title: Minato-ku, Osaka
text: # Minato-ku, Osaka
  
  Minato (港区, Minato-ku) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It has an area of 7.9 km², and a population of 84,961. Literally translated, Minato-ku means "Harbor Ward".
  
  ## Landmarks
  
  * Kaiyukan (Osaka Aquarium)
  * Port of Osaka
  * Tempozan Harbor Village
  * Modern Transportation Museum
  * ORC 200
  
  ## Mass media
  
  * Radio Osaka (ORC 200 Building, Benten)
  
  ## Train stations
  
  ### West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
  
      Osaka Loop Line
         Bentencho Station
  
  ### Osaka Metro
  
      Chūō Line
         Osakako Station - Asashiobashi Station - Bentencho Station
  
  ## Notable people from Minato-ku, Osaka
  
  * Hideo Nomo, Japanese former baseball pitcher
  * Kaori Kozai, Japanese enka singer
  * Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress
  * Ryōma Nishikawa, Japanese baseball player
  * Tadao Ando, Japanese architect, Pritzker Prize winner
  