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  Namba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Namba is best known as the city's main south-central railway terminus: JR, Kintetsu, the Nankai Railway, and three lines of the Osaka Municipal Subway have stations there.
Namba is also known as an entertainment district, and hosts many of the city's most popular bars, restaurants, nightclubs, arcades, and pachinko parlors.
Namba Parks is a new development consisting of a high office building, called "Parks Tower," and a 120-tenant shopping mall with rooftop garden.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Namba   (268 words)

  
 FuturArc - Namba Parks (Editorial Staff)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Namba Parks, a new lifestyle centre, inserts a much-needed natural amenity into Osaka's dense urban core.
Namba Parks' retail and entertainment venues are accessed through a "figure 8" circulation path that ascends through the canyon interior up the sloped park plane.
At the centre of the project is the "grand plaza", a three-storey tactile and organic space embellished with greenery, foliage and water to rejuvenate the spirit.
www.futurarc.cn /en/issue4/article24.htm   (724 words)

  
 Osaka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Osaka city was originally named Naniwa (難波), a name which still exists as the names of districts in central Osaka as Naniwa (浪速) and Namba (難波).
The retail district of Umeda (梅田) is located in Kita, while the entertainment area around Dotonbori Bridge with its famous giant motorised crab, Triangle Park and Amerikamura ("America Village") is in Minami.
Kaiyukan (海遊館) - an aquarium located in Osaka Bay, containing 35,000 aquatic animals in 14 tanks, the largest of which is the world's largest aquarium tank, holding 5,400 tons of water and housing a variety of sea animals including whale sharks,
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Osaka   (1296 words)

  
 Naniwa-ku, Osaka - urban area located in southern part of Osaka
Namba is urban area located in southern part of Osaka.
Namba Parks is a large market consisting of a high office building called �Parks Tower� and a shopping mall with a big roof garden.
If you go to Parks Garden, which is a big roof garden, you can see a lot of greenery that you can get you to forget that you�re in the middle of the big city.
www.japan-101.com /geography/naniwa.htm   (430 words)

  
 :::► Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net ◄:::
Image:Nanba4.jpg thumbNankai Namba Station & Takashimaya Osaka Department Store '''Namba''' (難波, ''Nanba''), also known as ''Minami'', is a district of Osaka, Japan.
Namba is best known as the city's main south-central railway terminus: Japan Railway JR, Kintetsu, the Nankai Railway, and three lines of the Osaka Municipal Subway have stations there.
Namba is located in Chuo-ku, Osaka Chuo and Naniwa-ku, Osaka Naniwa wards.
www.mauspfeil.net /Namba.html   (291 words)

  
 Namba Station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Namba Station (難波駅, なんば駅, Namba-eki) is a train station in the Namba district of Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan.
It is adjacent to JR Namba Station and Kintetsu Namba Station.
Sakuragawa Station - Namba Station - Nippombashi Station
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Namba_Station   (112 words)

  
 roarfish: The new face of shopping in Japan.
The office tower at Parks Namba, a view of the outdoor canyon at street level, and again showing the trademark walkways and earthy colored curved walls, and a rooftop restaurant nestled into the cascading garden.
Namba Parks, also opened in 2003, is the newest of the three, built on the site of a disused baseball stadium, close to transport, and adjacent to several large and prestigious hotels.
Namba Parks has a gigantic, tumbling terraced garden at rooftop level, and Canal City is built around a waterway that flows through the middle of the complex.
www.roarfish.com /2006/02/the_new_face_of.html   (1258 words)

  
 Jerde : Namba Parks
So Jerde conceived Namba Parks as a large park, a natural intervention in Osaka's dense and harsh urban condition.
In addition to providing a highly visible green component in a city where nature is sparse, the sloping park connects to the street, welcoming passers-by to enjoy its groves of trees, clusters of rocks, cliffs, lawn, streams, waterfalls, ponds and outdoor terraces.
Namba Parks creates a new natural experience for Osaka that celebrates the interaction of people, culture and recreation.
www.jerde.com /projects/project.php?id=73   (202 words)

  
 Bradmans ASIA / PACIFIC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The recently opened Namba City shopping centre has stylish shops and, reportedly, the city’s best Chinese restaurant, while the area just north of Namba station consists of grotty restaurants and, in the back alleys, various forms of adult entertainment.
The park is modelled on the ones in California and Florida and features a host of rides and attractions, as well as numerous American and Asian restaurants.
Even the Universal Studios Japan theme park, which is being promoted as the city’s main tourist attraction, has been criticised of late as being nothing more than a collection of rides designed to appeal to young boys.
www.bradmans.com /asia/osaka/incity   (1759 words)

  
 dBusinessNews :: Daily Business News Delivered to Your Desktop
The terraced plaza is enclosed by an iconic, undulating glass roof conceived by Jerde as a metaphor for the tree canopies that shade Warsaw's historic parks.
Namba Parks was designed by Jerde to create a new natural experience for Osaka's dense urban core that celebrates the interaction of people, cultures and recreation.
In addition to providing a highly visible green component in a city where nature is sparse, the sloping park connects to the street, welcoming passers-by to enjoy its trees, lawns, seasonal plants, water features and outdoor terraces.
losangeles.dbusinessnews.com /shownews.php?newsid=67126&type_news=latest   (846 words)

