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.
Whole view of Nakanoshima from East in Spring.
Landmarks and architecture
Nakanoshima and City Hall
Nakanoshima and its park, part of which is seen towards the left in the central delta. The first building at the extreme left in the delta is the public hall, followed in order toward the right by the city public library, the city hall and the Osaka branch of the Bank of Japan. The street in front of the bank is part of the Mido Suji Boulevard -- 1930.
(from east to west)
- Nakanoshima Park
- Rose garden
- 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
- Science Museum
- Osaka International Convention Center
Transportation
Train
Pedestrian road
- Nakanoshima Promenade
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