Abeno-ku, Osaka

Abeno-ku in Osaka

Abeno Harukas

Abeno-ku (阿倍野区) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, 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 Midōsuji Line and Tanimachi Line 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 (Nagaike-cho).

## History[edit]

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[edit]

* West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
* Hanwa Line: Bishoen Station \- Minami-Tanabe Station \- Tsurugaoka Station
* Kintetsu Railway
* Minami Osaka Line: Osaka Abenobashi Station \- Koboreguchi Station
* Hankai Tramway
* Uemachi Line: Tennoji-eki-mae Station \- Abeno Station \- Matsumushi Station \- Higashi-Tengachaya Station \- Kitabatake Station \- Himematsu Station
* Osaka Metro
* Midōsuji Line: Tennoji Station \- Showacho Station \- Nishitanabe Station
* Tanimachi Line: Abeno Station \- Fuminosato Station

## Education[edit]

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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

## See also[edit]

* Abeno Shrine

## External links[edit]

Media related to Abeno-ku, Osaka at Wikimedia Commons

* Official website of Abeno (in English)

Coordinates: 34°38′20.3″N 135°31′6.57″E﻿ / ﻿34.638972°N 135.5184917°E﻿ / 34.638972; 135.5184917

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Osaka Prefecture

Osaka (capital)

Osaka|

| Wards|

* Abeno
* Asahi
* Chūō
* Fukushima
* Higashinari
* Higashisumiyoshi
* Higashiyodogawa
* Hirano
* Ikuno
* Jōtō
* Kita
* Konohana
* Minato
* Miyakojima
* Naniwa
* Nishi
* Nishinari
* Nishiyodogawa
* Suminoe
* Sumiyoshi
* Taishō
* Tennōji
* Tsurumi
* Yodogawa

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Sakai|

| Wards|

* Higashi
* Kita
* Naka
* Nishi
* Mihara
* Minami
* Sakai

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Core cities|

* Higashiōsaka
* Hirakata
* Neyagawa
* Suita
* Takatsuki
* Toyonaka
* Yao

Special cities|

* Ibaraki
* Kishiwada☆

Cities|

* Daitō
* Fujiidera
* Habikino
* Hannan
* Ikeda
* Izumi
* Izumiōtsu
* Izumisano
* Kadoma
* Kaizuka
* Kashiwara
* Katano
* Kawachinagano
* Matsubara
* Minoh
* Moriguchi
* Ōsakasayama
* Sennan
* Settsu
* Shijōnawate
* Takaishi
* Tondabayashi

Districts|

* Minamikawachi District
* Chihayaakasaka
* Kanan
* Taishi
* Mishima District
* Shimamoto
* Senboku District
* Tadaoka
* Sennan District
* Kumatori
* Misaki
* Tajiri
* Toyono District
* Nose
* Toyono

List of mergers in Osaka Prefecture; Note: ☆ - Cities to become core cities

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Sharp Corporation

Divisions
and subsidiaries|

| Current|

* Dynabook Inc.
* Sharp Solar
* Takaya

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Defunct|

* Optonica1

Joint ventures
and shareholdings|

* Pioneer Corporation
* Sharp NEC Display Solutions (66%)

Calculators|

* EL-8
* EL-500W series
* EL-5120
* QT-8B
* QT-8D

Computers|

| Laptops
and portables|

* Actius
* RD3D
* MM10 Muramasas
* PC-4500
* PC-5000
* PC-7000

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Pocket
computers|

* PC-1211
* PC-1251
* PC-1350
* PC-1401
* PC-1403
* PC-1500
* PC-1600
* PC-3000
* PC-E220
* PC-E500S
* Wizard
* Zaurus

Home
computers|

* MZ
* X1
* X68000
* list of games
* MDX

Mobile phones|

* GX15
* GX25
* GX29
* GX33
* J-SH04
* SH906i
* SX862

Televisions
and displays|

* Aquos
* Nintendo Television
* Quattron
* Super Famicom Naizou TV SF1

Other
products|

* Famicom Titler
* Twin Famicom

People|

* Tokuji Hayakawa

Places|

* Abenobashi Terminal Building
* Abeno-ku
* Yaita

* 1Now integrated into other Sharp divisions or business groupings

* Category

Authority control |

* MusicBrainz area

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