Fukushima-ku, Osaka

Hotarumachi

Fukushima-ku (福島区) is ane o 24 wairds o Osaka ceety, Japan.

The waird is primarily a residential quairter, but haes some office biggins an a commercial destrict, as well as factories an wholesale businesses. In recent years, mony heich rise apairtment biggins an office biggins hae been biggit in this waird, acause it is close tae the Umeda an Dōjima business centres.

As o 2008, the nummer o residents is 63,237. Laund aurie is 4.67 square km. It is bordered bi Yodo River on the north, an Dōjima River on the sooth.

History

This destrict (north pairt o Dōjima) wis a suburban ferm veelage durin the Edo period, an lairge factories, especially textile factories, wur biggit durin the Meiji period. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. wis established in 1918 in Fukushima-ku. Even the day, there are mony printin companies an automobile pairts wholesalers in the waird. Prior tae Warld War II, Osaka University Hospital an Osaka Ceety Central Mercat wis locatit here. Efter Warld War II, mony office biggins wur biggit aroond JR Fukushima station, acause it is close tae Umeda (business centre o wastren Japan). Ither auries o Fukushima-ku wur convertit frae factories intae residential auries an commercial destricts.

In recent years, heich rise apairtment biggins were biggit at mony places in Fukushima-ku. In 2008, Hotarumachi wis redevelopit at the umwhile steid o Osaka University Hospital.

Places o interest

Biggins

City Touer Nishi-Umeda

• City Tower Nishi-Umeda (residential) 177 m heich 50 floors
• The Tower Osaka (residential) 177 m heich 50 floors
• King Mansion Dōjimagawa (residential) 142 m heich 43 floors
• City Tower Osaka Fukushima (residential) 129 m heich 37 floors
• Fukushima Gardens Tower (residential) 118 m heich 34 floors
• Osaka Nakanoshima Combined Government Office Building 115 m hiech 24 floors
• Gate Tower Building, wi pairt o the Hanshin Expresswey goin directly through the 5t through 7t floors o the biggin
• Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
• Laxa Osaka, Hotel Hanshin
• Wiste (shopping centre)

Libraries

• Fukushima Municipal Libraries

Pairks

• Yodo River pairk
• Shimo-fukushima Pairk

Hospitals

• Oska Kouseinenkin Hospital
• Kansai Electric Power Co. Hospital

Depairtment Store

• WISTE, depairtment store

JUSCO supermercat

• Yamada Denki, consumer electronics store
• Kohnan, hardware store

Company Heidquairters

• Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
• Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (radio an TV broadcast)
• Osaka Nikkan Sports (newspaper)

Lairge Factories

• Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma : Osaka Center (Factory, Research centre)
• Shionogi : Research Laboratories
• Toppan Printing : Kansai Division (Office, Printin factory)
• Rengo : Yodogawa Factory (Paper manufactur)
• Fukuyama Transporting : Osaka distribution centre (Truck terminal)

Information an Communication

• NSPIXP-3 (IX) at Softbank IDC

Historical steids

• Fukuzawa Yukichi birthplace (at Hotarumachi)
• Sakaro-no-matsu monument
• Fukushima-tenmangu shrine
• Noda-ebisu-jinjya shrine

Transport links

Rail

• West Japan Railway Company
  • Osaka Loop Line: Fukushima Station) - Noda Station
  • JR Tōzai Line: Shin-Fukushima Station - Ebie Station
• Hanshin Electric Railway
  • Main Line: Fukushima Station - Noda Station - Yodogawa Station
• Osaka Municipal Subway
  • Sennichimae Line: Nodahanshin Station - Tamagawa Station
• Keihan Electric Railway
  • Nakanoshima Line: Nakanoshima Station

Road

• Hanshin Expressway: Kobe Route an Ikeda Route
• Naitional Heich-gate Route 2

Freemit airtins

Media relatit tae Fukushima-ku, Osaka at Wikimedia Commons

• Offeecial wabsteid o Fukushima (in Inglis)