Nakanoshima
Nakanoshima (中之島) is a 3 km long and 50 hectares narrow sandbank in Kita-ku, Osaka city, Japan, that divides the Kyū-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
- City Hall
- 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
- Science Museum
- Osaka International Convention Center
Transportation
Train
- Keihan Electric Railway
- Osaka Municipal Subway
- Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line: Fukushima Station
- JR Tōzai Line: Shin-Fukushima Station
Pedestrian road
- Nakanoshima Promenade
See also
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