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  "sight": {
    "id": "Q11507802",
    "slug": "uccj-naniwa-church",
    "url": "https://dealosaka.com/sight/uccj-naniwa-church",
    "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11507802",
    "name": "UCCJ Naniwa Church",
    "name_ja": "日本基督教団浪花教会",
    "name_ko": null,
    "name_zh": "日本基督教团浪花教会",
    "category": "church",
    "ward_ja": "中央区",
    "lat": 34.689504,
    "lng": 135.50377,
    "position_source": "大阪府 観光施設一覧 (CC BY 4.0)",
    "official_url": "http://www.naniwachurch.com",
    "nearest_station": {
      "slug": "kitahama",
      "name": "Kitahama Station",
      "name_ja": "北浜",
      "url": "https://dealosaka.com/station/kitahama",
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    "description_ja": "オフィス街にまじって多くのレトロ建築が立ち並ぶ大阪・北浜の一角に建つ浪花教会。ゴシック様式の尖塔窓と黄色や緑色の色ガラスで飾られ、意匠性の高い塔屋を持つ地上3階の建物。昭和5年（1930）竣工。明治中期に八幡商業高等学校の英語教師として来日し、キリスト教の伝道とその主義に基づく社会教育、出版、医療、学校教育などの社会貢献活動を続けたウィリアム・メレル・ヴォーリズ（メンソレータムの普及／心斎橋大丸の設計などでも有名）の設計指導のもと竹中工務店が設計施工を行った。浪花教会は明治10年（1877）、11名の信徒らによって自主的に設立された日本初の自給教会「浪花公会」が起源。そのためか、礼拝堂内部は庶民に近い親しみやすさがある。一方、2階の礼拝堂は色ガラスの窓から入り込む光によって明るく優しい色彩が演出され、外観以上に清楚で美しい空間になっている。",
    "description_en": "Naniwa Church stands in a corner of Kitahama in Osaka, where many retro buildings are mixed in among the office blocks. The three-storey building has Gothic pointed-arch windows, yellow and green coloured glass and a tower of careful design, and was completed in 1930. It was designed and built by Takenaka Corporation under the design guidance of William Merrell Vories, who came to Japan in the middle of the Meiji period as an English teacher at Hachiman Commercial High School and went on with Christian mission work and with social work based on its principles in education, publishing, medicine and schools; he is also known for spreading Mentholatum and for designing the Daimaru store in Shinsaibashi. Naniwa Church goes back to 1877 and Naniwa Kokai, the first self-supporting church in Japan, founded independently by eleven believers. Perhaps for that reason, the inside of the chapel has a familiarity close to ordinary people. The chapel on the second floor, meanwhile, is bright with light coming through the coloured glass windows, in gentle colours, a space plainer and more beautiful than the exterior.",
    "description_ko": "오피스 거리에 섞여 레트로 건축이 늘어선 오사카 기타하마 한쪽에 자리한 나니와 교회예요. 고딕 양식의 첨두 창과 노랑, 초록 색유리로 장식하고 의장성 높은 탑옥을 둔 지상 3층 건물로, 쇼와 5년(1930년)에 준공했어요. 메이지 중기에 하치만 상업고등학교 영어 교사로 일본에 와 기독교 전도와 그 주의에 따른 사회교육, 출판, 의료, 학교교육 등 사회공헌 활동을 이어 간 윌리엄 메렐 보리스(멘소래담 보급과 신사이바시 다이마루 설계로도 유명해요)의 설계 지도 아래 다케나카 공무점이 설계, 시공했어요. 나니와 교회는 메이지 10년(1877년) 신도 11명이 자주적으로 세운 일본 최초의 자급 교회 '나니와 공회'가 기원이에요. 그래서인지 예배당 내부는 서민에게 가까운 친근함이 있어요. 한편 2층 예배당은 색유리 창으로 들어오는 빛으로 밝고 부드러운 색채가 연출돼, 외관보다 더 단정하고 아름다운 공간이에요.",
    "description_zh": "浪花教会坐落在大阪北滨的一角，那里办公楼之间混杂着许多复古建筑。这是一座地上3层的建筑，以哥特式尖拱窗和黄色、绿色的彩色玻璃装饰，塔楼造型讲究，昭和5年（1930）竣工。设计施工由竹中工务店完成，设计指导者是威廉·梅瑞尔·沃里斯：他在明治中期作为八幡商业高等学校的英语教师来到日本，持续从事基督教传道以及基于其理念的社会教育、出版、医疗、学校教育等社会贡献活动，也以推广曼秀雷敦、设计心斋桥大丸而知名。浪花教会起源于明治10年（1877），由11名信徒自主创立的日本首个自给教会“浪花公会”。或许因为如此，礼拜堂内部带着贴近平民的亲切感。而2层的礼拜堂，透过彩色玻璃窗照入的光线明亮而柔和，比外观更显素净美丽。",
    "sources": [
      "Wikidata (CC0)",
      "大阪市 観光施設一覧 (CC BY 4.0)",
      "大阪府 観光施設一覧 (CC BY 4.0)"
    ],
    "address_ja": "〒 541-0043 大阪市中央区高麗橋2-6-2",
    "access_ja": "Osaka Metro・京阪「淀屋橋」駅 徒歩5分",
    "admission_ja": null,
    "telephone": "06-6231-4951",
