Nishinari-ku, Osaka
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File:Rooftops in Osaka.jpg{{nihongo|Nishinari-ku|西成区}} is one of the 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It contains some shopping and entertainment areas, such as Tamade. It lies directly south of the Namba transport hub and extends further south toward Sumiyoshi Park. It is served by the Nankai Railway lines as well as the Yotsubashi and Sakaisuji subway lines. Nishinari-ku is also home to a number of shitamachi ("lower-town") shopping streets, increasingly a rarity in fast-developing urban Japan. Kamagasaki in Nishinari-ku is home to many day-laborers and most of the homeless people in Osaka.Johnston, Eric, "[http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20091208i1.html NISHINARI WARD: In Osaka, a place the homeless call home: Nishinari draws in the forsaken of the nation]", Japan Times, December 8, 2009, p. 3.
Crime and safety
Nishinari has a historical reputation for being "sketchy and dangerous",{{cite web | url=https://japantoday.com/category/features/travel/nishinari-the-slum-of-osaka-now-at-risk-of-gentrification-after-becoming-a-tourist-hotspot |date=January 18, 2020 | title=Nishinari, the slum of Osaka, now at risk of gentrification after becoming a tourist hotspot }} but it is currently undergoing gentrification.
Two designated yakuza groups, the Sakaume-gumi and the Azuma-gumi, are based in Nishinari.[http://www.npa.go.jp/hakusyo/h22/honbun/pdf/22p02000.pdf "2010 Police White Paper Chapter 2 : Furtherance of Organized Crime Countermeasures"], 2010, National Police Agency {{in lang|ja}}
Transport
=West Japan Railway Company=
=Osaka Metro=
=Nankai Railway=
=Hankai Railway=
- Hankai Line: Minamikasumicho Station, Imaike Station, Imafune Station, Matsudacho Station, Kitatengachaya Station, Shotenzaka Station, Tenjinnomori Station, Higashitamade Station, Tsukanishi Station
Education
Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Osaka City Board of Education. The public high schools are operated by the Osaka Prefectural Board of Education.
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=Elementary schools=
- Imamiya Elementary School
- Kishinosato Elementary School
- Kitatsumori Elementary School
- Koji Elementary School
- Senbon Elementary School
- Tachibana Elementary School
- Tamade Elementary School
- Tsumori Elementary School
- Tengachaya Elementary School
- Nagahashi Elementary School
- Haginochaya Elementary School
- Bainan Elementary School
- Matsunomiya Elementary School
- Minamitsumori Elementary School
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=Junior high schools=
- Imamiya Junior High School
- Tsurumibashi Junior High School
- Tengachaya Junior High School
- Seinan Junior High School
- Bainan Junior High School
- Tamade Junior High School
=High schools=
- Imamiya Technical High School
- Nishinari High School
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Notable people
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- Yoshie Kashiwabara, singer
- Yashiki Takajin, singer and television personality
- Kiichi Kunimoto, mixed martial artist
See also
- Kamagasaki, Day Laborers' District
- Tobita Shinchi, brothel district
References
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External links
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- [http://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/contents/wdu020/nishinari/english/ Official website of Nishinari] {{in lang|en}}
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