Contemporary Art Center

Mass media

Broadcasting stations

• NHK Osaka Broadcasting Station - Otemae
• Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation - Shiromi Nichome (Osaka Business Park)
• TV Osaka - Otemae

Newspapers

• Nihon Keizai Shimbun - Otemae

Economy

Company headquarters

• 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

Fuji Fire and Marine Insurance has its Osaka offices in the ward.^[23]

Offices of foreign companies

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

• Amerikamura
• Dōtonbori
• National Bunraku Theater
• Osaka Business Park
• Osaka Castle
• Shinsaibashi

Railway stations

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

University and Colleges

• 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

Private schools

• Osaka Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School in Tamatsukuri [ja]^[26]

Notable people from Chūō-ku, Osaka

• 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

1. "List of Consulates in Kansai Area Archived 2008-09-23 at the Wayback Machine." Creation Core Higashi Osaka. Retrieved on January 15, 2009.
2. "Locations." Capcom. Retrieved on August 12, 2011. "3-1-3 Uchihirano-machi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0037, Japan"
3. "Corporate Profile Archived 2017-08-06 at the Wayback Machine." Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
4. "Corporate Profile Archived 2015-05-10 at the Wayback Machine." Kansai Paint. Retrieved on February 27, 2015.
5. "Company Information Archived 2015-02-07 at the Wayback Machine." Keihan Electric Railway Co., Ltd. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
6. "Company Data." Mandom Corporation. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
7. "Corporate Data." Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
8. "Worldwide Network ." Nippon Life Insurance Company. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
9. "Corporate Data." Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
10. "Business Locations." Ono Pharmaceutical. Retrieved on January 30, 2019.
11. "Contact Us." Osaka Gas. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
12. "Corporate Profile Archived 2015-02-07 at the Wayback Machine." Osaka Exchange Inc. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
13. "UHead Office Location - Osaka Head Office." Resona Bank. Retrieved on April 15, 2014.
14. "Corporate Profile Archived 2014-09-19 at the Wayback Machine." Sakura Color Products Corporation. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
15. "Company Profile." Shionogi. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
16. "Corporate Profile." Sumitomo Chemical. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
17. "Overview." Sumitomo Life Insurance Company. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
18. "FAQ." Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. Retrieved on February 2, 2011. "Q : Where is Takeda located? A : The Head Office is located in Osaka, Japan,[...]"
19. "Overview." Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. Retrieved on February 2, 2011. "Headquarters Head Office 1-1, Doshomachi 4-chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-8645"
20. "Corporate Profile." Takenaka Corporation. Retrieved on October 20, 2009.
21. "Corporate Data." Teijin. Retrieved on February 7, 2015.
22. "Unitika Group locations." Unitika. Retrieved on April 15, 2014.
23. "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"
24. "International Offices Archived 2008-12-17 at the Wayback Machine." Air China. Retrieved on January 18, 2009.
25. "Worldwide Offices Japan Archived 2012-05-30 at archive.today." Asiana Airlines. Retrieved on January 19, 2009.
26. "Find Out More about Us in English". Osaka Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School. Retrieved 2019-07-04.

External links

• 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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