Whole view of Nakanoshima from the east in spring

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.

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 Midosuji 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
Nakanoshima Museum of Art
Science Museum
Osaka International Convention Center

Transportation

Train

Pedestrian road

Nakanoshima Promenade

See also

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