    "photo": {
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        "licence": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
        "licenceUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0",
        "artist": "掬茶",
        "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UCCJ_Naniwa_Church_20250831.jpg",
        "width": 6000,
        "height": 4000,
        "photo": true
      }
    },
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        "url": "https://dealosaka.com/areas/kitahama",
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        "name": "Senba",
        "url": "https://dealosaka.com/areas/semba",
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        "id": "osk-d158adda",
        "slug": "osk-d158adda",
        "name": "今橋",
        "url": "https://dealosaka.com/sight/osk-d158adda",
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        "name": "田辺三菱製薬史料館",
        "url": "https://dealosaka.com/sight/osk-a49f6157",
        "category": "museum",
        "straight_line_m": 128
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      {
        "id": "Q11614656",
        "slug": "shibakawa-building",
        "name": "Shibakawa Building",
        "url": "https://dealosaka.com/sight/shibakawa-building",
        "category": "architecture",
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      {
        "id": "Q1049405",
        "slug": "tekijuku",
        "name": "Tekijuku",
        "url": "https://dealosaka.com/sight/tekijuku",
        "category": "historic-site",
        "straight_line_m": 202
      },
      {
        "id": "Q11464751",
        "slug": "sukunahikona-shrine",
        "name": "Sukunahikona Shrine",
        "url": "https://dealosaka.com/sight/sukunahikona-shrine",
        "category": "shrine",
        "straight_line_m": 222
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      {
        "id": "Q11563573",
        "slug": "yuki-museum-of-art",
        "name": "Yuki Museum of Art",
        "url": "https://dealosaka.com/sight/yuki-museum-of-art",
        "category": "museum",
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    "listings": "大阪府 観光施設一覧 and 大阪市 観光施設一覧 (CC BY 4.0): names as listed, addresses, descriptions, phones, fees, URLs. Modified: merged, filtered, matched to Wikidata.",
    "wikidata": "Wikidata (CC0): names in en, ko, zh; classes used for the category; image file names (each Commons file carries its own licence).",
    "note": "Names in English, Korean and Chinese are Wikidata labels, except Korean names marked name_ko_source: DealOsaka transliterations of the kana reading in the listings or on Wikidata, where Wikidata has no Korean label. Listing fields keep the CC BY 4.0 licence of the prefecture and city listings; no terms are added to them."
  },
  "not_published": {
    "opening_hours": "No source we use carries them. The official_url is where they are.",
    "walking_time": "Every distance here is a straight line, not a walking route."
  },
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    "site": "https://dealosaka.com",
    "generated_at": "2026-09-29",
    "license": "Listing fields: 大阪府 / 大阪市 観光施設一覧, CC BY 4.0, modified (merged, filtered, matched to Wikidata). Names and categories: Wikidata, CC0. Attribute dealosaka.com and the listings. See /llms.txt and /terms.",
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