Dōbutsuen-mae Station (動物園前駅, Dōbutsuenmae-eki, Shinsekai) is a metro station on the Osaka Metro in Nishinari-ku, Osaka, Japan. The name in English means "in front of the zoo". It is one of the nearest stations to the Tennōji Zoo and Tsutenkaku. The station is located close to the Shin-Imamiya station operated by JR West and Nankai Electric Railway, but no physical connection exists between these two stations. | ||||||
Operated by: Osaka Metro | ||||||
Opened: 1938 (Midosuji Line)1969 (Sakaisuji Line) | ||||||