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Namba A neighbourhood shrine in Motomachi, just south-west of Namba Station. Its official site lists events such as a rakugo evening alongside the usual shrine news.

Namba A Jodo temple tucked behind Dotonbori, known for a moss-covered Fudo Myoo statue that visitors splash with water.

Namba A stone-paved alley about 80 metres long and 3 metres wide, lined with small restaurants, bars and okonomiyaki and kushikatsu shops. It runs beside Hozenji Temple.

Namba Yoshimoto Kogyo's permanent comedy theatre on Sennichimae, home to manzai and Yoshimoto Shinkigeki shows.

Namba A shopping street for cooking tools near Namba Grand Kagetsu. You'll find kitchen knives, pots, tableware, noren curtains, lanterns, signs and the plastic food samples restaurants put in their windows.

Namba A department store above Nankai Namba Station with a food floor in the basement and event halls that change with the season.

Namba A shopping complex whose Parks Garden climbs from the 2nd to the 9th floor, covering about 11,500 square metres with roughly 500 plant species.

Namba One of Osaka's big standing-capacity live halls, a short walk west of Namba Station. Touring bands play here and the venue's page carries the schedule.

Namba The main shop of a coffee house founded in 1934, on Sennichimae. The first floor seats 95 and the second 22, and the shop is non-smoking.

Namba A coffee shop near Hozenji. The master converted tables to counter seats, and the second floor displays the hand-cranked roaster used when it opened.

Namba A long-running Osaka yoshoku restaurant whose signature curry has the sauce mixed into the rice. The Namba main shop makes the curry by hand each day and seats 38.

Namba The main shop of the pork-bun chain, with a takeout counter on the ground floor and a sit-down restaurant. Azuki buns go on sale from 10:00 and char siu buns from 11:00, in limited numbers.

Namba The Sennichimae shop of a takoyaki maker, in Namba Sennichimae. The company's head office is elsewhere and sells no takoyaki, so go to this address.

Namba A museum of Kamigata ukiyo-e, the woodblock prints of Osaka and Kyoto kabuki actors, in front of Hozenji and its Mizukake Fudo.

Dotonbori The canal strip of Osaka's Minami, named for Doton Yasui, who funded the river's excavation in 1612. Restaurants line both sides under giant three-dimensional signs, including the Kani Doraku crab and the Glico runner.

Dotonbori The runner sign beside Ebisu Bridge. The sixth version went up in October 2014 and stands 20 metres high and 10.38 metres wide.

Dotonbori A riverside promenade along the Dotonbori River with about 600 metres of walkway, more than 30 riverside shop entrances and a dock for sightseeing boats.

Dotonbori A four-level building about flour-based food. The second floor holds historical documents on konamon and sauces, and the third floor runs a food sample making class (wax takoyaki to take home).

Dotonbori The crab restaurant behind the moving crab sign at the south end of Ebisu Bridge.

Dotonbori The Dotonbori branch of a kushikatsu house, serving breaded skewers fried at the counter.

Dotonbori An okonomiyaki restaurant that has run for more than 70 years. The menu lists the house Mizuno-yaki and a yamaimo-yaki made with grated mountain yam.

Dotonbori A udon restaurant founded in 1946, with kitsune udon as a standard dish.

Dotonbori A takoyaki shop with takeout and eat-in service, on the Dotonbori shopping street.

Dotonbori A kissaten that opened in 1946. Hot coffee is 700 yen and omelet rice 1,010 yen.

Nipponbashi A covered market of about 150 wholesale and retail shops selling seafood, produce and prepared food, close to Nippombashi Station. It dates to the late Edo period and is known for puffer fish.

Nipponbashi Osaka's electronics and otaku district along Sakaisuji. Ota Road holds anime, game and figure shops and a run of maid cafes.

Nipponbashi A retro games store on the first floor of the Heida Building on Ota Road, selling used Famicom, PlayStation and other consoles and software.

Nipponbashi A six-floor Mandarake store of vintage toys, comics, dolls, doujinshi and cards. The first floor has tin toys and soft vinyl figures and the third has vintage comics.

Nipponbashi The national theatre for bunraku puppet theatre, with a 753-seat main hall and a 159-seat small hall.

Shinsaibashi A Shingon Buddhist temple in Osaka's Minami district. Osaka City designated its group of 12 wooden statues, dating from the Heian to the Edo period and kept in a shrine cabinet in the main hall, as a cultural property in 2015.

