 Destroyed and rebuilt in 1934, the Naka-za became the most major theatre in the city, surpassing the Naniwa-za, but was destroyed along with most of the rest of the city in the 1945 Allied bombing of Osaka in World War II.The Naka-za was rebuilt once more, and reopened in 1948.Holding around 800 seats through most of its incarnations, this newest building held 1200.