Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Osaka, Japan

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 8.5 km
Ascend 145 m
Descend 142 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: 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 2: 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 3: 日本橋UPs

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548 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 4: NMB48 Theatre

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NMB48 Theatre

NMB48 is a Japanese idol group that debuted in 2011 as the second sister group to AKB48, produced by Yasushi Akimoto. NMB48 is named after the Namba district in Osaka city of Osaka Prefecture, where the group is based. The group performs at the NMB48 Theater, which is located in the basement of the Yes-Namba Building in Namba, Osaka. The group has sold over 9 million CDs in Japan.

Wikipedia: NMB48 (EN), Website

2 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 5: Yoshimoto Manzai Theatre

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Yoshimoto Manzai Theatre

The Yoshimoto Manga Theater is a comedy theater that opened on December 1, 2014, which was open on December 1, 2014, which is before Namba, Chuo -ku, Osaka -shi, Osaka. Opposite Namba Grand Kagetsu, located on the 5th floor of the YES-NAMBA Building. Known as Mangeki.

Wikipedia: よしもと漫才劇場 (JA)

44 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Osaka Prefectural Museum of Kamigata Comedy and Performing Arts

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Osaka Prefecture Kamigata Engei Shiryokan (commonly called Wach Kamigata) is a collection facility for Kamigata (Kyoto and Osaka Prefecture) that is located in Naniwa Sennichi-mae, Chuo Ward, Osaka City. It opened in 1996.

Wikipedia: 大阪府立上方演芸資料館 (JA)

22 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 7: YES THEATER

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YES THEATER is a theater located under the Namba Grand Kagetsu underground in Samba Sennichi, Chuo -ku, Osaka -shi, Osaka. Number of seats 324 (+wheelchair space) Opened April 4, 2015.

Wikipedia: YES THEATER (JA)

74 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Namba Grand Kagetsu

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Namba Grand Kagetsu is a theater specializing in comedy and comedy operated by Yoshimoto Kogyo in Chuo-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture. Common name: "NGK". The catch phrase is "Hall of Laughter".

Wikipedia: なんばグランド花月 (JA), Website

483 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 9: Dotonbori Zaza

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Dotonbori Zaza is a privately owned theater in Dotonbori, Chuo -ku, Osaka -shi, Osaka. It has two theaters with different capacity (House, Pocket's).

Wikipedia: 道頓堀ZAZA (JA), Website

191 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Glico Man Sign

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Glico Man Sign

Dotonbori Glico Sign is a billboard (outdoor advertisement) installed by Ezaki Glico on the southwest side of Ebibashi in Dotonbori, Osaka.

Wikipedia: 道頓堀グリコサイン (JA)

121 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Ebisubashi Bridge

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Ebisubashi is a 26-meter-long bridge over the Dotonbori River in Chuo-ku, Osaka. The bridge part of the current bridge was completed in 2007 (Heisei 19). Konoike gumi construction.

Wikipedia: 戎橋 (JA)

205 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Osaka Shochiku‑za

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Osaka Shochikuza (大阪松竹座, Osaka Shochikuza) is a Japan theater located in Dotonbori 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan, Japan. It is run by Shochiku Corporation. This theater is not included in the five playhouses "Dotonbori Goza" that originated in the Edo period.

Wikipedia: 大阪松竹座 (JA), Website

178 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Hōzen-ji

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Hōzen-ji+- from jawp / CC BY-SA 3.0

Hozenji Temple is a temple of the Jodo sect located in Namba, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan. The name of the mountain is Tenryu Mountain. The honzon is Amitabha. It is famous for its mossy appearance of "Mizukake Fudo". It is commonly called Senkaji Temple because it performed the 1,000-day nembutsu, and the name of the place 1,000 days ago is derived from the gate of this temple.

Wikipedia: 法善寺 (JA), Website

1067 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 14: 應典院

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應典院

Outen -in is a temple at the end of Jodo Soukon -in Temple in Tennoji -ku, Osaka -shi, Osaka. At the time of its founding, it was a tower opened as a retreat for the third world of Daiurenji Temple.

Wikipedia: 應典院 (JA)

378 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 15: 光明寺

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Komyoji Temple is a temple of the Pure Land sect located in Shimojimachi, Tennoji-ku, Osaka, Japan. The main hall is a registered tangible cultural property of the country.

Wikipedia: 光明寺 (大阪市天王寺区) (JA)

78 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: 心光寺

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

Wikipedia: 心光寺 (JA)

1417 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 17: 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 18: 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 19: 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)

641 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 20: 三光神社

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三光神社

Sankō Shrine is a Shinto shrine on a hill named Mt. Sanada in Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is notable for being the possible location of a legendary tunnel used during the 17th century Siege of Osaka.

Wikipedia: Sankō Shrine (EN)

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