Shinsaibashi A roofed shopping arcade about 600 m long, running about 580 m from just south of Nagahori-dori to Soemoncho-dori. The Osaka tourism bureau counts it as about 380 years old and already an established shopping street in the Edo period.

Shinsaibashi A department store at the Midosuji end of the shopping arcade, with a restaurant floor on 10F and a food hall on B2.

Shinsaibashi A 14-floor fashion and pop-culture building next to Daimaru. The B2 floor is a basement food street called Shinsaibashi Neon Shokudogai, there's a cinema on 12F, and 13F is a dining floor.

Shinsaibashi A street about 500 m long running east to west from Midosuji to Sakaisuji, with brick buildings, streetlamps and stone paving that gave it the name Europe Street. It's lined with boutiques selling European brands, and the castella shop Nagasakido sits on it.

Shinsaibashi A castella and baked sweets shop founded in 1919. The main store is on Shinsaibashisuji.

Shinsaibashi A tea salon on the 5th floor of Daimaru's main building, named after the architect William Merrell Vories. It serves food, drinks and cake.

Shinsaibashi A bar and kissaten in the basement food street of Shinsaibashi PARCO. It runs DJ nights and events through the week.

Shinsaibashi A live house in the Muse 389 building, in Shinsaibashi. It books bands and idol groups.

Amerikamura The Nishi-Shinsaibashi district west of Midosuji where warehouses were turned into shops selling imported clothes, jeans and used records in the 1970s. Its own shop association says a cafe called LOOP opened in front of Triangle Park in 1969 and pulled in young designers first.

Amerikamura A small triangular park at the centre of Amerikamura, officially Mitsu Park, built on what was waste road land. Young comedians often perform here for free and passersby make up the audience.

Amerikamura A takoyaki shop across from Mitsu Park. The shop's own page says it started the lattice of mayonnaise on top, and it serves sauce and mayonnaise, soy sauce and mayonnaise, and spring onion with ponzu.

Amerikamura A street about 800 m long in Horie that has sold furniture since the late Edo period. The shop association says the 'Orange Street' name was picked from more than 1,000 entries in a 1992 newspaper contest, after the Edo-period spelling of tachibana, a mandarin tree.

Amerikamura A district of clothing shops, general stores and cafes in Nishi-ku. It was a timber town along the Horie River until the 1945 air raids destroyed it, and returning residents built the furniture street Tachibana-dori.

Amerikamura A used record shop in Kita-Horie with about 5,000 records in stock at any time, plus CDs, DVDs, videos and pamphlets. It buys and sells everything from rock to kayokyoku.

Amerikamura A large club with a rooftop on floors 2 to 4 of the Minami Sumiya-cho Building, open since 1999. It books techno, house and psy-trance nights with international DJs.

Amerikamura A live music hall on the 4th floor of the BIGSTEP building in Amerikamura, with shows ranging from idol one-man lives to touring bands.

Amerikamura An entertainment space on the 2nd floor of the Nakanishi Building that runs DJ nights and live shows, and rents out for fashion shows and photo shoots.

Amerikamura A bar on the top floor of the East Village Building with pole-dance equipment, a stage and regular shows by dancers and singers. The bar also has a second branch in Shinsaibashi PARCO.

Amerikamura A live music venue in the basement of the Hotel Lions Rock Building, diagonally across from Triangle Park. It has a bar and lounge on B1F, a raised stage, and hosts live, DJ and fashion events.

Umeda A small shrine in the middle of Umeda's nightlife streets, known for the 1703 double suicide that inspired Chikamatsu's puppet play Sonezaki Shinju. A bronze statue of the two lovers was added in 2004.

Umeda A Koyasan Shingon temple said to date from 821 and founded by Kukai, set among Umeda's entertainment streets. Its principal Senju Kannon statue is a designated Tangible Cultural Property of Osaka City.

Umeda An open-air rooftop deck 173 m up, reached by a see-through escalator from the 35th to the 39th floor. The observatory covers the 39th and 40th floors and the roof.

Umeda Sky Building Floating Garden Observatory

Umeda A red ferris wheel, 75 m across, on the roof of the HEP FIVE shopping building beside Hankyu Umeda. One turn takes about 15 minutes.

Umeda A covered street of about 300 m that runs from Ohatsu Tenjin shrine to the Swing Umeda Building. Around 90 casual restaurants line it, serving okonomiyaki, yakitori, kushikatsu and set meals.

Sonezaki Ohatsu Tenjin-dori Shopping Street

Umeda Osaka's upmarket drinking district, about 500 m east to west and 250 m north to south. It grew out of Dojima Shinchi, built in 1685 to 1688, and today mixes high-end clubs with snack bars, kushikatsu counters and a big udon shop.