  
 Miscellaneous Tips - Osaka Shopping - VirtualTourist.com
Namba Parks is a new shopping centre that opened in early 2004.
Namba Parks is a shopping centre which is airy, spacious and architecturally interesting with a deep canyon running through it and walkways connecting the two sides.
I suggest combining a trip to Namba Parks with a visit to Sumiyoshi Taisha grand shrine, which is on the Nankai Line for a very varied day out.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/Japan/Osaka_fu/Osaka-971424/Shopping-Osaka-MISC-BR-2.html   (1155 words)

  
 ArchitectureWeek - Design - Shopping Japanese Style - 2003.1112
One of them, "Namba Parks," is also an extraordinary demonstration of building a three-dimensional garden on a difficult site.
Described by its promoters as a "leisure-oriented retail and entertainment complex and urban park," Namba Parks squeezes between a 30-story tower and a busy highway in a new commercial district of Osaka.
Combination retail/ entertainment complex and urban garden, Namba Parks, designed by The Jerde Partnership, squeezes between a 30-story tower and a busy highway in Osaka, Japan.
www.architectureweek.com /2003/1112/design_1-1.html   (203 words)

  
 Namba Parks: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Namba Parks (なんばパークス) is a new development consisting of a high office building, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
Parks Garden features enough greenery to help visitors forget that they’re in the middle of the city, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
Sumiyoshi Park (Sumiyoshi park (sumiyoshi ken) is the oldest park in osaka, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/namba_parks   (457 words)

  
 Environment and Social Justice News, Advocacy and Solutions—The Safe Water Group
The rooftop garden at Namba Parks is about 8,000 square meters in area and contains about 40,000 plants, including 35 kinds of trees and 200 kinds of flowers.
The average surface temperature of the green areas in the rooftop garden at noon was 34 degrees Celsius, with a low of 32.3 degrees Celsius.
Compared to rooftop parking lots and the asphalt surfaces of nearby highways, a cooling effect of 17 degrees Celsius on average was observed during peak hours.
www.safewatergroup.org /whats_new/rooftop_garden.htm   (337 words)

  
 Property Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
One project in Warsaw, Poland, is Zlot Tarsay, a 2.4 million square feet commercial venture comprising retail lots and offices while the other in Osaka, Japan is Namba Parks.
The second project to win acclaim, the 9.2-acre Namba Parks commercial centre, was selected as one of the 10 finalists in the 2006 Urban Land Institute Awards for Excellence: Asia Pacific.
At home, Jerde’s design of the futuristic I-City project on 72 acres of freehold land in Shah Alam, Selangor, promises to be the first of its kind in the region.
www.nst.com.my /Weekly/PropertyTimes/News/Inthenews/20060328151409/Article   (489 words)

  
 Kansai Food Page Restaurant Listings - Osaka Namba
The north-south arcade runs several blocks, and is lined with dozens of specialty shops as well as bigger general-purpose stores.
Buffet brunches (Y4000) and weekday lunches (Y2700) with a great view are the daytime draw at this skylit hotel restaurant.
News Deli is greatly responsible for the "deli boom" in Tokyo, and this first Kansai branch is equally popular.
www.bento.com /kansai/ka-osnamba.html   (1258 words)

  
 Office Building Parks Sources - Body, Metal, Steel, Home, Material, Storage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Their first office was located in the Parks Office Building, which was located on the corner of South First and Chestnut streets.
My son Jordan is nine weeks old and growing like crazy, military bases are being transformed to industrial and office parks, office building developers have emerged from their caves of hibernation...
monuments, memorials, and parks in or adjacent to the area...
www.reedbuilding.com /officebuildingparks   (1362 words)

  
 Aranami.net :: November 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A model on her way to a photo shoot in Nara Park.
A cooking school in the new Namba Parks complex.
Part of the new Namba Parks complex in Osaka.
blog.aranami.net /photos/november2003?&page=1   (130 words)

  
 Global E-net Osaka / e-mail updates!
Namba Parks, a new outdoor shopping mall opened in the Naniwa Ward of
It is anticipated that Namba Parks will not only be a popular
For more information about Namba Parks, please visit their official
www.clair-osaka.jp /backnume.cgi?id=31   (854 words)

  
 SkyscraperCity Forums - Osaka business park
Just near my house and Osaka's 400 year old castle.The area is a welcome change to the city 5 km away.There are many nice restaurants and green treelined avenues.
August 2nd, 2004 07:35 PM true, osaka`s parks are pretty awful.
the best park in osaka is namba parks and that`s a shopping centre.
www.skyscrapercity.com /printthread.php?t=118572   (166 words)

