Naniwa-ku (浪速区) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It has an area of 4.37 km2, and a population of 51,567. Largely a residential area itself, Naniwa-ku...

Buddhist temples in Japan. Ōsaka means "large hill" or "large slope". It is unclear when this name gained prominence over Naniwa, but the oldest written...

West. to make an official debut. The name "Naniwa" refers to the old name of Osaka (also name of a ward in Osaka). In just 4 months they sold 1.14 million...

fusion group Naniwa-kyō, the place that became the modern Japanese city of Osaka Naniwa-ku, Osaka, one of the 24 wards of Osaka City, Japan Naniwa Kin'yūdō...

freelance voice actress and singer from Naniwa-ku, Osaka. She often voices boyish girls and boys. Having grown up in Osaka, she has also voiced characters who...

antiquity, Osaka Bay stretched almost to Kyoto, Naniwa, Osaka's oldest settlement, itself a peninsula in the bay. Several islands at the south end of Osaka Bay...

"Minatomachi River Place" in Minato, Naniwa, Osaka, in use since July 22, 2002. Its previous studios was at the Asahi Shimbun Osaka Headquarters building in Nakanoshima...

its name to Osaka School of the Fine Arts (大阪美術学校, Ōsaka Bijutsu Gakkō) in 1957, and then to Naniwa University of the Arts (浪速芸術大学, Naniwa Geijutsu Daigaku)...

Naniwa Nagara-Toyosaki Palace (難波長柄豊碕宮, Naniwa-no-Nagara-no-Toyosaki-no-miya), is a historical palace which was located in present-day central Osaka, Japan...

and Naniwa wards of Osaka, Japan. It is regarded as the center of Osaka's Minami (ja:ミナミ, "South") region. Its name came from a variation of Naniwa, the...

The bombing of Osaka (大阪大空襲, Ōsaka daikūshū) during the Pacific War was part of the strategic bombing air raids on Japan campaign waged by the United...

Naniwa-kyō (難波京) is a historical Japanese capital city, which was located in present-day central Osaka city. Traces of ancient palaces in Naniwa were found...

railway station on the Osaka Metro Sennichimae Line and the Hanshin Railway Hanshin Namba Line in Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan. Osaka Metro Sennichimae Line...

Daikokuchō-eki) is a railway station on the Osaka Metro in Shikitsu-higashi Sanchome, Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan. Osaka Metro Midōsuji Line (Station Number: M21)...

Osaka Elegy (Japanese: 浪華悲歌, Hepburn: Naniwa Erejī, lit. "Naniwa Elegy") is a 1936 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It forms a diptych...

Osaka Prefecture (大阪府, Ōsaka-fu, pronounced [oːsaka ɸɯ]) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population...

Asuka Uehara and her 19-year-old sister, Chihiro, with a knife, in Naniwa, Osaka. He then set fire to their apartment and fled. The two victims had never...

Liberty Osaka (formerly the Osaka Human Rights Museum) was a museum dedicated to human rights situated in Naniwa-ku, a ward in south Osaka City. As the...

on 24 March 2011, and was hanged on 26 July 2022. 2008 Osaka movie theatre fire 16 Naniwa, Osaka Kazuhiro Ogawa set a pornographic video theater on fire...

whom he has two children. Hamada was born near Daikokucho Station in Naniwa-ku, Osaka to Kengoro and Nobuko Hamada. His family moved to Amagasaki, Hyōgo...

Fujisaburō was born on July 27, 1903, to a wealthy family in the Naniwa-ku, Osaka. Although he spent a large part of his childhood in Nara, he experienced...

February 1847 – 17 February 1917) was a Japanese painter. Shohin was born in Ōsaka Prefecture in 1847. Shohin was appointed an Imperial household artist —...

every day. Aqualiners (Water bus) Naniwa 2 (なにわ2号, Naniwa Ni-gō) Naniwa 3 (なにわ3号, Naniwa San-gō) Naniwa 5 (なにわ5号, Naniwa Go-gō) Aqua Mini boats (Small water...

materials between Osaka and Edo (now Tokyo), up the coast. Materials transported included cotton, oil, paper and medicines. The name Naniwa Maru comes from...

Osaka Stadium (Japanese: 大阪球場), owned by Osaka Stadium Corporation (大阪スダヂアム興業株式会社), was a stadium in Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan. It opened in 1950, with...

as Naniwa University (浪速大学: Naniwa is the classical name for Osaka) by mingling several national and public technical colleges. Among them was Osaka National...

of Osaka, Japan. 211 CE – Sumiyoshi taisha (shrine) founded. 593 CE – Shitennō-ji (temples) founded. 645 CE – Capital of Japan relocated to Naniwa-kyō;...

Osaka, Japan, and is part of the Osaka University of Arts network. The Junior College was founded in 1951 as Naniwa Gaikokugo Tanki Daigaku by Hideyo...

and tarento who is a member of Japanese idol group Naniwa Danshi. Michieda Shunsuke was born in Osaka, Japan. His mother is a big fan of SMAP, so he grew...

development of Japanese-made aircraft. Itô was born in 1891 in southern Osaka. He worked for the Sadojima Firm after finishing primary school, but gained...