- Abeno-ku, Osaka
Abeno (阿倍野区, "-ku") is one of 24 wards of
Osaka ,Japan . It is located in southern Osaka city and has a population of over 107,000. In the northern part of Abeno, Abenobashi, there is the Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line which terminates at Abenobashi Station, theMidōsuji Line andTanimachi Line of the Osaka Municipal Subway atTennoji Station , and the Hankai Tramway's Uemachi Line which terminates at Tennoji-eki-mae Station. The Abenobashi area of Abeno is a commercial area where department stores and movie theatres are located.History
When Osaka city increased its number of wards from 15 to 22 on the
1 April 1943 , Sumiyoshi ward was divided into three "new" wards, one of which was Abeno, the others being Higashi-Sumiyoshi ward and Sumiyoshi ward. There are varying theories as to the origin of the name "Abeno". One is that it was the name of a powerful family-clan in ancient Japan, another suggests it might come from one of Yamabe no Akahito's songs in Man'yōshū, and another theory suggests it might come from the "amabe" in Higashi-narigun-amabe-gou, an ancient place name. The theory of the powerful family-clan name holds strongest.Train stations located in Abeno-ku
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West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
**Hanwa Line :Bishoen Station -Minami-Tanabe Station -Tsurugaoka Station
*Kintetsu
**Minami-Osaka Line:Osaka Abenobashi Station -Koboreguchi Station
*Hankai Tramway
**Uemachi Line:Tennoji-eki-mae Station -Abeno Station -Matsumushi Station -Higashi-Tengachaya Station -Kitabatake Station -Himematsu Station
*Osaka Municipal Subway
**Midōsuji Line :Tennoji Station - Showacho Station -Nishitanabe Station
**Tanimachi Line :Abeno Station -Fuminosato Station External links
* [http://www.city.osaka.jp/abeno/english/index.html Official website of Abeno] en icon
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