  
 C. Buddha's Hasty Musings: Golden Week
Since I was already halfway there, I decided to go and have a day out in the city.
More specifically, the area around the new Namba Parks shopping area and the equally new WINS building where you can bet on horse races.
I paid 50 bucks for the priviledge of parking there.
www.cosmicbuddha.com /blog/archives/000493.html   (487 words)

  
 SkyscraperCity Forums - Osaka 大阪   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Laurel and Rennaisa Namba towers are now on about 24 and 20 storeys high respectively....they are adding about 1 floor every 7-10 days.
This is part of the JR Namba redevelopment which will quickly transform the this area from a neglected backwater to an integral part of the Namba scene.
There aren't any Parks which are worthy of the name near this new residential block but the name sticks.
www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=96139&page=3   (2243 words)

  
 Swissotel Nankai Osaka, Osaka Japan Hotels from Japan-Vacation-Hotel-Reservations.com: Discount hotel reservations ...
Swissotel Nankai Osaka sits above the Namba station that is an interchange point for local train and subway lines.
It is the only hotel that offers a direct link to the Kansai International Airport with the Rapid express train (30 minutes door to door).
Namba Parks complex adjacent to the hotel is the latest addition to the entertainment and shopping scene in Osaka offering the widest and newest trends for your ultimate enjoyment.
www.japan-vacation-hotel-reservations.com /hotel_osaka_japan/swissotel_nankai_osaka/index.asp   (750 words)

  
 jason’s adventures » What be it?
My mystery photo was a closeup of an ‘art’ installation at Namba Parks.
They were in town because of the JET recontracting seminar going on today.
Of course, now my stomach is reeling from consuming beef twice in one day, something that hasn’t occured since Christmas.
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 Osaka Shopping - Reviews, Tips, Photos - VirtualTourist.com
The complex is located north of both stations.
Shinsaibashi Suji stretches from Namba north to Hommachi, giving the shopper almost 1.5 km of shopping fun.
Shinsaibashi suji is perhaps the most telling evidence of Osakas steady emergence from years of recession.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/Japan/Osaka_fu/Osaka-971424/Shopping-Osaka-R-2.html   (1016 words)

  
 Nankai Electric Railway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Nankai Electric plans to strengthen the earnings power and financial structure further under the three-year mid-term management plan through March 31, 2008 by starting up Namba Parks II project and reducing interest-bearing debt.
The financial risk will be reduced for the time being with the write-downs of fixed assets to be recorded for the current fiscal year.
JCR deems it necessary to examine carefully expansion in cashflow and the following improvement in financial structure by strengthening railway and other businesses and contributions of Namba Parks II and other new businesses.
www.jcr.co.jp /E0601/E9044.htm   (280 words)

  
 ::► Nachrichten | Jerde-Designed Zlote Tarasy Wins MIPIM Future Project Award; Firm's Namba Parks Also Named ...
Jerde-Designed Zlote Tarasy Wins MIPIM Future Project Award; Firm's Namba Parks Also Named Finalist for ULI Awards of Excellence ◄::
Jerde-Designed Zlote Tarasy Wins MIPIM Future Project Award; Firm's Namba Parks Also Named Finalist for ULI Awards of Excellence
Internationally-acclaimed architecture and urban planning firm The Jerde Partnership today announced that Zlote Tarasy, a premier mixed-use project in central Warsaw, has won the 2006 Architectural Review MIPIM Future Project Award in the Retail and Leisure category.
www.finanznachrichten.de /nachrichten-2006-03/artikel-6155225.asp   (698 words)

  
 Namba parks, abit like Roppongi in Tokyo i heard photo - Betty Chan photos at pbase.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Namba parks, abit like Roppongi in Tokyo i heard photo - Betty Chan photos at pbase.com
all galleries >> Smelling Sakura: Japan (Osaka, Kyoto, Nara) Jan 2005 with Laura >> Architecture > Namba parks, abit like Roppongi in Tokyo i heard
Namba parks, abit like Roppongi in Tokyo i heard
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 Osaka Hotels: Swissotel Nankai Osaka Hotel Official Site, Osaka Luxury Hotel
Swissôtel Nankai Osaka's Amrita Fitness and Spa, conceptualised by Raffles International, is the finest spa in Osaka offering a broad range of treatments to enhance a feeling of well being and includes a fully equipped gym and an indoor swimming pool.
The hotel is also connected to Takashimaya Department Store, one of the largest in Osaka, while Namba Parks Complex, adjacent to the hotel, is the latest addition to the entertainment and shopping scene in Osaka.
Whether your next Osaka event is for 1000 guests or an intimate reception for ten people, the Swissôtel Nankai Osaka offers a wide choice of hotel banquet and meeting rooms of various sizes to meet your needs.
www.osaka.swissotel.com   (321 words)

  
 Namba   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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