Chūō-ku, Osaka

Ward in Osaka, Japan

For other uses, see Chūō-ku.

Wards in Kansai, Japan

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

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

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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

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### Osaka Prefecture

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

#### Mass media

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Broadcasting stations

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

Newspapers

* Nihon Keizai Shimbun \- Otemae

## Economy

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### Company headquarters

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* 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

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

### Offices of foreign companies

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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

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

## Railway stations

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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

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* 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

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Private schools

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

## Notable people from Chūō-ku, Osaka

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* 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

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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

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* 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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