Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Osaka, Japan

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Number of sights 11 sights
Distance 4.5 km
Ascend 111 m
Descend 100 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: Tennoji Zoo

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Tennoji Zoo No machine-readable author provided. Fk assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY-SA 2.5

Tennōji Zoo (天王寺動物園) is a 11-hectare (27-acre) zoo located at Tennōji Park in Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan, opened on January 1, 1915. It is the third zoo to be built in Japan and is located southwest of the Shitennō-ji temple, the first Buddhist temple in Japan.

Wikipedia: Tennōji Zoo (EN), Website

676 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 2: Tennoji Park

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The Tennōji Park is a park with botanical garden at 1–108, Chausuyama-cho, Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan.

Wikipedia: Tennōji Park (EN)

964 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 3: 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 4: 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)

513 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 5: 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 6: 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 7: 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)

418 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 8: 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)

214 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: 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)

691 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 10: Shinsekai

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ShinsekaiMShades from Osaka / CC BY 2.0

Shinsekai is an old neighbourhood located next to south Osaka City's downtown "Minami" area. The neighbourhood was created in 1912 with New York as a model for its southern half and Paris for its northern half. At this location, a Luna Park amusement park operated from 1912 until it closed in 1923. The centrepiece of the neighbourhood was Tsutenkaku Tower.

Wikipedia: Shinsekai (EN)

217 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Tsutenkaku

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Tsūtenkaku , owned by Tsūtenkaku Kanko Co., Ltd. , is a tower and well-known landmark of Osaka, Japan and advertises Hitachi. It is located in the Shinsekai district of Naniwa-ku, Osaka. Its total height is 103 metres (338 ft); the main observation deck is at a height of 91 metres (299 ft).

Wikipedia: Tsūtenkaku (EN), Website

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