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

(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

Nakanoshima

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

Nakanoshima

Transportation

Train

Keihan Electric Railway

Keihan Main Line: Yodoyabashi Station, Kitahama Station

Nakanoshima Line: Naniwabashi Station, Ōebashi Station, Watanabebashi Station, Nakanoshima Station Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line: Yodoyabashi Station Yotsubashi Line: Higobashi Station Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line: Fukushima Station JR Tōzai Line: Shin-Fukushima Station

Nakanoshima

Pedestrian road

Nakanoshima Promenade

See also

Hotarumachi

Kita-ku, Osaka

Geography of Osaka