Nishinari-ku, Osaka

Nishinari-ku (西成区) is ane o the 24 wairds o Osaka, Japan. It contains some shoppin an entertainment auries, such as Shinsekai an Tamade. It lies directly sooth o the Namba transport hub an extends further sooth toward Sumiyoshi Park. It is servit bi the Nankai Railway lines as well as the Yotsubashi an Sakaisuji subwey lines. Nishinari-ku is hame tae a nummer o 'shitamachi' ("lower-town") shoppin streets, increasingly a rarity in fast-developin urban Japan. Kamagasaki in Nishinari-ku is hame tae a lairge nummer o day-laborers an maist o the hameless fowk in Osaka.^[1]

Twa designatit yakuza groups, the Sakaume-gumi an the Azuma-gumi, are based in Nishinari.^[2]

• Osaka Loop Line: Shin-Imamiya Station

• Midōsuji Line: Dobutsuen-mae Station
• Sakaisuji Line: Dobutsuen-mae Station, Tengachaya Station
• Yotsubashi Line: Hanazonocho Station, Kishinosato Station, Tamade Station

• Nankai Main Line: Shin-Imamiya Station, Tengachaya Station, Kishinosatotamade Station
• Kōya Line: Shin-Imamiya Station, Haginochaya Station, Tengachaya Station, Kishinosatotamade Station
• Shiomibashi Line: Kizugawa Station, Tsumori Station, Nishi-Tengachaya Station, Kishinosatotamade Station

• Hankai Line: Minamikasumicho Station, Imaike Station, Imafune Station, Matsudacho Station, Kitatengachaya Station, Shotenzaka Station, Tenjinnomori Station, Higashitamade Station, Tsukanishi Station

Public elementary an junior heich schuils are operatit bi the Osaka Ceety Buird o Education. The public heich schuils are operatit bi the Osaka Prefectural Buird o Education.