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Small 1920s and 30s office blocks in the merchant quarter, faced in Art Deco and even Mayan-revival ornament.
About this place
Semba is an area name in Chuo Ward, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture. It corresponds to Osaka's central business district (CBD). It was the center of Osaka's merchant culture, and Semba dialect was regarded as the normative, standard Osaka dialect from the Edo period to the prewar period. The extent of Semba is a rectangular area, about 2 km north-south and about 1 km east-west, surrounded (or formerly surrounded) by the following rivers and artificial canals. East end - Higashi-Yokobori River (Hanshin Expressway Route 1 Loop Line, southbound) West end - Nishi-Yokobori River (Hanshin Expressway Route 1 Loop Line, northbound. Filled in 1962)
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：Taisho to Showa periods Highlights / collection：Shibakawa Building, Ikoma Building, Aoyama Building Genre：Architecture
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