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Osaka travel guide

Sumiyoshi Taisha, Shitennoji and Osaka Tenmangu. Sakai forged blades hold about 90% of the professional Japanese knife market. Takoyaki and flour-based food, and the tomb of Emperor Nintoku. Osaka, set out category by category.

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    Sightseeing spots

    Scenery and town walks. Find the places you want to go.

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    Sakai · Place · candidate to visit

    Mozu Kofun

    The tomb of Emperor Nintoku is the largest in Japan. Part of the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group World Cultural Heritage site.

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    Osaka · Place · candidate to visit

    Osaka-jo

    Hideyoshi's castle was buried by the Tokugawa, and the stone walls you see today are from the Tokugawa period.

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    Tenjin Matsuri

    One of the three great festivals of Japan. The river surface glitters with the boat procession and the dedicated fireworks.

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    Shrines & temples

    Learn the history and culture, and prepare for your visit.

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    Sumiyoshi Taisha

    Its four main halls are National Treasures, preserving sumiyoshi-zukuri, a building style from before Buddhism reached Japan: straight roofs with no upward curve. The way the Japanese built before Chinese influence survives here. Worship begins by crossing the steeply arched drum bridge.

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    Osaka · Place · candidate to visit

    Shitennoji

    Said to have been built by Prince Shotoku, and held to be the oldest full-scale temple in Japan. The Shitennoji layout, with gate, pagoda, golden hall and lecture hall on a straight line from the south, takes its name from this temple.

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    Osaka Tenmangu

    It enshrines the deity of learning, and fills in July for the Tenjin festival, one of the three great festivals of Japan. Known for its river procession and dedicated fireworks.

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    Specialties & souvenirs

    Look up local specialties and save them to your shopping notes.

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    Crafts & industry

    Find ideas for hands-on experiences in craft and industry entries. Check whether visits are accepted.

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    Panasonic Museum

    The Panasonic Museum in Kadoma. It conveys the career of Konosuke Matsushita and how home appliances changed daily life.

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    Panasonic Energy Suminoe Factory

    A factory in Suminoe. It makes automotive batteries.

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    Daikin Industries Yodogawa Plant

    Daikin in Yodogawa. It handles air conditioning and fluorochemicals. In air conditioning it holds a high position worldwide.

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    Art & culture

    Widen your travel themes with art and culture entries.

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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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    100 Regional Revitalization Picks

    100 local highlights chosen by each prefecture. Find candidates in nature, food and experiences.

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    Osaka Kizu Wholesale Market

    A wholesale market over 300 years old, which opens a morning market to the public twice a month.

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    The Garden Oriental Osaka

    A venue near Osaka Castle, using the former city guest house and its 1.3-hectare garden for dining and events.

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    Tugboat Taisho

    A complex along the Shirinashi River in Taisho ward, Osaka, with dining and event space set out by the water.

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    Accommodation listings are samples. Car rental availability, comparison and booking are not connected yet. The fireworks date calendar is in preparation.