is one of the 24
wards of
Osaka, Japan. It contains some shopping and entertainment areas, such as
Shinsekai and Tamade. It lies directly south of the
Namba transport hub and extends further south toward
Sumiyoshi Park. It is served by the
Nankai Railway lines as well as the Yotsubashi and Sakaisuji subway lines. Nishinari-ku is also home to a number of
shitamachi ("lower-town") shopping streets, increasingly a rarity in fast-developing urban Japan.
Kamagasaki in Nishinari-ku is home to a large number of day-laborers and most of the
homeless people in Osaka.