Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #14 in Osaka, Japan

Osaka Castle Park is a public urban park and historical site situated at Osaka-Jō in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. It lies on the south of the Ōkawa and occupies a large area in the center of the city of Osaka. This park is the second largest park in the city.

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Hōkoku Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Osaka, Japan. It is one of several Toyokuni shrines built in honor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It is part of the Osaka Castle Park.

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Naniwa Miya is a general term for an ancient palace built in a region in Chuo -ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. Namba Okuma -miya, the palace of the Emperor Ojin during the Kofun period, and Namba Takatsu -miya, the chief of the Emperor Nintoku, the chief of the King and the founder of the Kawachi dynasty, and the Nara era to the Nara period. It refers to a group of palace, which was built around Nanba (now Osaka City) and built around Enzaka. It was about 150 years from 645 to 793. Namba Shrine was the first structure that clarifies the Emperor's home, politics, and rituals, and was adopted in the later palace. In addition, it is said that the use of the national name of Japan and the era of Japan from Namba Shrine has begun, and Emperor Kotoku issued a revision of the renewal, and in the second Article 2, Namba Shrine was the first capital of Japan. The theory that Emperor Nintoku, Namba Takazu Shrine, was also considered a the theory that Namba Palace was located around the area where it was built. At present, the palace remains in front of Chuo -ku, Osaka are designated as the national historic site under the name of "Namba Shrine Ruins Tsukiyoshi Enzen."

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NHK Hall is a part of the NHK Osaka, located in Otemae, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. Its address is 4-1-20, Chūō-ku, Osaka, 540-8501. This facility has a capacity of 1,417 seats.

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Osaka Museum of History opened in Chūō-ku, Ōsaka, Japan in 2001. The project architects were César Pelli & Associates and Nihon Sekkei. It is adjoined by an atrium to the NHK Osaka Broadcasting Center, which was designed by the same architects and built at the same time. The former Osaka City Museum closed earlier the same year. Over four floors, the displays tell the history of the city from the time of the Former Naniwa Palace, located in the area now occupied by the museum. Remains of a warehouse, walls, and water supply facilities for the palace are also on view in the basement. In 2005, the collection numbered some 100,000 objects. By 2016, it had grown to 138,595 objects, while a further 17,632 items were on deposit at the museum.

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The Osaka Contemporary Art Center is an art gallery in Osaka, Japan, administered by Osaka Prefecture.

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Yamamoto no Gagakudo is a Noh theater located in Chuo-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, and a public interest incorporated foundation that owns and operates it. Since the building has a full-fledged Noh stage inside a three-story wooden building in the urban area, it was registered as a national registered tangible cultural property on November 29, 2006 (Heisei 18). From 2011 to 2014, as part of the Agency for Cultural Affairs' "Project for the Public Utilization of Important Buildings, etc.," large-scale renovation work was carried out, including seismic reinforcement work, equipment work, and sanitary work, and the functions of the facility were enhanced such as the use of color LED stage lighting and floor heating throughout the building. Although it is an old building, the latest technology has been added, and it has been reborn as a unique space where a modern space confronts a building engraved with the shadows of history. The concept of the renovation is an "open Noh theater". The highlight (audience seats) is the pier seats, which are equipped with "folding chairs" proposed by Junzo Yoshimura, one of Japan's leading architects, and are wheelchair accessible. The pine on the mirror plate is made by the brush of Kanade Matsuno.

Wikipedia: 山本能楽堂 (JA)

Ikukunitama Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Tennōji-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Its main festival is held annually on September 9. It was formerly an imperial shrine of the first rank in the Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines.

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Ikasuri Shrine is a major Shinto shrine located in central Osaka, Japan. Its annual festival is on April 22. In the former modern system of ranked Shinto shrines it was an imperial shrine of the second rank or kanpei-chūsha (官幣中社). It was also the ichinomiya of the former Settsu Province. It enshrines five kami known as ikasuri no kami or zama no kami: Ikui no kami (生井神), Sakui no kami (福井神), Tsunagai no kami (綱長井神), Hahiki no kami (波比祇神), and Asuha no kami (阿須波神); collectively known as Zamagami (座摩神)

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Namba Shrine is a shrine located in Hakuro-cho, Chuo-ku, Osaka. The former company name was Fusha.

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The Orix Theater is a 2,400-seat concert hall in Nishi-ku, Osaka, Japan. Artists that performed in the main hall include Black Sabbath, Kiss, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Robin Trower, Rainbow, Queen, Santana, The Jackson 5, James Brown, UFO, Iron Maiden, Red Velvet, Amalia Rodrigues, NCT 127, and Jun. K from 2PM. It officially opened on 14 April 1968 and was the largest concert hall in Osaka at the time. The complex included a smaller hall, lodging facilities and two restaurants. The building was sold in October 2009 to Orix Real Estate, who currently run it under the name the Orix Theater.

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Kusunaga Jinja is a shrine located in Nishi -ku, Osaka -shi, Osaka.

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Wakoji is a temple of the Jodo sect in Kitahorie, Nishi -ku, Osaka. The mountain name is Mt. Hasuike. The principal is Zenkoji Shiki Amida Sanson. A nun is a priest. Settsu Kuni 88 places, No. 3 bill. The name of Amida Pond, known as Amida Pond, and is one of the north -south trunk roads in Osaka, is derived from our temple.

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Tosa Inari Shrine is a shrine located in Nishi-ku, Osaka. The former company name is Gosha. He is the guardian deity of the Mitsubishi Group.

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Ibara Sumiyoshi Shrine is a shrine located in Kujo, Nishi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture.

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Liberty Osaka was a museum dedicated to human rights situated in Naniwa-ku, a ward in south Osaka City. As the first general museum dedicated to human rights in Japan, the focus of its permanent exhibits was the history of the struggle against discrimination experienced by the nation's minority ethnic groups; the Burakumin, the Ainu of Hokkaidō, the Ryukyuans of Okinawa and Japan's communities of Korean and Chinese descent. There were also exhibits dedicated to discrimination issues affecting women, lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people, the physically challenged, and the survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (hibakusha). Founded in December 1985 to document the history of the Osaka human rights movement, it was relaunched in December 1995 as the Osaka Jinken Hakubutsu-kan.

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