Chūō-ku, Osaka

, Osaka is ane o 24 wairds o Osaka, Japan. It haes an aurie o 8.88&nbsp;km2, an a population o 60,085. It hooses Osaka's financial destrict, as well as the Osaka Prefectur offices an principal shoppin an tourist auries.

## Consulates
Various consulates are foond in Chūō-ku. The Consulate-General of South Korea haes its awn biggin. Three consulates, Consulate-General o Australie, the Consulate-General o the Netherlands, an the Consulate-General o the Philippines, occupy the twinty-nint, thirty-third, an twinty-fowert floors, respectively, o the Twin21 MID Touer. The Consulate-General o Canadae is on the twalt floor o the Daisan Shoho Building in Chūō-ku. The Consulate-General o Fraunce is on the tent floor o the Crystal Touer. The Consulate-General o Indie is on the tent floor o the Semba I.S. Building. The Consulate-General o Indonesie is on the saxt floor o the Daiwa Bank Semba Building. The Consulate-General o Singapore is on the fowerteent floor o the Osaka Kokusai Building. The Consulate-General o Thailand is in the first, fowert, an fift floors o the Bangkok Bank Building. The Consulate-General o the Unitit Kinrick is on the nineteent floor o the Seiko Osaka Building. The Consulate-General o Vietnam is on the tent floor o the Estate Bakuro-machi Building.

## Facilities
### Osaka Prefectur
*Osaka Prefectural Govrenment
*Osaka Prefectural Polis Heid Station
**Minami Polis Station
**Higashi Polis Station
*Osaka Contemporary Airt Centre

#### Mass media
;Broadcastin stations
*NHK Osaka Broadcasting Station - Otemae
*Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation - Shiromi Nichome (Osaka Business Park)
*TV Osaka - Otemae
;Newspapers
*Nihon Keizai Shimbun - Otemae

## Economy
### Company headquairters
*Capcom
*Sumitomo Life Insurance Company - Shiromi (Osaka Business Pairk)
*Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. - Kitahama
*Takeda Pharmaceutical Company haes its heidquairters in the waird. - Dojomachi
*Takenaka Corporation haes its heidquairters in the ward.
*Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. - Dojomachi
*Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation - Dojomachi
*Shionogi & Co. Ltd. - Dojomachi
*Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. - Dojomachi
*Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
*ITOCHU Corporation - Kyutaromachi
*Iwatani Corporation - Hommachi
*Kansai Urban Banking Corporation
*Keihan Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
*Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
*Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd.
*Nippon Life Insurance Company - Imabashi
*Morishita Jintan Co., Ltd. - Morinomiya
*Sakura Color Products Corporation - Morinomiya
*Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation (NTT West)
*Mandom Corporation - Junikencho
*Teijin Leemitit

When Daimaru wis an unthirlt company, its heidquairters wur in the waird.

### Offices o foreign companies
Air China haes an office on the 1st floor o the Uchihonmachi Green Building in Chūō-ku. Asiana Airlines operates a sales office on the 18t Floor o the Epson Osaka Building in Chūō-ku.

### Landmarks
* Amerikamura
* Dōtonbori
* National Bunraku Theater
* Osaka Business Pairk
* 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
: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 Municipal Subway
: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

## References


## Freemit airtins

*Chuo Waird Offeecial Wab Steid OSAKA CITY 
*大阪市 中央区