Minato-ku, Osaka

Minato- ku (Japanese港区, dt " Port District " ) is one of 24 districts ( ku ) of Osaka, Japan.

History

The municipality was created in 1925 from parts of Kita- ku and Nishi -ku. 1932 Taishō -ku was separated as an independent municipality. Its form today received Minato- ku 1943.

Attractions

  • Kaiyukan (Aquarium)
  • Port of Osaka
  • Tempozan Harbor Village
  • Modern Transportation Museum
  • ORC -200 - building

Ferris wheel in Kaiyukan

ORC -200 - building

Mass media

  • Osaka Hoso, " broadcaster Osaka " ( ORC 200 Building, Benten )

Traffic

Through the city district of Minato run the Hanshin highways Nos. 4, 5 and 16, and the National Roads 43 and 172 On three sides it is bounded by water: in the southwest by the harbor basin, in the north- west by the Ajigawa and to the southeast by the Shirinashigawa. On both rivers are publicly operated passenger ferries. On Bentencho station the Ring Line Osaka JR Nishi- Nihon, which runs through the district in the northeast holds. There is also a transfer to the Chuo Line subway Osaka is possible, which further leads to the southwest by the Minato- ku and connects it to the southwest by the Osakako - Sakishima tunnel with the artificial island Sakishima in Suminoe -ku.

Weblink

  • Official website of Minato (Japanese), some information also in English, Korean and Chinese

Abeno -ku | Asahi -ku | Chūō -ku | Fukushima -ku | Higashinari -ku | Higashisumiyoshi -ku | Higashiyodogawa -ku | Hirano -ku | Ikuno -ku | Joto -ku | Kita- ku | Konohana -ku | Minato- ku | Miyakojima -ku | Naniwa -ku | Nishi -ku | Nishinari -ku | Nishiyodogawa -ku | Suminoe -ku | Sumiyoshi -ku | Taishō -ku | Tennoji -ku | Tsurumi -ku | Yodogawa -ku

  • Municipality of Osaka
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