Tennōji-ku, Osaka

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Location of Tennōji-ku in Osaka City

Tennōji (天王寺区, Tennōji-ku^?) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is named after the Shitennō-ji (Temple of the Four Heavenly Kings), which is located in the ward.

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Tennōji Park's atypical beauty in the neighborhood

Shitennō-ji temple

Tennōji Station is the city's main southeastern rail terminal with Osaka Municipal Subway's Tennōji Station Midōsuji Line and Tanimachi Line, JR Tennōji as the terminus of the JR Hanwa Line (and a major stop on the Kyoto Line, Osaka Loop Line, Yamatoji Line and Kansai Airport Line) and the Kintetsu Abenobashi Station, directly across the street from Tennōji station is the terminus of the Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line. Consequently it has become a built up area in southern Osaka. The buildings around the station include, the Kintetsu department store, Mio, Station Plaza, and Hoop shopping malls, Apollo Movie Theater and Lucias department store. It addition, there are several shopping streets in the area including Abenobashisuji.

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In 2011 body parts were found in a bin liner in Higashikozu Park. [1]

[edit] Economy

Aigan, the eyeglasses (spectacles) chain, is headquartered in Tennōji-ku.^[1]

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Shitennō-ji Temple is a historical site only 10 minutes by foot from Tennōji.
Isshin-ji is a temple located between Tennoji Park and Shitennō-ji.
Tennōji Park, (immediately west of the station), includes a museum and Tennōji Zoo.
Chausuyama Kofun is a Kofun located inside Tennōji Park.

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Tennōji itself is home to the Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Tennōji Zoo, the Keitaku-en Japanese garden (built by the Sumitomo Corporation) and the Tennōji Botanical Garden.

There are three major shopping centers right by Tennōji Station: Mio, a hip, upscale mall; Kintetsu Department Store; and Hoop.

The nearby Shinsekai entertainment district was established in the early part of the last century and still teems with scores of eateries. It is overlooked by the Tsutenkaku tower, one of Osaka's most famous symbols.