Shinsekai
Sign in to saveis a neighbourhood located next to south Osaka City's downtown "Minami" area. The neighbourhood was created in 1912 with New York (specifically, Coney Island) as a model for its southern half and Paris for its northern half. At this location, a Luna Park amusement park operated from 1912 until it closed in 1923. The centrepiece of the neighbourhood was Tsutenkaku Tower (the "tower reaching to heaven").
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Shinsekai
- Settlement.native_name
- 新世界
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ja
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Area
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Shinsekai and Tsutenkaku at night 2019-04-12.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Tsutenkaku Tower is a prominent landmark in Shinsekai
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Japan
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- City
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Osaka
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- Metric
- Settlement.population_density_km2
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History and reputation
- Attractions
- Tsutenkaku Tower
- Access
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
is a neighbourhood located next to south Osaka City's downtown "Minami" area. The neighbourhood was created in 1912 with New York (specifically, Coney Island) as a model for its southern half and Paris for its northern half. At this location, a Luna Park amusement park operated from 1912 until it closed in 1923. The centrepiece of the neighbourhood was Tsutenkaku Tower (the "tower reaching to heaven").
It is located on the northern border of Nishinari, one of Japan's poorest areas.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shinsekai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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