Tennoji-ku, Osaka
Encyclopedia
is one of 24 wards
of Osaka
, Japan
. It is named after the Shitennō-ji
(Temple of the Four Heavenly Kings
), which is located in the ward.
Tennōji Station
is the city's main southeastern rail terminal with Osaka Municipal Subway's Tennōji Station Midōsuji Line and Tanimachi Line, JR Tennōji as the terminus of the JR Hanwa Line
(and a major stop on the Kyoto Line, Osaka Loop Line, Yamatoji Line and Kansai Airport Line) and the Kintetsu Abenobashi Station, directly across the street from Tennōji station is the terminus of the Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line. Consequently it has become a built up area in southern Osaka
. The buildings around the station include, the Kintetsu department store, Mio, Station Plaza, and Hoop shopping malls, Apollo Movie Theater and Lucias department store. It addition, there are several shopping streets in the area including Abenobashisuji.
There are three major shopping centers right by Tennōji Station: Mio, a hip, upscale mall; Kintetsu Department Store
; and Hoop.
The nearby Shinsekai
entertainment district was established in the early part of the last century and still teems with scores of eateries. It is overlooked by the Tsutenkaku tower
, one of Osaka's most famous symbols.
Wards of Japan
A is a subdivision of one of the cities of Japan that is large enough to have been designated by government ordinance. Wards are used to subdivide each city designated by government ordinance...
of Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It is named after the Shitennō-ji
Shitenno-ji
is a Buddhist temple in Osaka, Japan.Prince Shōtoku is said to have constructed this temple in 593. It is the first Buddhist and oldest officially administered temple in Japan, although the temple buildings have been rebuilt over the centuries. Most of the present structures are from when the...
(Temple of the Four Heavenly Kings
Four Heavenly Kings
In the Buddhist faith, the Four Heavenly Kings are four gods, each of whom watches over one cardinal direction of the world.The Kings are collectively named as follows:...
), which is located in the ward.
General information
Tennoji Station
is a train station on the JR West Osaka Loop Line, Hanwa Line, Yamatoji Line, Osaka Municipal Subway Midōsuji Line, and Tanimachi Line, located in Tennōji-ku and Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan, and is a train station on the tram Hankai Uemachi Line in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan...
is the city's main southeastern rail terminal with Osaka Municipal Subway's Tennōji Station Midōsuji Line and Tanimachi Line, JR Tennōji as the terminus of the JR Hanwa Line
Hanwa Line
The is one of commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company. The line runs between Osaka and Wakayama, Japan and has a 1.7-kilometre branchline in Osaka suburb....
(and a major stop on the Kyoto Line, Osaka Loop Line, Yamatoji Line and Kansai Airport Line) and the Kintetsu Abenobashi Station, directly across the street from Tennōji station is the terminus of the Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line. Consequently it has become a built up area in southern Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
. The buildings around the station include, the Kintetsu department store, Mio, Station Plaza, and Hoop shopping malls, Apollo Movie Theater and Lucias department store. It addition, there are several shopping streets in the area including Abenobashisuji.
Crime
In 2011 body parts were found in a bin liner in Higashikozu Park. http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/part-of-human-leg-found-in-osaka-parkAttractions
- Shitennō-jiShitenno-jiis a Buddhist temple in Osaka, Japan.Prince Shōtoku is said to have constructed this temple in 593. It is the first Buddhist and oldest officially administered temple in Japan, although the temple buildings have been rebuilt over the centuries. Most of the present structures are from when the...
Temple is a historical site only 10 minutes by foot from Tennōji. - Isshin-ji is a templeTempleA temple is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities, such as prayer and sacrifice, or analogous rites. A templum constituted a sacred precinct as defined by a priest, or augur. It has the same root as the word "template," a plan in preparation of the building that was marked out...
located between Tennoji Park and Shitennō-ji. - Tennōji Park, (immediately west of the station), includes a museum and Tennōji ZooTennoji Zoois located at Tennōji Park in Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan, opened on January 1, 1915.The zoo features adjacent savannah zones for herbivorous and carnivorous animals, which are arranged so that the animals appear to be sharing the same space.-Access:...
. - Chausuyama Kofun is a KofunKofunKofun are megalithic tombs or tumuli in Japan, constructed between the early 3rd century and early 7th century. They gave their name to the Kofun period . Many of the Kofun have a distinctive keyhole-shaped mound , unique to ancient Japan...
located inside Tennōji Park.
Entertainment
Tennōji itself is home to the Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Tennōji Zoo, the Keitaku-en Japanese garden (built by the Sumitomo Corporation) and the Tennōji Botanical Garden.There are three major shopping centers right by Tennōji Station: Mio, a hip, upscale mall; Kintetsu Department Store
Kintetsu Department Store
is a department store chain in the Kansai region, Japan. It is headquartered in Abenosuji Itchome, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan.-History:*January, 1920: was opened in front of Kyoto Station.*February, 1920: was founded....
; and Hoop.
The nearby Shinsekai
Shinsekai
Shinsekai , "New World" in English, is an old neighbourhood located next to south Osaka City's downtown "Minami" area. The neighbourhood was created in 1912 with New York as a model for its southern half and Paris for its northern half...
entertainment district was established in the early part of the last century and still teems with scores of eateries. It is overlooked by the Tsutenkaku tower
Tsutenkaku
, lit. "Tower Reaching Heaven", owned by Tsūtenkaku Kanko Co., Ltd. is a well-known landmark of Osaka, Japan and advertises Hitachi. It is located in the Shinsekai district of Naniwa-ku, Osaka....
, one of Osaka's most famous symbols.
Train stations
- West Japan Railway CompanyWest Japan Railway Company, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...
