9 Culture Osaka Castle Gardens Gloria Ticconi Osaka Castle was built more than 400 years ago, when the military commander Hideyoshi Toyotomi completed the military unifica...
Culture Shitennoji Temple in Osaka Connor Lappin Get out of the bustle and the chaos of Tennoji and explore one of Japan's oldest temples and its lasting symbol of Buddhism -...
Culture Escaping the Bustle of Osaka Connor Lappin Exploring the surrounding area of Osaka in Ikeda City and getting off the beaten track
20 Culture Birdseye View of Osaka Elena Lisina Umeda Sky Building has an interesting design and suggests a grand view of Osaka from its Floating Garden Observatory.
Culture Sumiyoshi Taisha of Osaka Elena Lisina Sumiyoshi Taisha of Osaka is a very popular place to visit for special occasions like Hatsumode (first visit to a shrine on N...
15 Culture Ohatsu Tenjin Shrine: Tragic Romance Joe Robinson A romantic shrine with a dark backstory, visited for blessings on relationships and fertility. For such a popular urban shri...
Culture Flower Expo Memorial Park Joe Robinson Flower Expo Memorial Park is a strange place, somewhere between conventional park and maintained display gardens. Some of th...
Culture Kemasakuranomiya Park Joe Robinson Kemasakuranomiya Park in Osaka is an ordinary park that blooms with extraordinary cherry blossoms in spring. In summer, visi...
8 Culture Cherry Blossoms at Haruki Station Bonson Lam The name Haruki literally means "spring tree", being on the Nankai or south sea railway from Osaka to Wakayama and Kansai Int...
Culture Time Bomb Records Osaka Jemma King In direct correlation to a city that seems to do as it feels the music scene is also varied and raw. Reflected in the many mu...