Namba

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title: "Namba" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["tourist-attractions-in-osaka", "chūō-ku,-osaka", "naniwa-ku,-osaka"] description: "District of Osaka, Japan" topic_path: "general/tourist-attractions-in-osaka" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namba" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary District of Osaka, Japan ::

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Field	Value
name	Namba
settlement_type	Chōme
image_skyline	Namba Station.JPG
image_caption	Nankai Namba Station & Takashimaya Osaka Department Store
pushpin_map	Japan Osaka Prefecture#Japan
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Japan
subdivision_type1	Prefecture
subdivision_type2	City
subdivision_type3	Ward
subdivision_name1	Osaka
subdivision_name2	Osaka
subdivision_name3	Chūō and Naniwa
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| name = Namba | settlement_type = Chōme | image_skyline = Namba Station.JPG | image_caption = Nankai Namba Station & Takashimaya Osaka Department Store | pushpin_map = Japan Osaka Prefecture#Japan | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Japan | subdivision_type1 = Prefecture | subdivision_type2 = City | subdivision_type3 = Ward | subdivision_name1 = Osaka | subdivision_name2 = Osaka | subdivision_name3 = Chūō and Naniwa Namba (, ) is a district in Chūō and Naniwa wards of Osaka, Japan. It is regarded as the center of Osaka's Minami (:ja:ミナミ, "South") region. Its name came from a variation of Naniwa, the former name of Osaka. Namba hosts some of the city's main south-central railway terminals, as JR, Kintetsu, Nankai, Hanshin, and three Osaka Metro subway lines all have stations within this region.

Railway stations

;Namba Station :●Nankai Electric Railway ::●Nankai Line ::●Koya Line :Osaka Metro ::●Midōsuji Line (M20) ::●Yotsubashi Line (Y15) ::●Sennichimae Line (S16) ;JR Namba Station :●JR West ::●Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) ;Ōsaka Namba Station :●Kintetsu ::Namba Line (through service to the Nara Line) :●Hanshin Railway ::●Hanshin Namba Line

References

References

1. (2005). "Minami".

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