Konohana-ku, Osaka

Konohana-ku (此花区) is one of 24 wards of Osaka city, Japan. It stands at the mouth of the Yodo River. It is home to the popular western-style theme park of Universal Studios Japan. It will be the site of Expo 2025, a World's Fair to be held in 2025.^[1]

Notable people from Konohana-ku, Osaka

Miyavi, Japanese/Zainichi Korean guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer and actor (Real Name: Takamasa Ishihara, Nihongo: 石原崇雅, Ishihara Takamasa)
Masaru Hamaguchi (Nihongo: 濱口優), Japanese comedian and member of Japanese comic duo Yoiko
Ryohei Odai (Nihongo: 小田井涼平), Japanese actor and voice actor (Gundam Seed and Kamen Rider Ryuki)
You Yokoyama (Nihongo: 横山裕), Japanese idol, singer, actor, scriptwriter, radio host, lyricist and member of Kanjani Eight
Yuko Nasaka (Nihongo: 名坂有子), Japanese avant-garde artist
Kasumi Saeki (Nihongo: 佐伯霞), Japanese professional boxer and former WBO mini flyweight world champion

Transportation

Trains

West Japan Railway Company (JR West)

Osaka Loop Line: Nishikujō Station
Sakurajima Line: Nishikujō Station - Ajikawaguchi Station - Universal City Station - Sakurajima Station

Hanshin Electric Railway

Hanshin Namba Line: Nishikujō Station - Chidoribashi Station - Dempō Station

References

^ "Osaka Is World Expo 2025 Host | JAPAN Forward". Japan Forward. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.

External links

Media related to Konohana-ku, Osaka at Wikimedia Commons

Official website of Konohana (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