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Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts
On the site of the Sumitomo residence, with holdings of Chinese painting and stone Buddhas among the best in Japan.
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Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka
Forty years from conception to opening; a black box hollowed out at its centre, with the galleries hung in the void.
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National Museum of Art, Osaka
Every gallery is underground; above ground stands only a steel facade, the building itself invisible.
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Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka
Held to be the world's finest collection of Chinese and Korean ceramics, shown in cases lit by daylight so the celadon reads true.
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Fujita Museum
Fujita Denzaburo bought up treasures scattered when Meiji Japan turned on Buddhism; his Yohen Tenmoku is one of only three.
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Yuki Museum of Art
Tea utensils gathered by the founder of the Kitcho restaurants - vessels chosen by a cook's eye.
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Itsuo Art Museum
The collection of the man who built the Hankyu railway, holding the largest group of paintings by the haiku poet Buson.
Sakai
Sakai Blades
Sakai mass-produced the first Japanese guns; that forging skill turned into knives, and most professional chefs' blades still come from here.
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Sakai Chusen Dyeing
Dye poured through stencilled paste so it soaks clean through - the cloth comes out identical on both faces.
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Domyoji Tenmangu
Objects said to be Michizane's own are National Treasures; the district was home to the clan that made the haniwa.
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Kuboso Memorial Museum
Founded on a cotton family's gift; its celadon vase and Heian manuscript are both National Treasures.
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National Bunraku Theatre
Home of the puppet theatre born in Osaka; each head is carved by a specialist and repaired down the generations.
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Incense of Sakai
Incense making began where the aromatic woods landed; blending and forming are still separate trades.
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Small Factories of Osaka
Thousands of tiny workshops packed together, their division of labour working as if it were one large factory.
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Kawachi Cotton
Thick cotton from the flood plain, tough enough for sailcloth and working clothes.
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Sakai Denshokan
The Denshokan in Sakai. It exhibits three industries of Sakai: blades, incense sticks and chusen dyeing.
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Naniwa Honzome Chusen Dyeing
Naniwa Honzome of Sakai. Tenugui cloths are dyed by chusen, in which a stencil is laid down and dye is poured on.
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Osaka Buddhist Altars
The Buddhist altars of Osaka. They are made by bringing together woodwork, lacquer and metalwork.