Umeda A complex that opened in April 2013 north of Osaka Station, with shops, restaurants, offices and a hotel. About 266 businesses operate in it, and the towers are 179.5 m tall.

Umeda A department store at Hankyu Umeda Station with about 84,000 square meters of floor space, rebuilt and reopened in November 2012. It's strong on fashion and cosmetics, and its annual sales rank second in Japan.

Umeda The JR Osaka Station complex that opened in 2011, linking Lucua Osaka, Daimaru Umeda, a cinema, a hotel and KITTE Osaka under one roof. Osaka Station itself is the busiest station on JR West.

Umeda A park beside Osaka Station, split into a South Park (Ofuka-cho 5) and a North Park (Ofuka-cho 6). It has a lawn plaza used for events and PLAT UMEKITA, a space for exhibitions and workshops.

Umeda A small museum on the 27th floor of the Umeda Sky Building Tower West, opened in December 2016. It shows fresco murals and sculpture by Koji Kinutani and has a 3D video room and a cafe.

Umeda The Whity Umeda branch of a kushikatsu shop founded in 1929 on the former Luna Park site in Shinsekai. It serves deep-fried skewers dipped in a shared sauce.

Umeda A district north of Hankyu Umeda where old nagaya row houses survived the wartime air raids. A project that began at the cafe Salon de AManTo renovated empty houses with 1,100 volunteers, and the area now has cafes, general stores and second-hand clothing shops.

Umeda A cafe in a renovated old Japanese house in Nakazakicho, run as an art and conversation space. Its rebuilt house was the first project of the group that revived the neighbourhood's vacant homes.

Tenma The shrine to Sugawara no Michizane, god of learning, known locally as Tenma no Tenjin-san. It anchors the Tenjin Matsuri on 24 and 25 July, with about 100 boats and 5,000 fireworks on the river.

Tenma A covered shopping street of about 2.6 km running north from Tenjinbashi, billed as Japan's longest. It has roughly 800 shops, including a tea shop founded in 1868, tofu makers and old diners.

Tenma A Kamigata rakugo hall beside Osaka Tenmangu, with a daytime show starting at 13:30.

Tenma A children's museum right outside Ogimachi Station, with a fifth-floor kids' plaza and play spaces on several floors.

Tenma A large park beside Ogimachi Station with a mountain slide, a climbing wall, a lawn, fountains and an indoor pool open all year.

Tenma A riverside park from Kema Weir to Tenmabashi, with a promenade, a water plaza and about 4,500 cherry trees. The Japan Mint stands along it.

Tenma The Osaka branch of the Japan Mint, whose grounds open to the public for a week each spring for the Cherry Blossom Passage. The Mint's cherry trees include 338 trees of 134 cultivars as of 2019.

Nakanoshima and Kitahama Osaka's first city park, opened in 1891 on a strip of land between the Dojima and Tosabori rivers. It runs about 1.5 km and covers 10.6 hectares, and the rose garden holds roughly 3,700 plants of about 310 varieties.

Nakanoshima and Kitahama A red-brick Neo-Renaissance public hall completed in 1918 on the east end of Nakanoshima. It was restored between 1999 and 2002 and became an Important Cultural Property in December 2002, with a main hall that seats up to 1,161 people.

Nakanoshima and Kitahama A national museum of contemporary art on Nakanoshima, with a collection exhibition and special shows. Fridays are the one night it stays open late, until 20:00.

Nakanoshima and Kitahama Osaka's municipal art museum on Nakanoshima, running large special exhibitions alongside its collection.

Nakanoshima and Kitahama A science museum with about 200 hands-on exhibits on space and energy, plus a planetarium with one of the largest dome screens in the world. It reopened on 1 August 2024.

Nakanoshima and Kitahama A merchant house in Kitahama that Ogata Koan, a Dutch-learning physician and teacher who lived from 1810 to 1863, ran as a school at the end of the Edo period. It's a surviving wooden townhouse that Osaka University looks after.

Nakanoshima and Kitahama A domed stone library built in 1904 with a donation from the Sumitomo family, with wings added in 1922. The main building and both wings are Important Cultural Properties, and the collection centres on Osaka materials.

Nakanoshima and Kitahama A British-style tea room on the second floor of a 1912 building that was built as a securities broker's headquarters and is now a registered cultural property. The shop sells afternoon tea and British confectionery.

