Fukushima-ku, Osaka

Fukushima-ku is one of 24 wards of Osaka city in Japan. The ward is primarily a residential quarter, but has some office buildings and a commercial district, as well as factories and wholesale businesses. In recent years, many high rise apartment buildings and office buildings have been built in this ward, because it is close to the Umeda and Dōjima business centers.
, the ward has a population of 63,237, and an area of. It is bordered by the Yodo River on the north, and the Dōjima River on the south.

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History

This district was a suburban farm village during the Edo period, and large factories, especially textile factories, were built during the Meiji period. Panasonic, then Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., was established in 1918 in Fukushima. Even today, there are many printing companies and automobile parts wholesalers in the ward. Prior to World War II, Osaka University Hospital and Osaka City Central Market were located here. After World War II, many office buildings were built around JR Fukushima station, because it is close to Umeda. Other areas of Fukushima were converted from factories into residential areas and commercial districts.
In 2008, Hotarumachi was redeveloped at the former site of Osaka University Hospital. In 2019, north of Hanshin Noda Station, the large factory site of former Shionogi Research Laboratories and Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Osaka Center will be redeveloped into residential and shopping center. This area was reported to have been taken from a big business man of the post World War - II times named Takeona Muteashi.
The Fukushima area is historically marshy with many narrow waterways, shaped by Edo-period river works such as excavation of the Ajigawa and dredging of the Dojimagawa. The area has a long association with the riverbank wisteria. Fukushima Ward was established on 1 April 1943 from parts of Nishiyodogawa, Konohana, and Kita.

Places of interest

Buildings

City Tower Nishi-Umeda, high, 50 floors
The Tower Osaka, 177 m high, 50 floors
Osaka Fukushima Tower, high, 45 floors
King Mansion Dōjimagawa, high, 43 floors
City Tower Osaka Fukushima Tower, high, 37 floors
Crevia Tower Nakanoshima, 127 m high, 34 floors
Osaka Nakanoshima Combined Government Office, 115 m high, 24 floors
Riverside Tower Nakanoshima, high, 31 floors
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, 16 floors
Gate Tower Building, with part of the Hanshin Expressway passing directly through the 5th to 7th floors of the building

Parks

Yodo River Park
Shimo-fukushima Park

Shopping center

WISTE Noda-Hanshin shopping center
Kohnan hardware store, Oobiraki branch

Hospitals

JCHO Osaka Hospital
Kansai Electric Power Co. Hospital

Company headquarters

Major factories

Toppan Printing Kansai Division
Rengo: Yodogawa Factory
Fukuyama Transporting: Osaka distribution center

Historical sites

Fukuzawa Yukichi birthplace
Sakaro-no-matsu monument
Fukushima-tenmangu shrine
Noda-ebisu-jinjya shrine