Osaka

:This article is for the city of Osaka. For information about the anime/manga character named Osaka, see Azumanga Daioh.

Attractions

Central Osaka is divided into two sections: Kita (north) and Minami (south). The retail district of Umeda is located in Kita, while the entertainment area around Dotonbori Bridge with its famous giant motorised crab, Triangle Park and Amerikamura ("America Village") is in Minami. Minami is also home to the Shinsaibashi and Ebisubashi shopping districts. The central business district, including the courts and major banks, is primarily located in Yodoyabashi and Hommachi, between Kita and Minami. Business districts have also formed around the city's secondary rail termini, such as Tennoji Station and Kyobashi Station.

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Kita - North - Minami - South - Retail - Umeda - Entertainment - Amerikamura - Shinsaibashi - Ebisubashi - Yodoyabashi - Hommachi - Tennoji Station - Kyobashi Station

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Osaka is known for bunraku (traditional puppet theatre) and kabuki theatre, and for manzai, a more contemporary form of stand-up comedy. Tourist attractions include:

Related Topics:
Bunraku - Kabuki - Manzai - Stand-up comedy - Tourist

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• Ōsaka-jō (Osaka Castle),
• Kaiyukan - an aquarium located in Osaka Bay, containing 35,000 aquatic animals in 14 tanks, the largest of which is the world's largest aquarium tank, holding 5,400 tons of water and housing a variety of sea animals including whale sharks,
• the Shinsekai district and Tsutenkaku Tower,
• numerous amusement parks including Universal Studios Japan, Expoland, and Festival Gate, and,
• for the sanitary-minded, the "Toilets of the World" exhibit in the International Finance Center in Osaka Business Park (OBP), located just north of Osaka Castle park.
• Osaka City Museum
• Nakanoshima Park
• Osaka Municipal Oriental Porcelain Museum
• Osaka Municipal Science Museum
• Osaka Public Nakanoshima Library
• Osaka Central Public Hall
• Osaka Castle
• American Village
• Shin-Kabuki-za
• Namba Grand Kagetsu
• Osaka Prefectural Museum of Kamigata Comedy and Performing Arts
• Ten'noji Park
• Ten'noji Zoo
• Osaka Municipal Art Museum
• Shiten'no Temple
• Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine
• Asia Pacific Trade Center
• WTC Cosmo Tower
• Hiromitsu Ishida's birthplace