Nakanoshima and Kitahama The home of the Osaka Exchange (called the Osaka Securities Exchange until March 2014), with a statue of the merchant Godai Tomoatsu out front. The ground floor has an atrium screen and a small gallery explaining how stocks work.

Nakanoshima and Kitahama A bridge over the Tosabori river nicknamed the Lion Bridge for its stone lion statues. It moved to its present site in 1912 when the Sakaisuji tram line was extended.

Nakanoshima and Kitahama The bridge that carries Midosuji across the Tosabori river onto Nakanoshima. The current bridge was completed in 1935 and was voted the most attractive bridge in a city survey, and about 70,000 people cross it each day.

Osaka Castle A shrine in Osaka Castle Park for Toyotomi Hideyoshi, his son Hideyori and his brother Hidenaga, founded in 1879 in Nakanoshima and moved here in 1961. Visitors buy gourd charms that refer to Hideyoshi's rise from foot soldier to ruler.

Osaka Castle A shrine said to date to 12 BC, in a district named for the craftsmen who made magatama beads. It guarded Osaka Castle in the Toyotomi and Tokugawa periods, and the grounds hold a torii gate given by Toyotomi Hideyori and a monument to Sen no Rikyu.

Osaka Castle The castle keep rebuilt in 1931 as a museum of the Toyotomi era and Osaka Castle's history, with an observation deck on the top floor. It stands inside Osaka Castle Park, which covers 105.6 hectares.

Osaka Castle A 105.6-hectare park around the castle keep, with moats, stone walls and a plum grove of about 1,245 trees of 105 varieties. It also holds Nishinomaru Garden, Osaka-jo Hall and the Miraiza shopping building.

Osaka Castle A 6.5-hectare lawn garden opened in 1965 on the site said to have been the residence of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's wife, Kita no Mandokoro. About 300 cherry trees, mostly Somei Yoshino, bloom here in spring, and the Hoshoan teahouse stands in the northeast corner.

Osaka Castle A museum that covers nearly 1,400 years of Osaka's history with full-size reconstructed buildings, models and film. Remains of the Naniwa Palace are preserved in the basement, and the top floor looks out over Osaka Castle. It opened in 2001.

Osaka Castle A shopping and dining building in Osaka Castle Park that was completed in 1931 as the headquarters of the Imperial Army's 4th Division. It later served as the Osaka City Museum before reopening as a complex of shops, cafes and restaurants.

Osaka Castle A gold-coloured sightseeing boat that circles the castle's inner moat in about 20 minutes.

Osaka Castle A large concert and event arena at Osaka Castle Park.

Tennoji The head temple of the Washu sect, with a central temple area, the Gokuraku-jodo garden and a Treasure Hall. On the 21st and 22nd of every month the central area is free to enter.

Tennoji A small shrine for the Heian-period diviner Abe no Seimei, said to stand on his birthplace. It was founded in 1007, rebuilt in 1921 as a branch of Abeno Oji Shrine, and the present building dates from 1925.

Tennoji A shrine on the old Kumano pilgrimage road, counted in the Heian period among the 99 Kumano Oji shrines. Its grounds hold five camphor trees and one Japanese elm that Osaka Prefecture protects.

Tennoji A temple known as the temple of the Bone Buddha (Okotsu Butsu) and of memorial entrustment, a few minutes' walk from Tennoji Park.

Tennoji An old Osaka shrine that started at Ishiyamazaki, the site where Osaka Castle later stood. It burned in 1580 and moved here in 1583 when Toyotomi Hideyoshi built the castle.

Tennoji A Japanese garden around a pond inside Tennoji Park, next to the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts. A combined ticket with the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts next door is sold at the garden gate.

Tennoji The city's art museum, inside Tennoji Park, which marked its 90th anniversary in 2026. It runs collection displays, special exhibitions and has a museum shop and cafe.

Tennoji The observatory on floors 58 to 60 of Abeno Harukas, a 300 m tower. The 60th floor is a glass corridor with views in all directions, and on clear days you can see from Kyoto to Awaji Island.

Shinsekai The tower at the center of Shinsekai, with a general observation deck, a golden deck on the 5th floor with the Billiken statue, and an outdoor deck on the roof. The tower has timed entry, which you book online or at the counter.

Shinsekai The municipal zoo in Tennoji Park, a short walk from Shinsekai and Tsutenkaku.

Shinsekai A large bath complex with two themed zones, a European one on the 4th floor and an Asian one on the 6th, which swap between women's and men's use each month.

Shinsekai The Shinsekai flagship of the Daruma kushikatsu restaurants, with 12 counter seats.

