# 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 km$^2$, 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 [jp] 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

## Education
### University and Colleges

* Osaka Dental University Temmabashi Campus
* Osaka University of Economics Kitahama Campus
* Osaka Jogakuin Junior College
* Osaka Jogakuin University
* Hannan University Yodoyabashi Satellite Campus

### Secondary Education
#### Private schools

* Osaka Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School in Tamatsukuri [ja]

## Notable people from Chūō-ku, Osaka

* Akinobu Okada, Japanese professional baseball player and manager
* Isuzu Yamada, Japanese stage and screen actress
* Koji Imada, Japanese musician, comedian and TV presenter
* Kosuke Gomi, Japanese novelist
* Kyū Sazanka, Japanese actor
* Naomi Osaka, Japanese tennis player
* Nakamura Ganjirō II, Japanese kabuki and film actor
* Ōnishiki Uichirō, Japanese professional sumo wrestler
* Sanjugo Naoki, Japanese novelist
* Tokuzō Tanaka, Japanese film director
* Toyoko Yamasaki, Japanese novelist
* Yoko Akino, Japanese actress
* Yusuke Hagihara, Japanese astronomer