- Hoshi no Buranko Bridge
- Naritasan Fudoson
- The Osaka Castle Donjon
- Osaka Museum of History
- Osaka Tenmangu Shrine
- Osaka City Central Public Hall
- The National Museum of Art, Osaka
- Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka
- Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan
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Hoshi no Buranko Bridge
Hoshi no Buranko Bridge is a suspended wooden bridge with a height of up to 180 m above sea level, a total length of 280 m, and a maximum height of up to 50 m above ground level, making it one of the largest pedestrian suspension bridges in the country. Visitors can see the forest of Hoshida Park below from the suspension bridge, which is beautiful in every season, while enjoying the thrill of a walk in the air.
- Address:
- 5019-1 Hoshino, Katano, Osaka Prefecture
- Hours:
- 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- URL:
http://o-wonderforest.com/hoshida/hoshinoburanko.html – Japanese
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Naritasan Fudoson
It is particularly popular for offering prayers for traffic safety, as it was the first temple in Japan to build a prayer hall dedicated to traffic safety. The temple performs daily "ogoma prayer," in which visitors make a wish to the deity Fudo and pray for its fulfillment by burning a special kind of wood called gomagi. Each train car of the Keihan Railway carries a Naritasan Fudoson traffic safety talisman.
- Address:
- 10-1 Narita Nishi-machi, Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture
- Hours:
- 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- URL:
https://osaka-naritasan.or.jp/ – Japanese
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The Osaka Castle Donjon
Osaka Castle has a great symbolic presence is Osaka. It is counted as one of the three great castles of Japan, along with Himeji and Kumamoto castles. Built by Hideyoshi Toyotomi in 1583, Osaka Castle has suffered repeated attacks of fire, burning to the ground twice. The donjon standing today was constructed in 1931 using donations from the citizens of Osaka.
- Address:
- 1-1 Osakajo, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
- Hours:
- 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (last entry: 4:30 p.m.)
- URL:
https://www.osakacastle.net/ – Japanese
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Osaka Museum of History
The Osaka Museum of History opened in 2001 and is located next to the lush greenery of Osaka Castle Park and Naniwa Palace Site Park. The museum showcases the history of the City of Osaka from ancient times through the medieval and early modern periods to the more modern and contemporary periods, using a wealth of historical materials, models, full-scale reconstructions, and videos. The top floor, which offers a beautiful view of Osaka Castle, is a popular spot for taking photos.
- Address:
- 4-1-32 Otemae, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
- Hours:
- 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (last entry: 4:30 p.m.)
- URL:
https://www.osakamushis.jp/ – Japanese
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Osaka Tenmangu Shrine
The shrine is popularly called "Tenma-no-Tenjin-san" as it is dedicated to Tenjin, the deity of academics and the arts. On July 24th and 25th of each year, the Tenjin Festival, which has been held for more than 1,000 years, comes alive with 3,000 people parading through the streets dressed in traditional costumes, a fleet of more than 100 boats passing by on the river in the evening darkness, and a fireworks display with about 5,000 fireworks.
- Address:
- 2-1-8 Tenjinbashi, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
- Hours:
- 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- URL:
https://osakatemmangu.or.jp/ – Japanese
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Osaka City Central Public Hall
The Osaka Central Public Hall is a contemporary building located in Nakanoshima, surrounded by lush greenery and water. The hall's unique red brick exterior makes it a distinctive structure and an iconic symbol of Osaka City, in addition to the Osaka Castle tower. The hall serves as a venue for cultural, artistic, and social events, as well as lectures and concerts. Visitors can also enjoy a restaurant inside the hall.
- Address:
- 1-1-27 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
- Hours:
- 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
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The National Museum of Art, Osaka
The National Museum of Art, Osaka was relocated from the Expo '70 Commemorative Park to Nakanoshima in 2004, and opened as a fully underground museum, where visitors are greeted by unique bamboo-inspired art pieces. The museum's collection focuses on contemporary art, both domestic and international, from 1945 onward, and is the largest in Japan with approximately 8,000 pieces.
- Address:
- 4-2-55 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
- Hours:
- 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (last entry: 4:30 p.m.)
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Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka
Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka was established in Osaka in February 2022. The museum has a collection of over 6000 works of art and design from the mid-nineteen century up until the present, with a focus on representative Japanese and foreign works of art and design. Visitors can enjoy a wide range of collection areas including Western-style painting by Japanese artists, nihonga(japanese-style painting), European modern art, contemporary art, prints, photography, sculpture, design and more.
- Address:
- 4-3-1 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
- Hours:
- Exhibition Room: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (last entry: 4:30 p.m.)
*The above differs depending on the exhibition. Please visit the website linked below for details.
- Closed:
- Mondays (Tuesday if Monday is a holiday)
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Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan
The Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan is among the largest aquariums in the world and is built around a "Pacific Ocean" water tank in which the whale shark, the world’s largest fish, swims. After zipping to the uppermost floor on an escalator, visitors work their way around the great water tank in a downward spiral, an interesting feature of the building. Feeding and exhibiting such sea life as dolphins, sea otters, penguins and diaphanous jellyfish, the aquarium has a total of some 620 species and 30,000 individual life forms, appealing to the precious nature of life and the importance of the global environment.
- Address:
- 1-1-10 Kaigandori, Minato-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
- Hours:
- Varies depending on the day. Please visit the website linked below for details.