Shinsekai A covered street of about 50 shops in Shinsekai, with kushikatsu and doteyaki restaurants along it.

Shinsekai A downtown district around Tsutenkaku whose origins go back to 1903 and the Fifth Domestic Industrial Exposition in Tennoji. Luna Park, the paid amusement park that stood south of the first Tsutenkaku, has closed.

Tsuruhashi A shopping street in Ikuno-ku with more than 20 kimchi specialty shops and Korean groceries, near Tsuruhashi.

Tsuruhashi A cluster of six markets and shopping streets with about 800 shops beside Tsuruhashi station, spread across Tennoji, Higashinari and Ikuno wards. It grew out of a postwar black market and has a wholesale fish market that cooks buy from early in the morning.

Tsuruhashi A small museum on the history of Korea Town, from the early Chosen Market to the present, 50 m north of Ichijo-dori at the main Korea Town street. It has run an exhibition on Ikaino kimchi.

Tsuruhashi A yakiniku and Korean court cuisine restaurant about 1 minute from Tsuruhashi Station. The main Tsuruhashi store has been in business for over 40 years.

Tsuruhashi A black wagyu yakiniku restaurant, a 4 to 5 minute walk from Tsuruhashi station.

Osaka Bay A large public aquarium on the Tempozan waterfront, built around a Pacific Ocean theme. You follow a spiral route down past tanks of marine life from around the rim of the Pacific.

Osaka Bay A 112.5 m Ferris wheel with 60 cabins at Tempozan. One turn takes about 15 minutes.

Osaka Bay A waterfront mall next to the Kaiyukan aquarium, with shops, restaurants and a food hall called Naniwa Kuishinbo Yokocho. It's part of the Tempozan Harbor Village complex.

Osaka Bay A replica sailing ship that cruises Osaka Bay from the Kaiyukan West Pier. The day cruise takes about 45 minutes and the twilight cruise about 60.

Osaka Bay A film-themed amusement park on the Osaka waterfront in Konohana Ward. It's the Osaka Bay area's biggest draw for families and one of the main reasons people stay in the city.

Osaka Bay An observation deck at the top of the Osaka Prefectural Government Sakishima Building on the Nanko waterfront, with views across the bay.

Nara A Buddhist temple in Nara whose main building is the Great Buddha Hall (Daibutsu-den), home to the temple's colossal Buddha statue.

Nara A Shinto shrine at the eastern edge of Nara Park. The deer in the park are regarded as its divine messengers.

Nara Nara is the old capital east of Osaka, and its main sights sit inside or beside Nara Park. About 1,300 wild deer roam the park, and they're a designated national natural treasure.

Nara A park of about 660 hectares across the eastern side of Nara, home to roughly 1,300 wild deer. The deer are a designated national natural treasure and are counted as the divine messengers of Kasuga Taisha.

Kobe A port city west of Osaka. Kitano has the Weathercock House, a National Important Cultural Property, and Nankinmachi is one of Japan's three top Chinatowns.

Himeji Himeji Castle is the White Heron Castle west of Osaka in Hyogo. You can climb inside the main keep, and the grounds are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Koyasan The most sacred area of Koyasan, a roughly 2 km approach through cedar trees several hundred years old to the mausoleum of Kobo Daishi. Over 200,000 memorial towers line the way, including those of feudal lords.

Koyasan Koyasan is a sacred mountain of Shingon Esoteric Buddhism in Wakayama, founded by the monk Kobo Daishi at the beginning of the Heian period. Okunoin and Danjo Garan are its two main areas.

Minoo Minoh Falls is a 33 m drop, 5 m wide, in Meiji-no-Mori Minoh Quasi-National Park in the hills north of Osaka. Entry to the park is free and the trail up from Hankyu Minoh Station follows the river.

Arima Onsen An old hot spring town in the hills north of Kobe. Two public baths, Kin no Yu and Gin no Yu, sit in the centre of town.

Sakai Japan's largest burial mound, 486 m long and built in the mid-5th century in Sakai.

Namba An Osaka Prefecture archive of Kamigata comedy and storytelling on the seventh floor of the YES NAMBA building. It has a permanent exhibit and themed shows, plus corners where you can pose on a rakugo stage set or have your photo taken on video with a performer.

Dotonbori A food and entertainment building in the middle of Dotonbori, with the Kuidaore Taro figure as its marker. It holds restaurants, Osaka souvenir shops, arcades and the Yoshimoto Dotonbori Theatre on the sixth floor.

