Nakanoshima

Nakanoshima

The Edo period that had been called Osaka a kitchen in the whole country came to line with the warehouse residence in each clan to use the Dojima river in old Yodogawa and Tosa Horikawa's water transportation, and for goods of nationwide various places to gather in here. These warehouse residences were sold, the school and the hospital including not only the role as Osaka's commerce and the center of the business but also cultural facilities and the Osaka empire universities (present and Osaka University) such as libraries and public halls were constructed, and to the Meiji era the place of dispatch of information and the culture in modern Osaka.

The development of the west was later for the east part though the vicinity of Nakanoshima was a business street where Osaka was represented. However, the move from suburbs of National Museum of Art, Osaka etc. are advanced to the development of the Osaka University site, the international congress center, and the construction of the Osaka municipal science pavilion, the Keihan Nakanoshima line is constructed additionally, and the redevelopment of the surrounding is active in recent years. The center of economy and the politics of Osaka though not introduced so much in the television.

Nakanoshima Park is a valuable park in the central area of Tokyo, and the rosery is famous. Moreover, a lot of events are held, and the Renaissance of the Nakanoshima festival and light is held every year.

Osaka umeda

Umeda (梅田) is a commercial district in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, best known as the city's main northern railway terminus (Osaka Station, Umeda Station). Umeda is the large traffic hub, as well as an office and hotel district. It is especially a street lined with large buildings at West-Umeda, Dojima and Nakanoshima, with over 40 skyscrapers in the district. Umeda is also known for shopping: three of the city's largest department stores (Hanshin, Hankyu, and Daimaru) are located there, as well as several shopping malls, such as Diamor Osaka, HEP Five, HEP Navio, and Whity Osaka.

The district's name means "ume field". It was originally written as "buried field" (埋田), because the area had been agricultural and was filled in to accommodate the new train station in the 1870s. There are several theories as to why the kanji changed, although most people seem to believe that the old characters merely carried a negative connotation.

EXPO'70 COMMEMORATIVE PARK

The tower in the sun was left in Expo Memorial Park being built as a symbol of the theme pavilion of the Osaka Expo, and continuously after the Expo had ended. It is one of the most important works of Taro Okamoto.
The height of the tower is 70m, the diameter of the bottom is 20m, the diameter of the face is 11m, and it has three faces of the black face (The past is shown) drawn in the face (Present is shown) in the face of upper gold (The future is shown) and the front body part and the backs.
Address: Osaka Prefecture Suita City Chisato Expo park 1-1