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Minato (港区, Minato-ku) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It has an area of 7.9 km, and a population of 84,961. Literally translated, Minato-ku means "Harbor Ward".

Landmarks

• Kaiyukan (Osaka Aquarium)
• Port of Osaka
• Tempozan Harbor Village
• Modern Transportation Museum
• ORC 200

Mass media

• Radio Osaka (ORC 200 Building, Benten)

Train stations

West Japan Railway Company (JR West)

Osaka Loop Line

Bentencho Station

Osaka Metro

Chūō Line

Osakako Station - Asashiobashi Station - Bentencho Station

Notable people from Minato-ku, Osaka

• Hideo Nomo, Japanese former baseball pitcher
• Kaori Kozai, Japanese enka singer
• Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress
• Ryōma Nishikawa, Japanese baseball player
• Tadao Ando, Japanese architect, Pritzker Prize winner

External links

Media related to Minato-ku, Osaka at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website of Minato (in English)

v t e 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
Sakai	Wards Higashi Kita Naka Nishi Mihara Minami Sakai
Core cities	Higashiōsaka Hirakata Neyagawa Suita Takatsuki Toyonaka Yao
Special cities	Ibaraki Kishiwada
Cities	Daitō Fujiidera Habikino Hannan Ikeda Izumi Izumiōtsu Izumisano Kadoma Kaizuka Kashiwara Katano Kawachinagano Matsubara Minoh Moriguchi Ōsakasayama Sennan Settsu Shijōnawate Takaishi Tondabayashi
Districts	Minamikawachi District Chihayaakasaka Kanan Taishi Mishima District Shimamoto Senboku District Tadaoka Sennan District Kumatori Misaki Tajiri Toyono District Nose Toyono
List of mergers in Osaka Prefecture; Note: ☆ - Cities to become core cities

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