Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #11 in Osaka, Japan

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Number of sights 17 sights
Distance 9.6 km
Ascend 154 m
Descend 152 m

Explore Osaka in Japan with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in OsakaIndividual Sights in Osaka

Sight 1: 願泉寺

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願泉寺 bittercup / CC BY-SA 3.0

Gansenji Temple is a temple of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji sect located in Naniwa Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. It was originally a temple of the Tiantai sect.

Wikipedia: 願泉寺 (大阪市) (JA)

764 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 2: Namba Yasaka Shrine

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Namba Yasaka Shrine KENPEI / CC BY-SA 3.0

Namba Yasaka Shrine is a shrine located in Naniwa Ward, Osaka. The former company name is Gosha. It is often written as "Namba Yasaka Shrine", but this is a typographical error.

Wikipedia: 難波八阪神社 (JA)

288 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: 日本工芸館

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Japan Crafts Museum is a museum located in Naniwa Ward, Osaka City, that aims to preserve, nurture and disseminate traditional folk crafts. It was established by Chuichi Miyake in 1950 as a base for the activities of the Osaka branch of the Japan Folk Crafts Association.

Wikipedia: 日本工芸館 (JA)

744 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 4: 日本橋UPs

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955 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 5: 心光寺

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Shinkoji Temple (しんこうじ) は、Temples all over Japan。

Wikipedia: 心光寺 (JA)

607 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 6: 太平寺

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Taihei-ji (太平寺) is a Buddhist temple in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in about 1555, and it is affiliated with Sōtō Buddhism.

Wikipedia: Taihei-ji (EN)

223 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: 真光院

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Shinkoin (眞光院, Shinkoin) is the name of the temple of the following temples.

Wikipedia: 真光院 (JA)

166 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Shoman-in; Aizen-do

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Shomanin is a temple of the Japanese sect located in Tennoji Ward, Osaka. The name of the mountain is Mt. Araryo. The honzon is Aizen Myo. It is also called Aizendo. Shitennoji Betsuin. Nishikoku Aizen 17 Sacred Grounds No. 1. Shingon Esoteric Buddhism Katsuhi-ryu Nemoto Dojo. The Taho Pagoda is the oldest wooden structure in Osaka.

Wikipedia: 勝鬘院 (JA)

193 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Oe-jinja Shrine

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Oe-jinja Shrine KENPEI / CC BY-SA 3.0

Ōe Shrine is located in Yuyooka-cho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka. A shrine located in the former Tennoji Kitamura, part of Tennoji Village, Higashinari District. The former company name is Gosha.

Wikipedia: 大江神社 (大阪市) (JA)

444 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: Yasui-jinja Shrine

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Yasui-jinja Shrine KENPEI / CC BY-SA 3.0

Shrine of Angqu (やすじじゃ) and Shrine of the Temple of Tianwang, Osaka City. Old society, village house. The palace of Tianqi, Anjing Shrine and Shrine of Anyi. Nakada Xinhua is demanding the earth.

Wikipedia: 安居神社 (JA)

214 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Kiyomizudera

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Kiyomizu -dera is a temple of Kazujong in Reincho, Tennoji -ku, Osaka. The mountain is Arisuyama. The principal is the eleven Sennote Kanzeon Bodhisattva. Wind of Wason Soho Motoyama Shitennoji Temple.

Wikipedia: 清水寺 (大阪市) (JA)

630 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 12: Shitennoji

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Shitennō-ji is a Buddhist temple in Ōsaka, Japan. It is also known as Arahaka-ji, Nanba-ji, or Mitsu-ji. The temple is sometimes regarded as the first Buddhist and oldest officially-administered temple in Japan, although the temple complex and buildings have been rebuilt over the centuries, with the last reconstruction taking place in 1963. Shortly after World War II, Shitennō-ji became independent of the parent Tendai sect, and formed the "Wa" sect of Buddhism.

Wikipedia: Shitennō-ji (EN), Website

478 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 13: Gojogu Shrine

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Gojogu Shrine is a shrine located in Tennoji Ward, Osaka. The former company name is Murasha. It is the only shrine in Japan dedicated to Emperor Toshida, the ancestor of the Tachibana clan.

Wikipedia: 五條宮 (JA)

832 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 14: 生田花朝女生誕地

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生田花朝女生誕地

Ikuta Hanasa is a Japanese painter from the Meiji era to the Showa era.

Wikipedia: 生田花朝女 (JA)

1079 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 15: 東高津宮

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東高津宮 KENPEI / CC BY-SA 3.0

Higashi Takatsu-gu Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Higashi Takatsu-cho, Tennoji Ward, Osaka City. It was ranked as a sonsha (village shrine) under the old shrine classification system. It is also called Moto-Takatsu.

Wikipedia: 東高津宮 (JA)

914 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 16: Sanadayama Park

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Sanadayama Park

Sanadayama Park is an urban park (district park) located in Sanadayama-cho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka, Japan.

Wikipedia: 真田山公園 (JA)

1101 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 17: 比売許曽神社

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比売許曽神社

Himesaso Shrine is a shrine located in Higashinari Ward, Osaka. The former company name is Murasha. It is one of the shrines of the Shikiuchi Meijin Taisha Shrine "Settsu Province Higashisei-gun Hiyori Kyoso Shrine (Shimoteru Hiso Shrine)" (the other shrine is Takatsunomiya Setsha and Hiyori Koso Shrine).

Wikipedia: 比売許曽神社 (JA)

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