Taishō-ku, Osaka

Taishō (大正区, Taishō-ku) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan.

As the ward is surrounded by rivers with few bridges for pedestrians, the city provides ferry services.

It began as a seaplane base in 1923 (flights to Tokushima naval air base, Takamatsu, Matsuyama and Beppu[4]) but expanded by Ministry of Communications to support Japan Air Transport (JAT) flights to Tachikawa Army Airfield in Tokyo with a 720 metres (2,360 ft) runway.

[3] The airport briefly used by JAT successor Imperial Japanese Airways from the beginning of 1939 until Itami opened on 1st of 7 January 1939.

Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Osaka City Board of Education.