Namba (Japanese: 難波, IPA: [namba]) is a district in Chūō and Naniwa wards of Osaka, Japan. It is regarded as the center of Osaka's Minami (ja:ミナミ, "South") region. Its name came from a variation of Naniwa, the former name of Osaka. Namba hosts some of the city's main south-central railway terminals, as JR, Kintetsu, Nankai, Hanshin, and three Osaka Metro subway lines all have stations within this region.

Railway stations

Namba Station

●Nankai Electric Railway ●Nankai Line ●Koya Line

Osaka Metro ●Midōsuji Line (M20) ●Yotsubashi Line (Y15) ●Sennichimae Line (S16)

JR Namba Station

●JR West ●Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line)

Ōsaka Namba Station

●Kintetsu Namba Line (through service to the Nara Line)

●Hanshin Railway ●Hanshin Namba Line