Kaiyukan Aquarium Vertigo Connie Ng The Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan by Osaka Bay is a local favorite. With a central tank that extends vertically connecting the uppe...
Food Words Cafe Osaka Saskia Gilmour Words Cafe is hip an upbeat cafe serving "Damn Good Coffee". Right next door to Osaka Tenmangu Shrine and JR Osakatenmangu St...
Culture Osaka Tenmangu Shrine Saskia Gilmour Osaka Tenmangu, or 'Tenjisan' as it's known by the locals, is the most famous of all the tenjin/tenmangu shrines throughout J...
Culture Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri 2026 Saskia Gilmour The Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri is the largest, if not greatest, danjiri matsuri (float festival) in Japan. Celebrating 300 yea...
Activities Osaka NHK Broadcasting Center Noro Randria Osaka's NHK Broadcasting Center is partly open to the public. Visitors can learn more about their favorite TV series and catc...
7 Osaka's Koyoshi Sushi Karen Zheng Somewhere in downtown Osaka, Umeda, the 50-year old Koyoshi serves excellent sushi that would literally make one’s tastebuds ...
Dotonbori at Night Kaitlynn Scannell Dōtonbori is one of the must-sees in Osaka. Although the space is wonderful during the day it is truly a sight at night with ...
11 Gastropub Gablicci at JR Osaka St. Takako Sakamoto Pub Gastropub Gablicci at JR Osaka Station; Just in front of the shuttle bus for the Westin Osaka, Imperial Hotel Osaka and R...
8 Animals in Osaka Castle Park Takako Sakamoto Osaka Castle Park 9 - Animals in Osaka Castle Park: There are many things to see in Osaka Castle Park, and animals are no exc...
10 Shudo-kan in Osaka Castle Park Takako Sakamoto Osaka Castle Park 5 - Shudo-kan and the site of Ishiyama Honganji Temple. Practice place for Japanese martial arts like Kendo...
