Abeno-ku ( 阿倍野区 ) 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, the Midōsuji Line and Tanimachi Line of the Osaka Municipal Subway at Tennoji 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. Abeno is a home for Sharp Corporation ( Nagaike-cho ).
4-587: Eastern Building: 17 above ground, 1 underground Abeno Harukas ( あべのハルカス ) is a multi-purpose commercial facility in Abenosuji Itchome, Abeno-ku , Osaka , Japan. It consists of the New Annex, Eastern Annex and a supertall skyscraper, Abeno Harukas. The building is 300 m (984 ft) tall and has 62 floors; it was the tallest building in Japan from 2014 to 2023, until Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower seized
8-722: 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. [REDACTED] Media related to Abeno-ku, Osaka at Wikimedia Commons 34°38′20.3″N 135°31′6.57″E / 34.638972°N 135.5184917°E / 34.638972; 135.5184917 This Osaka Prefecture location article
12-510: The title. The facility is the planned alternative station building of Ōsaka Abenobashi Station , the terminal of Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line . It contains Kintetsu Department Store Main Store Abeno Harukas, Marriott International hotel, university campuses and Sharp Corporation sales office. Its floor space is around 100,000 m (1,100,000 sq ft), making it one of the biggest department stores in Japan. Construction
16-443: Was completed on March 7, 2014. The name of the skyscraper "Abeno Harukas" comes from the old Japanese word "晴るかす" ( harukasu ). It means "to brighten, to clear up". Abeno-ku, Osaka When Osaka city increased its number of wards from 15 to 22 on April 1, 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
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