(JR West)- Osaka Loop LineOsaka Loop LineThe is a railway line in Japan operated by West Japan Railway Company . It encircles central Osaka.The second loop line, the Osaka Higashi Line, from Hanaten to Kyuhoji was opened on March 15, 2008, and the line from Shigino to Shin-Ōsaka is planned to open in 2020.-Outline:This loop line consists...
: Tennōji StationTennoji Stationis a train station on the JR West Osaka Loop Line, Hanwa Line, Yamatoji Line, Osaka Municipal Subway Midōsuji Line, and Tanimachi Line, located in Tennōji-ku and Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan, and is a train station on the tram Hankai Uemachi Line in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan...
- Teradachō StationTeradacho Stationis a train station on the West Japan Railway Company Osaka Loop Line serving the wards of Tennōji-ku and Ikuno-ku, in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan....
- Momodani StationMomodani Stationis on the West Japan Railway Company Osaka Loop Line in Tennoji-ku, Osaka, Japan.- Layout :* There are two elevated side platforms with a track each.- Around the station :* the headquarters of * the headquarters of...
- Tsuruhashi StationTsuruhashi Station-Layout:The station on the Kintetsu lines has two island platforms serving four tracks on the second level.-Adjacent stations:-West Japan Railway Company :1-1, Shimoajihara-cho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka-Layout:...
- Tamatsukuri StationTamatsukuri Stationis a railway and subway station in Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is on the Osaka Loop Line of West Japan Railway Company and the Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line of Osaka Municipal Subway.-Lines:*West Japan Railway Company *Osaka Loop Line... - Hanwa LineHanwa LineThe is one of commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company. The line runs between Osaka and Wakayama, Japan and has a 1.7-kilometre branchline in Osaka suburb....
, Kansai Main LineKansai Main LineThe is a Japanese railway line which connects Nagoya Station with JR Namba Station in Osaka. It is jointly run by the Central Japan Railway Company and the West Japan Railway Company with the boundary between both companies being located at Kameyama Station in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture.The section...
(Yamatoji LineYamatoji LineThe is the common name of the western portion of the Kansai Main Line, and the name has been used since March 13, 1988. The electrified portion is one of commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company...
): Tennōji StationTennoji Stationis a train station on the JR West Osaka Loop Line, Hanwa Line, Yamatoji Line, Osaka Municipal Subway Midōsuji Line, and Tanimachi Line, located in Tennōji-ku and Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan, and is a train station on the tram Hankai Uemachi Line in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan...
- Osaka Loop Line
- KintetsuKintetsu, named Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. in English until June 27, 2003, is a Japanese rail transit corporation commonly known as . It is the largest non-JR railway in Japan. Its complex network of lines connects Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Nagoya, Tsu and Ise...
- Osaka Line: Osaka Uehommachi Station - Tsuruhashi StationTsuruhashi Station-Layout:The station on the Kintetsu lines has two island platforms serving four tracks on the second level.-Adjacent stations:-West Japan Railway Company :1-1, Shimoajihara-cho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka-Layout:...
- Osaka Abenobashi Station on the Minami-Osaka Line in Abeno-ku is close to Tennōji Station in Tennōji-ku.
- Osaka Line: Osaka Uehommachi Station - Tsuruhashi Station
- Hankai TramwayHankai Tramwayis a company which owns two tramway lines in the cities of Osaka and Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The parent company is Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.-Now owned:*Hankai Line 14.1 km...
- Hankai Uemachi LineHankai Uemachi LineThe is a tramway line of Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd. in Osaka, Japan.-History:*September 20, 1900 - Osaka Horse Rail Co. from Tennoji-nishimon-mae to Higashi-Tengachaya was opened....
: Tennōji-eki-mae StationTennoji Stationis a train station on the JR West Osaka Loop Line, Hanwa Line, Yamatoji Line, Osaka Municipal Subway Midōsuji Line, and Tanimachi Line, located in Tennōji-ku and Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan, and is a train station on the tram Hankai Uemachi Line in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan...
(Located in Abeno-ku, but close to Tennōji Station in Tennōji-ku.)
- Hankai Uemachi Line
- Osaka Municipal SubwayOsaka Municipal Subwayis the metro network in the city of Osaka, Japan, forming an integral part of the extensive mass transit system of Greater Osaka , having 125 out of the 1,108 rail stations in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto region. In 2010 the greater Osaka region had 13 million rail passengers daily of which the Osaka...
- Tanimachi Line: Tanimachi Kyuchome StationTanimachi Kyuchome Stationis a train station on the two lines of Osaka Municipal Subway in Ikutamamaemachi, Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan. Nicknamed "", the station connects to Osaka Uehommachi Station on the Kintetsu Lines.-History:...
- Shitennoji-mae Yuhigaoka StationShitennoji-mae Yuhigaoka Stationis a train station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Tanimachi Line in Tennoji-ku, Osaka, Japan.-History:*December 17, 1968: "Shitennoji-mae Station" opened.*August 29, 1997: renamed "Shitennoji-mae Yuhigaoka Station".-Layout:...
- Tennōji StationTennoji Stationis a train station on the JR West Osaka Loop Line, Hanwa Line, Yamatoji Line, Osaka Municipal Subway Midōsuji Line, and Tanimachi Line, located in Tennōji-ku and Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan, and is a train station on the tram Hankai Uemachi Line in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan... - Tennōji Station on the Midōsuji Line is located in Abeno-ku, but close to Tennōji-ku.
- Sennichimae Line: Tanimachi Kyuchome Station - Tsuruhashi Station
- Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line: Tamatsukuri Station
- Tanimachi Line: Tanimachi Kyuchome Station