Best Things To Do in Osaka, Japan

1. Osaka Museum Of Housing And Living

   

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   Museum, Outdoors, Specialty Museum

   The Osaka Museum of Housing and Living is a remarkable and intriguing museum located near the Tenjinbashi-suji Shopping Street. The museum has re-created buildings and streets that show what life was like in Osaka during the Edo Period (1603-1867). Through interactive exhibits, visitors learn all about Osaka's development. Visitors can also rent kimonos, dress up in them and take pictures along...Read more

2. Hozenji Yokocho

   

   A charming stone paved pathway around 80 metres long is one of Ozaka's greatest hidden gems. The sixty small food and bar outlets here, known as izakaya, have served as the area's nightspot since the Edo period. Though they all look unassuming, some of them are famous, such as Katsudon and Yakizen. It's popular with local celebrities. The street gets its name from the Hozen-ji Temple here. Look...Read more

3. Shitenno Ji

   4.2 (3415 Votes)
   

   Art And Culture, Religious Site

   Shitennoji is one of Japan's oldest temples. It was established and built in the year 593 by Prince Shotoku (famous for supporting the introduction of Buddhism to Japan). Having a rough history, the temple's buildings were burned down several times throughout the centuries. The present temple was, however, reconstructed to reflect the original 6th century design. Near the temple ...Read more

4. Grand Front Osaka

   4 (1227 Votes)
   

   Restaurant, Shopping Center

   This is a straightforward commercial complex. Lots of restaurants for eating, including many international and regional outlets. Lots of stores for shopping, spread out over six floors. Altogether there are 266 outlets. It also has the Intercontinental Hotel Osaka, a convention center, and showrooms. Check out the Panasonic Center, which is the company's flagship showroom. There are gardens on ...Read more

5. Osaka Museum Of History

   4.1 (934 Votes)
   

   Museum, Natural History Museum

   Located across from the moat of the Osaka Castle Park, the modern style museum building has some great views of the castle. The exhibits inside explore Osaka's evolution - cultural, social, technological - from ancient to modern times. Each floor is themed after a specific period in the city's 1400 year old history. Highlights include a miniature recreations of the Naniwanomiya Palace and shopp...Read more

6. Nipponbashi

   

   Market

   This area has been a market in one form or another for a long while. During the Meiji and and Taisho periods this was the place to go for second hand books. Electronics stores opened up after world war two. Furniture and home appliance stores followed. Today though, it caters to Japan's 'otaku' culture, with a thriving trade in collectibles, video games, card games, toys, manga, anime, cabarets...Read more

7. Shinsekai

   4 (4240 Votes)
   

   Cafe, Club, Restaurant, Entertainment

   Shinsekai is a district in Osaka known for its vibrant night life, its restaurants and its pleasure houses. At the district's centre stands Tsutenkaku Tower. The area was developed into its current layout following the success of the 1903 National Industrial Exposition. While developing the area, Paris was chosen as the model for Shinsekai's northern half, while Coney Island was chosen as the m...Read more

8. Sennichimae Doguyasuji Shopping Street

   4 (854 Votes)
   

   Street Market

   This 150 metre long arcade is famed manly for all the stores selling kitchenware and cooking implements. There is practically nothing related to making a meal that you can't find here. Pots, pans, knives, chopping boards, lacquerware, aprons, plastic food, tenderizer, plates, mugs, chopsticks - you'll find these in every imaginable variety.

9. Ebisubashi

   4.1 (627 Votes)
   

   Bridge

   This tiny bridge is the source of an amusing but legendary anecdote. When the Kansai-based Hanshin Tigers baseball team tossed a statue of KFC mascot Colonel Harland Sanders into the river from this bridge in 1985, it was followed by an 18 year long losing streak for the team. This was called the 'Curse of the Colonel'. Other than this, it's just a pretty structure that serves a gathering point...Read more

10. Kids Plaza Osaka

    4.3 (568 Votes)
    

    Museum

    Essentially this is a giant interactive playground. The facility is from the 3rd to 5th floors. Each floor is has a theme; these are Discovery, Adventure and Creativity. Combining games, athleticism, role-play and workshops, the plaza is one of the coolest learning spaces for exploring nature, science, society and culture. Parents often walk away wishing this was what schools were like.

11. Midosuji Sculpture Street

    

    Walking Area, Streets

    Midosuji Street is Osaka's main road stretching approximately 4 kilometres. It was opened in the year 1937. With around 800 ginkgo trees and quaint buildings, a walk down the Midosuji Street is a visually pleasing one. Recently, around 29 sculptures by well-known Japanese and overseas artists were installed along the street. These sculptures include works by Henry Moore, August Rodin and Kotaro...Read more

12. Tenjimbashi-suji Shopping Street

    4.1 (3122 Votes)
    

    Cafe, Restaurant, Entertainment, Market

    The Tenjinbashi-suji Shopping Street is arguably the longest shopping street in Japan. It is a covered shopping street which stretches more than two kilometres! It starts from the Tenjimbashi-suji Rokuchome Subway Station and ends at the Tenjinbashi Bridge. The street houses shops that sell things such as groceries, clothes, shoes, books, medicine, snacks and sundries. There are also many ...Read more

13. Osaka City Central Public Hall

    4.2 (453 Votes)
    

    Architecture , Hall

    The Neo-Renaissance style architecture of this elegant and solemn looking building, with columns and domed towers and red brick color, makes it stand out starkly in Osaka's usually modern landscape. It was completed in 1918. Inside, check out the ceiling painting 'Tenchi Kaibyaku', depicting the Japanese creation myth. In the basement you'll find the Iwamoto Memorial Room, dedicated to the man ...Read more

14. Hankyu Umeda Main Store

    4.1 (296 Votes)
    

    Opened in 1929, this was the world's first department store to open at a railway terminal. Most of the mall's offerings comprise of the world's best luxury fashion brands. Cosmetics do a thriving trade too. Most of the shops cater to women. It has some good restaurants, covering various cuisines, mainly Japanese. The vendors on the bottom floor specialise in Japanese delicacies. This is the fla...Read more

15. Tsutenkaku

    3.9 (3021 Votes)
    

    Landmark, Tower, Architecture , Observation Deck

    Tsutenkaku is a tower situated in Shinsekai, Osaka. The tower was first built in the year 1912 as a replica of the Eiffel Tower.  However, in the year 1943, the tower suffered a fire and was damaged beyond immediate repair.  And so it stayed for many years. After World War II, The Tsutenkaku Kanko Co. Ltd. was put in charge of rebuilding the tower. The new tower was opened for public ...Read more

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