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Namba
Chōme
Nankai Namba Station & Takashimaya Osaka Department Store
Namba Show map of Osaka Prefecture Namba Show map of Japan
Coordinates: 34°39′57″N 135°39′04″E / 34.66583°N 135.65111°E / 34.66583; 135.65111
Country	Japan
Prefecture	Osaka
City	Osaka
Ward	Chūō

Namba ( Japanese: 難波, IPA: [namba]) is a district in Chūō and Naniwa wards of Osaka, Japan. It is regarded as the center of Osaka's Minami ( ja:ミナミ, "South") region. ^[1] Its name came from a variation of Naniwa, the former name of Osaka. Namba hosts some of the city's main south-central railway terminals, as JR, Kintetsu, Nankai, Hanshin, and three Osaka Metro subway lines all have stations within this region.

Railway stations

Namba Station

● Nankai Electric Railway

● Nankai Line

● Koya Line

Osaka Metro

● Midōsuji Line (M20)

● Yotsubashi Line (Y15)

● Sennichimae Line (S16)

JR Namba Station

● JR West

● Kansai Main Line ( Yamatoji Line)

Ōsaka Namba Station

● Kintetsu

Namba Line (through service to the Nara Line)

● Hanshin Railway

● Hanshin Namba Line

References

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Minami - Osaka.