Namba

Template:Short description Template:About Template:Redirect Template:More citations needed Template:Expand language Template:Infobox place Namba (Template:Langx, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a district in Chūō and Naniwa wards of Osaka, Japan. It is regarded as the center of Osaka's Minami (ja:ミナミ, "South") region.<ref name="Minami">Template:Cite book</ref> Its name came from a variation of Naniwa, the former name of Osaka. Namba hosts some of the city's main south-central railway terminals, as JR, Kintetsu, Nankai, Hanshin, and three Osaka Metro subway lines all have stations within this region.

Railway stations

Namba Station

●Nankai Electric Railway

●Nankai Line

●Koya Line

Osaka Metro

●Midōsuji Line (M20)

●Yotsubashi Line (Y15)

●Sennichimae Line (S16)

JR Namba Station

●JR West

●Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line)

Ōsaka Namba Station

●Kintetsu

Namba Line (through service to the Nara Line)

●Hanshin Railway

●Hanshin Namba Line