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Osaka Conference Center

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HOTEL INTERNATIONAL HOUSE,OSAKA
HOTEL INTERNATIONAL HOUSE,OSAKA

Osaka Conference Center (大阪カンファレンスセンター, Ōsaka kanfarensu sentā), officially known as Osaka Conference Center & Hotel (大阪カンファレンスセンター&ホテル, Ōsaka kanfarensu sentā ando hoteru), is a conference center with a hotel in Tennoji-ku, Osaka, Osaka, Japan. Although Convention Linkage, Inc., the operator appointed by the City of Osaka, has started re-branding since April 2014, the center is still known as International House, Osaka (大阪国際交流センター, Ōsaka kokusai kōryū sentā) or i-house (アイハウス, Ai hausu) for the building name it tenants.

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Osaka Conference Center
上町筋;大阪市道赤川天王寺線, Osaka Tennoji Ward

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大阪国際交流センター

上町筋;大阪市道赤川天王寺線
543-0001 Osaka, Tennoji Ward
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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