Chūō-ku, Osaka

Chūō-ku (中央区, 'Central Ward') is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It has an area of 8.88 km², and a population of 60,085. It houses Osaka's financial district, as well as the Osaka Prefecture offices and principal shopping and tourist areas.

Consulates

Various consulates are found in Chūō-ku. The Consulate-General of South Korea has its own building. Three consulates, Consulate-General of Australia, the Consulate-General of the Netherlands, and the Consulate-General of the Philippines, occupy the twenty-ninth, thirty-third, and twenty-fourth floors, respectively, of the Twin21 MID Tower. The Consulate-General of Canada is on the twelfth floor of the Daisan Shoho Building in Chūō-ku. The Consulate-General of France is on the tenth floor of the Crystal Tower. The Consulate-General of India is on the tenth floor of the Semba I.S. Building. The Consulate-General of Indonesia is on the first floor of the Koike Bldg. The Consulate-General of Singapore is on the fourteenth floor of the Osaka Kokusai Building. The Consulate-General of Thailand is in the first, fourth, and fifth floors of the Bangkok Bank Building. The Consulate-General of the United Kingdom is on the nineteenth floor of the Seiko Osaka Building. The Consulate-General of Vietnam is on the tenth floor of the Estate Bakuro-machi Building.

Facilities

Osaka Prefecture

Osaka Prefectural Government
Osaka Prefectural Police Head Station
- Minami Police Station
- Higashi Police Station
Osaka Contemporary Art Center

Mass media

Broadcasting stations

NHK Osaka Broadcasting Station - Otemae
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation - Shiromi Nichome (Osaka Business Park)
TV Osaka - Otemae

Newspapers

Nihon Keizai Shimbun - Otemae

Economy

Company headquarters

Capcom - Uchihiranomachi
Daimaru
Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma - Dojomachi
Iwatani Corporation - Hommachi
JEX Co., Ltd. - Jekusu Kabushiki-gaisha
Kansai Paint - Imabashi
Kansai Urban Banking Corporation
Keihan Electric Railway Co., Ltd. - Otemae
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. - Dojomachi
Mandom Corporation - Junikencho
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation - Kitahama
Morishita Jintan Co., Ltd. - Morinomiya
Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Nippon Life Insurance Company - Imabashi
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation (NTT West) - Bamba
Ono Pharmaceutical - Kyutaro-machi
Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. - Hiranomachi
Osaka Exchange Inc. - Kitahama
Resona Bank - Bingomachi
Sakura Color Products Corporation - Morinomiya
Shionogi - Dojomachi
Sumitomo Chemical - Kitahama
Sumitomo Life Insurance Company - Shiromi (Osaka Business Park)
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company - Dojomachi
Takenaka Corporation - Hommachi
Teijin - Hommachi
Unitika - Kyutaro-machi

Sumitomo Trust and Banking was headquartered in Kitahama prior to its merger to form Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (now headquartered in Tokyo). Daiwa Bank and Kinki Osaka Bank were headquartered in Chuo-ku prior to their merger to form Resona Bank.

Branch offices

Fuji Fire and Marine Insurance has its Osaka offices in the ward.

Offices of foreign companies

Air China has an office on the 1st floor of the Uchihonmachi Green Building in Chūō-ku. Asiana Airlines operates a sales office on the 18th Floor of the Epson Osaka Building in Chūō-ku.

Landmarks

Amerikamura
Dōtonbori
National Bunraku Theater
Osaka Business Park
Osaka Castle
Shinsaibashi

Railway stations

West Japan Railway Company (JR West): Osaka Loop Line: Morinomiya Station - Osakajo-koen Station
Keihan Electric Railway: Keihan Line: Yodoyabashi Station - Kitahama Station - Temmabashi Station
Kintetsu Railway: Namba Line: Osaka Namba Station - Kintetsu Nippombashi Station
Hanshin Electric Railway: Hanshin Namba Line: Osaka Namba Station
Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line: Namba Station
Osaka Metro: Midosuji Line: Yodoyabashi Station - Hommachi Station - Shinsaibashi Station - Namba Station; Tanimachi Line: Temmabashi Station - Tanimachi Yonchome Station - Tanimachi Rokuchome Station; Chuo Line: Hommachi Station - Sakaisuji-Hommachi Station - Tanimachi Yonchome Station - Morinomiya Station; Sennichimae Line: Namba Station - Nippombashi Station; Sakaisuji Line: Kitahama Station - Nagahoribashi Station; Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line: Shinsaibashi Station - Matsuyamachi Station - Nagahoribashi Station - Tanimachi Rokuchome Station - (Tamatsukuri Station, Tennoji-ku) - Morinomiya Station - Osaka Business Park Station