THE BEST Sights and Attractions in Osaka

🏛️ Sights and Attractions in Osaka

• Osaka Castle — Osaka Castle is a Japanese castle in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. The castle is one of Japan's most famous landmarks and played a major role in the unification of Japan during the sixteenth century of the Azuchi–Momoyama period.
• Dotonbori — Dōtonbori or Dōtombori is a district in Osaka, Japan. Known as one of Osaka's principal tourist and nightlife areas, the area runs along the Dōtonbori canal from Dōtonboribashi Bridge to Nipponbashi Bridge in the Namba district of the city's Chūō ward. Historically a theater dis
• Shinsekai — is a neighbourhood located next to south Osaka City's downtown "Minami" area. The neighbourhood was created in 1912 with New York as a model for its southern half and Paris for its northern half. At this location, a Luna Park amusement park operated from 1912 until it
• Shitennoji Temple — Shitennō-ji is a Buddhist temple in Ōsaka, Japan. It is also known as Arahaka-ji (荒陵寺), Nanba-ji/Naniwa-daiji (難波大寺), or Mitsu-ji 御津寺. The temple is sometimes regarded as the first Buddhist and oldest officially administered temple in Japan, although the temple complex and buildings have been rebuilt over the centuries, with the last reconstruction taking place in 1963. Shortly after World War II, Shitennō-ji became independent of the parent Tendai sect and formed the Wa sect of Buddhism.
• Umeda Sky Building — The Umeda Sky Building is a two-tower mixed-use skyscraper in Osaka, Japan. Located on the outskirts of the Umeda business district in Kita-ku, Osaka, the Umeda Sky Building consists of two 40-story towers interconnected at their two uppermost stories via glass bridges with escalators and elevators that cross an open atrium space. It is currently the fifteenth-tallest building in the prefecture.
• Universal Studios Japan — (ユニバーサル・スタジオ・ジャパン) is a theme park located in Osaka, Japan. Opened on March 31, 2001, it is one of six Universal Studios theme parks worldwide and was the first to open outside the United States. The park is owned and operated by USJ LLC, a wholly owned su
• Kuromon Market — Kuromon Market is a 580m covered market in Osaka's Namba district with over 150 stalls selling fresh seafood, meat, produce, and street food, known as "Osaka's Kitchen," popular with locals and tourists.
• Sumiyoshi Taisha — Sumiyoshi-taisha (住吉大社), also known as Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is the main shrine of all the Sumiyoshi shrines. It gives its name to a style of shrine architecture known as Sumiyoshi-zukuri.
• Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan — The Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan is an aquarium located in the ward of Minato in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, near Osaka Bay. When it opened in 1990, it was the largest public aquarium in the world.
• National Bunraku Theater — The National Bunraku Theatre is a complex consisting of two halls and an exhibition room, located in the Nipponbashi district in Osaka, Japan. The complex was opened in 1984 as the fourth national theatre of the country, to become the headquarters of bunraku.
• Museum of History — The Osaka Museum of History near Osaka Castle displays the city's history from ancient times to the present, with life-size dioramas, including a full-scale replica of an Edo-period street and a reconstruction of the Naniwa Palace.
• Tsutenkaku Tower — Tsūtenkaku is a tower and landmark of Osaka, Japan, and advertises the Hitachi company. It is located in the Shinsekai district of Naniwa-ku, Osaka. Its total height is 108 metres (354 ft); the main observation deck is at a height of 91 metres (299 ft). It is owned by Tsūtenkaku Kanko Co., Ltd. .
• Abeno Harukas — Abeno Harukas is a 300m skyscraper in Abeno-ku, Osaka, the tallest building in Japan when completed in 2014, featuring an observation deck, department store, hotel, and art museum.
• Shinsaibashi — (心斎橋) is a district in the Chūō-ku ward of Osaka, Japan and the city's main shopping area. At its center is Shinsaibashi-suji (心斎橋筋), a covered shopping street, that is north of Dōtonbori and Sōemonchō, and parallel and east of Mido-suji street. Associated with Shins
• Namba Parks — Namba Parks is an office and shopping complex located in Namba-naka Nichome, Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan, the south of Namba Station on Nankai Railway. It consists of a high-rise office building called Parks Tower and a 120-tenant shopping mall with rooftop garden. Namba Parks was developed by Jon Jerde of The Jerde Partnership in the footprint of the since-closed Osaka Stadium.
• Tempozan Ferris Wheel — is a 112-meter-tall (367 ft) Ferris wheel located in Osaka, Japan, at Tempozan Harbor Village, next to Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan, one of the largest aquariums in the world. The wheel has a height of 112.5 metres (369 ft) and diameter of 100 metres (330 ft).
• Mino Park — Mino Park (Mino Koen) is a forested park northwest of Osaka city with hiking trails, waterfalls, a 19th-century sake museum, and a temple (Ryuanji), famous for its maple leaves in autumn and wild monkeys.
• Kema Sakuranomiya Park — Kema Sakuranomiya Park is a riverside park in Osaka along the Okawa River with 4,800 cherry trees, making it one of Osaka's best cherry blossom viewing spots in early April, with walking and cycling paths.