Nishinari-ku, Osaka

Coordinates: 34°38′6″N 135°29′40″E / 34.63500°N 135.49444°E / 34.63500; 135.49444
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Location of Nishinari-ku in Osaka City
homeless people in Osaka.[1]

Crime and safety

Airin Riot in 1961

Nishinari has a historical reputation for being "sketchy and dangerous",[2] but it is currently undergoing gentrification.[2]

Two designated yakuza groups, the Sakaume-gumi and the Azuma-gumi, are based in Nishinari.[3]

Transport

West Japan Railway Company

Osaka Metro

Nankai Railway

  • Kishinosatotamade Station
  • Kishinosatotamade Station
  • Kishinosatotamade Station

Hankai Railway

  • 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.

Notable people

Nishinari Ward Office

See also

References

  1. Japan Times
    , December 8, 2009, p. 3.
  2. ^ a b "Nishinari, the slum of Osaka, now at risk of gentrification after becoming a tourist hotspot". January 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "2010 Police White Paper Chapter 2 : Furtherance of Organized Crime Countermeasures", 2010, National Police Agency (in Japanese)

External links

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