Nakanoshima

is a 3 km long and 50 hectares narrow sandbank in Kita-ku, Osaka city, Japan, that divides the KyÅ«-Yodo into the Tosabori and Dōjima rivers. Many governmental and commercial offices (including the city hall of Osaka), museums and other cultural facilities are located on Nakanoshima.

Landmarks and architecture

(from east to west)

• Nakanoshima Park
• :Rose garden
• Osaka City Central Public Hall
• Nakanoshima Library
• Bank of Japan Osaka branch
• Nakanoshima Festival Tower (Headquarters of the Asahi Shimbun)
• Nakanoshima Mitsui Building
• Headquarters of Kansai Electric Power Company
• Osaka University Nakanoshima Center
• Rihga Royal Hotel
• Nakanoshima Centre Building

Cultural facilities

(from east to west)

• Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka
• Festival Hall (Nakanoshima Festival Tower East)
• National Museum of Art, Osaka
• Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka
• Science Museum
• Osaka International Convention Center

Transportation

Train

• Keihan Electric Railway
• Keihan Main Line: Yodoyabashi Station, Kitahama Station
• Nakanoshima Line: Naniwabashi Station, Ōebashi Station, Watanabebashi Station, Nakanoshima Station
• Osaka Municipal Subway
• Midosuji Line: Yodoyabashi Station
• Yotsubashi Line: Higobashi Station
• Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line: Fukushima Station
• JR Tōzai Line: Shin-Fukushima Station

Pedestrian road

• Nakanoshima Promenade

See also

• Hotarumachi

References

External links

• Nakanoshima festival (in Japanese)