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Minato-ku, Osaka

Minato (港区, Minato-ku) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It has an area of 7.9 km², and a population of 84,961. Literally translated, Minato-ku means "Harbor Ward".

Landmarks

Kaiyukan (Osaka Aquarium)
Port of Osaka
Tempozan Harbor Village
Modern Transportation Museum
ORC 200

Mass media

Radio Osaka (ORC 200 Building, Benten)

Train stations

West Japan Railway Company (JR West)

Osaka Loop Line

Bentencho Station

Osaka Metro

Chūō Line

Osakako Station - Asashiobashi Station - Bentencho Station

Notable people from Minato-ku, Osaka

Hideo Nomo, Japanese former baseball pitcher
Kaori Kozai, Japanese enka singer
Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress
Ryōma Nishikawa, Japanese baseball player
Tadao Ando, Japanese architect, Pritzker Prize winner

External links

Media related to Minato-ku, Osaka at Wikimedia Commons

Official website of Minato (in English)

Osaka Prefecture

Osaka (capital)

Osaka

Wards	Abeno Asahi Chūō Fukushima Higashinari Higashisumiyoshi Higashiyodogawa Hirano Ikuno Jōtō Kita Konohana Minato Miyakojima Naniwa Nishi Nishinari Nishiyodogawa Suminoe Sumiyoshi Taishō Tennōji Tsurumi Yodogawa