Dotonbori An oval Ferris wheel on the Don Quijote Dotonbori store, 77.4 m at its highest point. A ride takes about 15 minutes, and the four-person gondolas rotate horizontally.

Dotonbori The Western-style grill at the Dotonbori main store of Hari-ju. The menu centres on beef cutlets, steaks, hamburg steak and beef stew.

Nipponbashi A shrine to Emperor Nintoku with a tradition of more than 1,200 years. It is the setting of the classic rakugo story Takatsu no Tomi.

Amerikamura A commercial contemporary art gallery in Minami-Horie, opened in Tezukayama in 1992 and at this address since March 2010. It has a main gallery for solo and group shows plus a smaller viewing room for collection works.

Amerikamura A multi-storey complex in the middle of Amerikamura with youth fashion shops, game and record stores, cafes and restaurants. Its site also lists cinema screenings and a live-event calendar.

Shinsaibashi The flagship shop of an Osaka castella maker founded in 1952, on Shinsaibashi-suji. Cafe La Salle on the second floor serves tea and cake.

Tenma A Western-style building put up in 1871 as a reception house for the Mint, described by the city as Japan's first full-scale Western-style building. It stands on the north side of the Japan Mint grounds, close to the riverside cherry trees.

Umeda A department store with a basement food floor, a Hanshin Tigers shop (Team Shop Clubhouse) on the first floor, and a food hall and restaurants on the ninth floor. Hanshin Osaka-Umeda station is about a minute away on foot.

Tenma A kitchenware shop on the Tenjinbashisuji shopping street that stocks knives from the Sakai maker Sakai Takayuki, plus frying pans and yukihira pots from makers in Kyoto and Niigata. It also sells ceramics, Japanese household goods and gifts.

Tenma A cake shop and cafe on Tenjinbashisuji known for its Tenjin Roll, with fruit rolls, egg tarts and baked goods on the menu. The cafe side serves pancake sets and a pancake buffet.

Tenma A select shop of Osaka-made goods opened in April 2014, selling Tenma kiriko glass, Osaka pewterware, tenugui, paper tiger toys and local foods and drinks such as Minoh beer and Kawachi wine. It also stocks souvenirs and rakugo goods for the nearby Hanjotei theatre.

Tenma A neighbourhood second-hand bookshop on Tenjinbashisuji that handles picture books, magazines, subculture titles and photo books, along with older rare books.

Tennoji The paid Japanese garden inside Shitenno-ji, called Gokuraku-jo-do on the temple's own pages. The temple lists it as a separate ticket from the central halls and the treasure hall.

Shitenno-ji Honbo Garden (Gokuraku-jo-do)

Tennoji An art museum on the 16th floor of Abeno Harukas, with a changing programme of special exhibitions. The official calendar lists Andrew Wyeth now and Lucie Rie from 26 December 2026.

Tennoji The lawn plaza at the entrance of Tennoji Park, beside the station area. Cafes, restaurants, a flower shop and a paid children's play area sit around the grass.

Tennoji A free hands-on disaster-prevention facility run by the city. The experiences are tour-style courses with limited places.

Osaka Castle A peace museum beside Osaka Castle Park that tells the story of the air raids on Osaka. Exhibits run across the first to third floors.

Osaka Castle The park on the ruins of Naniwa Palace, the capital that began in 645. Ground markers, explanation boards and AR show what stood here, and a lawn and restaurant building sit in the middle.

Osaka Castle A shrine on the Sanada-yama hill south-east of Osaka Castle, known for the Sanada tunnel that is kept locked behind iron bars. The grounds are known for cherry blossom in early April.

Shinsekai A shrine to Ebisu, the god of business and good fortune, that the shrine says dates to 600. It stands west of Shinsekai and is the home of the Toka Ebisu festival.

Shinsekai The wide main street running up to Tsutenkaku, with the tower in view along its length. The association lists old-style coffee shops, okonomiyaki, udon and soba shops, a shooting gallery and souvenir stores.

Shinsekai An open-air event space with a stage in front of Tsutenkaku, with takoyaki, kushikatsu and coffee served at about 50 tables. Music and performance events run on the stage.

Tsuruhashi The shrine for the Ikaino area, dedicated to Emperor Nintoku, Sukunahikona and Osakahiko. The main hall and worship hall from 1930 are registered national cultural properties, and a poem monument to the scholar Wani, set up in 2009, speaks of Japan-Korea friendship.

Tsuruhashi A kimchi specialist in Osaka Korea Town that says it has made kimchi for over 40 years. The shop keeps more than 80 kinds in stock, and a separate dining shop serves kimchi stew.

