Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Tennōji (天王寺区, Tennōji-ku) is ane o 24 wairds o Osaka, Japan. It is namit efter the Shitennō-ji (Temple o the Fower Heavenly Keengs), which is locatit in the waird.

Location of Tennōji-ku in Osaka Ceety

General information

Shitennō-ji temple

Tennōji Station is the ceety's main sootheastren rail terminal wi Osaka Municipal Subway's Tennōji Station Midōsuji Line an Tanimachi Line, JR Tennōji as the terminus o the JR Hanwa Line (an a major stop on the Kyoto Line, Osaka Loop Line, Yamatoji Line an Kansai Airport Line) an the Kintetsu Abenobashi Station, directly athort the street frae Tennōji station is the terminus o the Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line. Consequently it haes become a built up area in soothren Osaka. The biggins aroond the station include, the Kintetsu depairtment store, Mio, Station Plaza, an Hoop shoppin maws, Apollo Movie Theater an Lucias depairtment store. It addition, thare are several shoppin streets in the aurie includin Abenobashisuji.

Creeme

In 2011 body parts wur foond in a bin liner in Higashikozu Pairk. [1]

Economy

Aigan, the eyeglasses (spectacles) chain, is heidquairtered in Tennōji-ku.

Attractions

• Shitennō-ji Temple is a historical steid anerlie 10 minutes bi fuit frae Tennōji.
• Isshin-ji is a temple locatit atween Tennoji Pairk an Shitennō-ji.
• Tennōji Pairk, (immediately wast o the station), includes a museum an Tennōji Zoo.
• Chausuyama Kofun is a Kofun locatit inside Tennōji Pairk.

Entertainment

Tennōji itsel is hame tae the Osaka Municipal Museum o Airt, Tennōji Zoo, the Keitaku-en Japanese garden (built bi the Sumitomo Corporation) an the Tennōji Botanical Garden.

There are three major shoppin centres richt bi Tennōji Station: Mio, a hip, upscale maw; Kintetsu Department Store; an Hoop.

The nearbi Shinsekai entertainment destrict wis established in the early pairt o the last century an still teems wi scores o eateries. It is owerleukit bi the Tsutenkaku touer, ane o Osaka's maist famous seembols.

Train stations

JR Tennōji Station

• West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
  • Osaka Loop Line: Tennōji Station - Teradachō Station - Momodani Station - Tsuruhashi Station - Tamatsukuri Station
  • Hanwa Line, Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line): Tennōji Station
• Kintetsu
  • Osaka Line: Osaka Uehommachi Station - Tsuruhashi Station
  • Osaka Abenobashi Station on the Minami-Osaka Line in Abeno-ku is close tae Tennōji Station in Tennōji-ku.
• Hankai Tramway
  • Hankai Uemachi Line: Tennōji-eki-mae Station (Locatit in Abeno-ku, but close to Tennōji Station in Tennōji-ku.)
• Osaka Municipal Subway
  • Tanimachi Line: Tanimachi Kyuchome Station - Shitennoji-mae Yuhigaoka Station - Tennōji Station
  • Tennōji Station on the Midōsuji Line is locatit in Abeno-ku, but close tae Tennōji-ku.
  • Sennichimae Line: Tanimachi Kyuchome Station - Tsuruhashi Station
  • Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line: Tamatsukuri Station

Freemit airtins

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