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Attractive Yodogawa River Landscape Map 1 Legend 0 :Nature/Life 0 :Cities/Infrastructure 0 :History/Culture 0 :Activities/Liveliness Shin-Kitano Near the 6.3 km mark on the right bank. 1 Shin-DenpoOhashiBridge Completed in 1969 10 16 NakatsuReed Beds ■ Mudflats KunijimaMudflat (L=about 860m) Emergency Wharf Berth length about 60m/apron length about 7.0m 20 鳥飼下地区 Reed beds slow water flow in Mudflats are places where sand appears after a tide has Completed in 1983 Completed in 1942 Completed in 1966 2 DenpoOhashiBridge 11 Shin-JusoOhashiBridge addition to proving a place for receded. Seawater and freshwater mix and many creatures 21 NagarabashiBridge (L=about 656m) (L=about 765m) (L=about 792m) creatures to live and hide from live in the nutrient rich sand. There used to be many 仁和寺野草 The center has arch shape地区 and predators. Reed also absorbs 3 Otsuka GireFlood Monument 12 Jusono WatashiBoat Route mudflats along the Yodogawa, but most of them are gone is called a Nielsen Lohse bridge. phosphorus and nitrogen, which In 1917, the embankment broke due to development of the river and its surroundings. In It has been selected as one of Completed in 1932 cause water to become dirty. 佐太西地区 in Otsuka, Takatsuki City, causing 13 Shin-JusoOhashiBridge recent years, they have been reinstated to conserve the鳥飼野草地区 50 best Naniwa bridges. (L=about 681m) They help keep the water clean serious damage downstream to conservation. ⇒See: Illuminated at night, the bridge and protect the natural 4 7 8 17 20 大日地区 Osaka City. In order to drain the matches the vast Yodogawa 14 14 UmedaSky Building environment of the Yodogawa. 鳥飼西地区 flooded water, a cut was made in landscape. 17 JusoMudflat Photo Credit: the embankment in Nishiyodogawa Osak一津屋a City Construction Bure一津屋au 野草地区 Photo Credit: Ward. JusoMudflat is the largest natural mudflat on the Yodogawa 河畔地区 Osaka City NishiyodogawaWard Office and many people come to dig for freshwater clams. 22 Old KemaNo.1 Lock Gate Completed in 1907 ■Yodogawa Fishing Photo Credit: Osaka-city Fisherman’s 4 EbieMudflat Cooperative Association 八雲地区 The lock was built during the flood control works in the Meiji period to Completed in 1926 secure traffic between the former 5 Yodogawa OhashiBridge 八雲野草地区 (L=about 724m) Photo Credit: Taken on: 2018/5/16 at 10:58am and new Yodogawa rivers. It is a Sekisui House UmedaOperation Co., Ltd. historical and important cultural Near the 5.1 km mark on the left bank. Ebie property. Comparing it to the 6 EmergencyWharf Berth length about 70m/apron length about 13.0m The sunset seen from the observatory has become a familiar Taken on: airplanes that fly overhead to Itami view. Inside, there are features to enjoy the natural scenery 外島地区 Fishing in the Yodogawa estuary area still takes place at 2018/9/24 Airport is an interesting way to 7 HanakawaMudflat such as the posting the sunset time. The building itself has Photo Credit: Osaka City Yodogawa Ward Office at 1:15pm enjoy this gap. mudflats such as the JusoMudflat. The eels, freshwater clams become a landmark due to its characteristic design. and bass fished here help sustain Osaka’s food culture. Completed in 1960, expanded in 1979 8 OyodoMudflat 18 Yodogawa Urban Camp (since 2015) 太子橋23 KemabashiBridge (L=about 150m) 地区 Naniwa Yodogawa 豊里地区 9 Since 1989. Name changed from Heisei Completed in 1981 Fireworks Festival Fireworks Festival in 2006 15 Skyscrapers The urban camp allows people 24 HarukazebashiBridge Yodogawa-Ku to feel nature while being in the (L=about 105m) In the beginning of August, viewing The Umekita2nd phase Shin-Osaka city. There are waterside is held at the Yodogawa Riverside development is taking place in the Completed in 1984 Station activities or nature experience 25 HishobashiBridge (L=about 103m) Park Nishinakajima, Jusoand center of Osaka city. The landscape programs to enjoy the beauty of Oyodograss areas. The festival is seen from the opposite bank is 赤川地区 Completed in 1956, expanded in 1979 th城北河畔地区e Yodogawa. The program 26 MiyakojimabashiBridge planned and executed by the unique to the Yodogawa, where the (L=about 145m) itself is a new scenery of the Naniwa Yodogawa Fireworks contrast between the quiet water Photo Credit: Yodogawa River Office T Completed in 1936, expanded in 1971 Organizing Committee, and is o city. k 毛馬地区 surface and the liveliness of the big a Shin-Yodogawa Upstream side completed in 1964 (L=about 794m) 27 GenpachibashiBridge (L=about 201m) i funded by donations from local d 19 Photo Credit: Naniwa Yodogawa Taken on: 2017/12/23 at 6:49pm city is beautiful. o Downstream side completed in 1969 (L=about 813m) Nishinakajima M OhashiBridge businesses and residents. U Completed in 1930 Fireworks Organizing Committee a i m area n KemaLock Gate SakuranomiyabashiBridge e L 20 28 (L=about 189m) d i n KemaFloodgate JusoStation a 19 e 18 C 21 KemaDrainage Pump Station a 17 r J R g ( Nagara JusoWild o Nagara K 29 L y 22 Riverside area Azaleas Around the Mint i grass area o n area t e o L 23 Miyakojima-Ku i 13 n With the decline in the early Meiji Period, ToshimichiOkubo is 16 e 24 ) said to have made part of his residence into a Mint in order to Tsukamoto Station 12 Nakatsu help revitalize Osaka. The famous cherry blossoms can be 10 Station 25 viewed even today. 