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Suminoe-ku, Osaka

Suminoe-ku (住之江区) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan, stretching along the south-west border of the city.

Suminoe-ku, Osaka
Suminoe-ku, Osaka · Saigen Jiro (CC0)
The place

Suminoe-ku (住之江区) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan, stretching along the south-west border of the city. It borders the wards of Minato-ku, Taisho-ku and Nishinari-ku to the north, and Sumiyoshi-ku to the east. It has the largest land area of all the wards in Osaka, and includes about half of the Osaka Bay harbor area.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Suminoe-ku, Osaka

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Yanmar Stadium Nagai

    Nagai Stadium, a.k.a. the Yanmar Stadium Nagai for sponsorship reasons, is a stadium in Osaka, Japan.

    3.3 km · building in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Sumiyoshi Taisha

    Sumiyoshi-taisha, also known as Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is the main shrine of all the Sumiyoshi shrines.

    1 km · Shinto shrine in Osaka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Yodoko Sakura Stadium

    Yanmar Hanasaka Stadium, a.k.a. “Nagai Ballgame Field”, is a stadium located in Nagai Park, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan.

    3.2 km · building in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Row House in Sumiyoshi

    Row House in Sumiyoshi, also called Azuma House, is a personal residence in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan. It was designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando in his early career.

    900 m · building in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Myōkoku-ji Temple

    Myōkoku-ji is a Buddhist temple in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan and one of head temples of the Nichiren Sect. It is known as the location of the 1868 Sakai incident.

    3.1 km · Buddhist temple in Osaka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Sumiyoshi Park

    Sumiyoshi Park is an Osaka prefectural park in Hamaguchi-higashi Itchome, Suminoe-ku, Osaka, Japan. It was registered by Osaka Prefecture in 1873 with Hamadera Park in Nishi-ku, Sakai, and is the oldest park in Osaka.

    600 m · park in Osaka, Japan · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Osaka Museum of Natural History

    Osaka Museum of Natural History is a museum of natural history in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Ōsaka, Japan.

    3.6 km · museum in Japan · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Nagai Botanical Garden

    The Nagai Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located in the southern part of Nagai Park, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan. An admission fee is charged for adults, while middle school students and under are free.

    3.6 km · botanical garden in Osaka, Japan · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Old Sakai Lighthouse

    Sakai Lighthouse is a wooden lighthouse located in Sakai-ku, Sakai Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It claims to be the oldest wooden lighthouse in Japan, and was designated a National Monument in 1972.

    3.6 km · lighthouse in Japan · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Sumiyoshi Angū

    The Sumiyoshi Angū was the location of a temporary palace of the Southern Court during the Nanboku-chō period of Japanese history. It was located in Sumie, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka in the Kansai region of Japan.

    1 km · Shinto shrine in Sumiyoshi district, Japan · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Suminoe-ku, Osaka

Airports
Osaka Itami (ITM), 19 km · Kobe (UKB), 24 km · Kansai (KIX), 30 km
Stations
Hanazonochō Station, 3.9 km · Asaka Station, 3.2 km · Hirabayashi Station, 2.2 km · Tamade Station, 1.8 km · Suminoekōen Station, 1 km
  • Tokushima → Suminoe-ku, Osaka
    103 km · quickest by road, 3h 26m · ¥1,610–2,190
  • Tokoname → Suminoe-ku, Osaka
    129 km · quickest by road, 3h 28m · ¥2,190–2,990
  • Takamatsu → Suminoe-ku, Osaka
    134 km · quickest by road, 3h 59m · ¥2,130–2,910
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Suminoe-ku, Osaka

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Suminoe-ku, Osaka. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inOsaka International Ferry Terminal is in Nankō (南港) in the Osaka Bay Area.
  • Get inThe PanStar Line operates a ferry between Osaka and Busan.
  • Get inThe ferry leaves Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, at 15:10 from both Osaka and Busan and arrives the following day at 10:00.
  • Get inThe ferry holds live musical performances, magic shows, and other entertainment on the run.
  • Get inYou can take your car on the ferry, but there are documentation requirements.

From Wikivoyage: Osaka, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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Around it

Next door to Suminoe-ku, Osaka

Suminoe-ku, Osaka is 3 km from Sakai, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.