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Chūō-Ōdōri

street, Ōsaka, Japan

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Chūō-Ōdōri, meaning "Central Boulevard," is a major east-west street in Osaka, Japan. It runs from the Central Pier of the Port of Osaka to the foothills of the Ikoma Mountains. This street forms one of the main axes of Osaka's grid-like street plan, intersecting with the north-south Midō-suji street. Chūō-Ōdōri is a significant thoroughfare within the Keihanshin Industrial Zone, Japan's second-largest urban and industrial area.12

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