11 The riverside along the Okawa 9 Kita-Ku (old Yodogawa) is famous for OyodoWild the Mint and its cherry blossoms, grass area 26 8 15 Sakuranomiya but during the azalea season 7 Station (spring-rainy season), it is 14 14 UmedaStation TenmaStation perfect for taking walks to enjoy 5 Umekita Ebiearea Area 27 Kyobashi Taken on: 2017/4/30 at 10:36am the riverside atmosphere. 6 Station Joto-Ku Nishiyodogawa-Ku Completed in 1978 Fukushima-Ku Osaka Station 30 KawasakibashiBridge (L=about 129m) 4 28 Completed in 1935 3 31 TemmabashiBridge 2 Fukushima Station (L=about 151m) 29 Shigino Station Osaka City Hall 32 HachikenyahamaEmergency Wharf/HachikenyaRiver Station 30 1 Nakanoshima 33 34 31 32 33 Sightseeing Ship (HachikenyahamaEmergency Wharf area) Noda Station OsakajokoenStation Kouraibashi The Hachikenyahamaship terminal M Osaka i Osaka Castle flourished as a base for connecting d o Prefectural s u Government the SetouchiBay and Yodogawa j i NishikujoStation Chuo-Ku during the Heian period, and a port for passenger ships that connected MorinomiyaStation Kyoto and Osaka in the Edo period. Even today, it is very lively as a Taken on: 2018/4/1 at 11:00am base for Osaka, the water capital. Konohana-Ku Higashinari-Ku ReiwaOsaka AmanogawaLegend (since 2009) AjikawaguchiStation Nishi-Ku 34 TamatsukuriStation The Okawa River which flows west through Osaka City be called “Temmagawa,” starlight Maishima ベイエリア Universal City Station reflected on the water surface 舞洲 gave the name of “the milky way on earth.” An event is held NambaStation Osaka UehommachiStation on the night of Tanabatato Taken on: 2017/7/7 at 7:53pm recreate this fantastic imagery. ※This is a copy of the electronic topographic map (Geographical Institute Map Zoom Level 14 Standard Map) with the approval ofthe Director of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan. (Approval number: Heisei 30, No. 1242) OsakaPrefecturalGovernmentDepartmentofHousingandCityDevelopmentUrbanSpaceCreationOffice ※This map was created with the approval of the Director of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan. To reproduce it in any way, permission from the Director of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan is required. English translation: Uchida Shunsukeand Kawai Hinako, under supervision of Prof. L.Honda, Faculty of International Studies, KindaiUniversity, December 2019. Attractive Yodogawa River Landscape Map 2 Legend 0 :Nature/Life 0 :Cities/Infrastructure 0 :History/Culture 0 :Activities/Liveliness KemaLock Gate/KemaFloodgate/KemaDrainage Pump Station Completed in 1987 (L=688m) Shimeno Near the 21.3km mark on the left bank. 1 12 Heitano WatashiBoat Route (stopped in 1970) 26 29 38 TorikainiwajiOhashiBridge ※Toll for bicycles is 10 yen Emergency Wharf Berth length about 70m/apron length about 10m Hirakata Water Level Observatory The Hirakata Water Level Observatory is a Drainage Pump Station 13 ToyosatoOhashiBridge This cable-stayed bridge blends 30 Yodogawa ShinbashiBridge Completed in 1973 new symbol of the Yodogawa. It is Water Gate Lock Gate in well with the surrounding designed to extend straight up to the sky, similar to the reeds that have grown along 14 Daido Cove Near the 14.6km mark on the right bank. Takatsuki City landscape. Completed as a toll the riverside from ancient times. Water road, it is popularly called the 高槻市 Otsuka levels are observed here and evacuation 15 Near the 14.8km mark o1970n the年完成 left bank. “100 yen bridge” by the locals. area information is provided to help protect the ShimoshimaCove Taken on: 2018/9/23 at around 12 noon Okawa River (L=561.4m) lives of residents. 37 16 Intake Tower (HitotsuyaIntake Facility) Hirakata The water of the Yodogawa usually flows from the floodgate to Okawa River. area 40 39 Canoeing The water level rises during high tides and floods, so the Drainage Pump The intake tower takes water 36 HirakatashiStation Station is designed to drain water downstream from the Yodogawa-ozeki 35 39 41 The Hirakata area of the Yodogawa Weir. It is one of the sightseeing highlights of the Yodogawa cruise. from the Yodogawa and supplies Akutagawa 42 Riverside Park has a large grass Ibaraki City River 34 Hirakatashuku it to the water treatment plant. 38 area where it is possible to take a Sanyaarea Hirakata Koen Station 2 Yodogawa-ozekiWeir Completed in 1984 The facility helps us realize that 43 43 walk while experiencing the 淀川大堰 33 The dam is usually closed to prevent we live with the water from the Yodogawa River.