Tsuruhashi A yakiniku restaurant a minute from JR Tsuruhashi, with box seats for up to six and smokeless roasters on every floor. Course menus run from 5,500 yen for nine items.

Nara A stroll garden next to Todai-ji that uses the temple's roofline and the hills behind it as borrowed scenery. The ticket includes the Neiraku Museum.

Nara A temple whose East Pagoda is a National Treasure. Sutra copying is a central visitor activity, and the temple runs courses for it.

Kobe A hillside herb garden reached by ropeway from beside Shin-Kobe Station. The upper areas include a lookout, a glass house and a restaurant.

Kobe A shrine dedicated to Wakahirume no Mikoto, said to date to 201 CE, with the wooded Ikuta no Mori behind it. It stands a ten-minute walk north of Sannomiya.

Kobe A museum on Meriken Park covering the history of Kobe and its port. The ticket also covers Kawasaki World inside the building.

Kobe A historic Western-style residence in Kobe's Kitano Ijinkan district, known as Kazamidori-no-Yakata.

Himeji Nine linked gardens southwest of Himeji Castle, laid out so the castle serves as borrowed scenery. It includes a pond-and-stroll garden and a tea garden with a sukiya-style tea house.

Koyasan The head temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism, with a rock garden and a main hall that can be toured inside. The Tokugawa family mausoleum is a separate ticket nearby.

Koyasan A museum holding Buddhist statues and paintings from the temples of Mount Koya, including National Treasures. Special exhibitions run in autumn.

Arima Onsen A toy museum in Arima Onsen with an annual passport and craft workshops. Admission does not allow re-entry on the same day.

Minoo A hillside temple in Minoo with 80,000 tsubo of grounds, known as a place to pray for victory. The temple sells winning daruma dolls and charms.

Minoo The park laid out on the 1970 World Expo site, with Taro Okamoto's Tower of the Sun at its centre. The park has a Japanese garden, a natural-culture garden and cycle boats on the Yume no Ike pond.

Expo '70 Commemorative Park and Tower of the Sun

Sakai The city museum inside Daisen Park, beside the Mozu tomb group. It covers Sakai's history and the burial mounds.

Sakai Sakai's traditional industries hall, with displays on the history, methods and tools behind local crafts. The Sakai Knife Museum CUT inside shows how Sakai knives are made.

Sakai Denshokan (Sakai Knife Museum CUT)

Sakai A city-run complex with the Sen no Rikyu Chanoyu Museum and the Yosano Akiko Memorial Museum under one roof. It also has a sightseeing information corner and tea experiences with chair seating.

Sakai A lighthouse built in 1877 at the tip of the old Sakai port, about 1 km west of Sakai Station. It is a national historic site.

Osaka Bay Japan's first artificial tidal flat, opened in 1983 on reclaimed land in Nanko. An observation tower looks over the flat and the green space around it.

Sakai A city museum of work by Alphonse Mucha, the Art Nouveau painter, inside Belle Mage Sakai Nibankan next to Sakaishi Station.

Sakai A museum run by Shimano on three floors, with real bicycles, panels and video on the history of cycling. The second floor shows early bicycles with panoramic video.

Sakai A merchant townhouse built soon after the 1615 Siege of Osaka, with a main house designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan.

Shinsekai A neighbourhood bathhouse near Tsutenkaku with an open-air bath set against a Japanese garden. The bath's page says the tower can be seen from the bath.

Shinsekai A sento in Nishinari with a traditional attendant counter. The ceiling carries 108 carp painted by the muralist Kimura Hideki, and the baths include a lava-stone sauna above 110 degrees.

Nipponbashi A bathhouse about a minute from Nipponbashi station, in the Kuromon Market area, that the page describes as 75 years old. It has a steam sauna with a cold plunge, and the sauna is free.

Tennoji A large bathhouse next to Abeno Q's Mall with natural hot-spring water that is delivered daily. It has dry and steam saunas, a cold bath, a jet bath and a lounge with massage chairs.

Tsuruhashi A small neighbourhood sento five minutes from Tsuruhashi station. The page recommends the jet bath and the lie-down bath, and there is a dry sauna and a cold bath.

Tenma A bathhouse with a traditional attendant counter just off the Tenjinbashisuji shopping street. It has a dry sauna, a cold bath, an electric bath and a herbal bath.

Tenma A bathhouse with handrails fitted in the washing area and the baths. It has a dry sauna, an open-air bath, a cold bath and a jet bath, and it runs a coin laundry.

