is one of the 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It contains some shopping and entertainment areas, such as Tamade. It lies directly south of the Namba transport hub and extends further south toward Sumiyoshi Park. It is served by the Nankai Railway lines as well as the Yotsubashi and Sakaisuji subway lines. Nishinari-ku is also home to a number of shitamachi ("lower-town") shopping streets, increasingly a rarity in fast-developing urban Japan. Kamagasaki in Nishinari-ku is home to many day-laborers and most of the homeless people in Osaka.[1]
Nishinari has a historical reputation for being "sketchy and dangerous",[2] but it is currently undergoing gentrification.[2]
Two designated yakuza groups, the Sakaume-gumi and the Azuma-gumi, are based in Nishinari.[3]
Dobutsuen-mae Station, Tengachaya Station
Hanazonocho Station, Kishinosato Station, Tamade Station
Shin-Imamiya Station, Tengachaya Station, Kishinosatotamade Station
Shin-Imamiya Station, Haginochaya Station, Tengachaya Station, Kishinosatotamade Station
Kizugawa Station, Tsumori Station, Nishi-Tengachaya Station, Kishinosatotamade Station
Minamikasumicho Station, Imaike Station, Imafune Station, Matsudacho Station, Kitatengachaya Station, Shotenzaka Station, Tenjinnomori Station, Higashitamade Station, Tsukanishi Station
Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Osaka City Board of Education. The public high schools are operated by the Osaka Prefectural Board of Education.