Nakanoshima and Kitahama A 2,700-seat hall that opened in 1958 for the Osaka International Festival and moved into the Nakanoshima Festival Tower in spring 2013. The stage is 30 m wide, and the programme runs from opera and ballet to pop and jazz.

Umeda A concert hall with a cafe in the building that opens on performance days. The hall also runs its own big band series.

Umeda A theatre on the 7th floor of Breeze Tower, carrying on the legacy of the Sankei Hall that opened in 1952. Its own programme includes the Yonedanji rakugo series, plus theatre and other performances.

Umeda A seated live club in Herbis Plaza ENT with a service area and a casual area for food and drink. Tickets are sold on the club's own site, which has an English version.

Umeda A live hall on the 10th floor of Plaza Umeda, one of four Club Quattro rooms with Shibuya, Nagoya and Hiroshima.

Tenma A small jazz live cafe in Tenma with a Yamaha grand piano and seats close to the stage. It hosts live sets, jam sessions, private hire and music lessons.

Shinsaibashi A jazz club that opened in May 2024 and puts young professional players on stage. Sets start at 20:00 and 21:30 from Wednesday to Sunday, with a jam session on some Wednesdays.

Namba A large live hall with a standing floor on the 1st floor and reserved seats on the 2nd. The hall warns visitors not to confuse it with Zepp Osaka Bayside.

Osaka Bay A large live hall near the bay with a standing floor on the 1st floor and reserved seats on the 2nd.

Neighbourhood guide A shrine, a rakugo hall and Japan's longest shopping arcade

Neighbourhood guide Brick halls, stone libraries and bridges across the river in the middle of town

Neighbourhood guide A 105.6-hectare park, a rebuilt keep and a boat on the moat

Neighbourhood guide A 300 m tower, a head temple and small shrines on the old pilgrimage road

Neighbourhood guide An aquarium, a Ferris wheel and a replica sailing ship

About this Osaka travel map

This is a free interactive map of Osaka's sights and neighbourhoods, with 189 places. Osaka Castle, Shitenno-ji, Dotonbori and Tsutenkaku are on it, along with markets, museums, standing-bar districts and day trips to Nara, Kobe and Himeji. Filter by category or tag, search by name or neighbourhood, save favourites, and export them to Google Maps as a walking route. Every place links to a full page with the nearest station, the cost and how long to allow.

Top Osaka sights on the map

Headline sights for each district. A name opens that place's own page, and the rest of the map sits around it.

Namba and Dotonbori

Dotonbori · Neighbourhood
Glico Sign · Landmark
Hozenji Yokocho · Neighbourhood
Kuromon Market · Market

Osaka Castle

Tennoji and Shinsekai

Shitenno-ji · Temple
Keitakuen Garden · Park
Harukas 300 Observatory · Viewpoint
Tsutenkaku · Landmark

Osaka Bay

Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan · Museum
Tempozan Giant Ferris Wheel · Landmark
Universal Studios Japan · Landmark
Sakishima Cosmo Tower Observatory · Viewpoint

Plan an itinerary with the map

Tap the heart on any place to save it. Open Saved and press Plan my days, and your saved places and events are sorted into days by area, with walking or train times between stops. Open saved places in Google Maps turns up to ten of them into walking directions. Set your trip dates and the Events view shows what's on while you're here. Saved places stay in your browser, and there's no account.

Is this Osaka travel map free to use?

Yes. It's free, with no account or app download. Saved places and events stay in your browser, so your shortlist is waiting next time you open it.

Who makes this map?

Roam Osaka was founded by Daniel, who also makes Roam Tokyo and Roam Kyoto. The facts for each of the 189 places are taken from its own official page or an official tourism body, and a fact that couldn't be confirmed is left off.

What does each place on the map tell you?

Its nearest station, the cost and how long to allow, with a tip for most of them, and the places nearby with walking times. Hours and closing days are shown where the place publishes them. Every place has its own page too.

Can I plan an Osaka itinerary with the map?

Yes. Every place shows what's nearby with walking times, and you can export any shortlist of saved places to Google Maps as walking directions, up to ten stops at a time.

How do I get between places in Osaka?

Each place names its nearest station. Most of central Osaka sits on the Midosuji subway line, which links Umeda, Shinsaibashi, Namba and Tennoji, so a base on it puts most of the map within a few stops.

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Top Osaka sights on the map

Namba and Dotonbori

Shinsaibashi and Amerikamura

Umeda and Tenma

Nakanoshima and Kitahama

Osaka Castle

Tennoji and Shinsekai

Osaka Bay

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