Make noodles where they began
Cup Noodles Museum Osaka Ikeda · Free
Only in Osaka
36 unique things to do, within 50 km30 mi. 90 in total
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Climb inside the Tower of the Sun
Tower of the Sun
See bunraku in the city where it was born
National Bunraku Theatre
Collect a beckoning cat every month for four years at Sumiyoshi
Sumiyoshi Taisha
See Buddhas made from the ashes of two million people
Isshin-ji Temple · Free
The only one on Earth
Eat fried maple leaves on the waterfall path at Minoh
Hisakuni Kosendo
The only one on Earth
See Osaka's own ukiyo-e, the actor prints Edo never made
Kamigata Ukiyoe Museum
The only one on Earth
Order kitsune udon where the fried tofu first went in
Usamitei Matsubaya
The only one on Earth
Spend an afternoon at the yose built for Kamigata rakugo
Tenma Tenjin Hanjotei
Take a lift down and walk under the Aji River through Japan's first immersed-tube tunnel
Ajigawa River Tunnel · Free
Circle Japan's largest keyhole tomb, then see it from the city hall roof
Daisen Kofun · Free
Tour a working incinerator that Hundertwasser designed, free
Maishima Incineration Plant · Free
Walk the Mint's riverside cherry passage in its one week of the year
Japan Mint · Free · Seasonal
Ride a 1928 tram car that still carries passengers
Ebisucho Station
Tour Japan's first malt whisky distillery
Suntory Yamazaki Distillery
The only one in Japan
Walk through twelve farmhouses moved from Iwate to Kagoshima, in Japan's first open-air museum
Open-Air Museum of Old Japanese Farm Houses
Stand on the dam of Japan's oldest reservoir, then walk through a slice of it
Osaka Prefectural Sayamaike Museum · Free
Ride all eight free city ferries across the working rivers
Senbonmatsu Ferry · Free
Watch a hundred boats carry the gods down the river at Tenjin Matsuri
Osaka Tenmangu Shrine · Free · Seasonal
Laugh for twenty minutes on command at Hiraoka Shrine
Hiraoka Jinja · Free · Seasonal
Collect a papier-mâché tiger on the medicine street
Sukunahikona Shrine · Free · Seasonal
Read the history of Japan's largest Korean community where it lives
Osaka Korea Town History Museum
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Viewpoints over Osaka
Places to look at the city, the plains or the mountains from.
7 entries
See the city from the Floating Garden Observatory, Umeda Sky Building
Umeda Sky Building
Look down on Daisen Kofun from MI-TE Sakai, Sakai City Hall 21F
Sakai City Hall · Free
Look over the bay from Sakishima Cosmo Tower Observatory
Sakishima Cosmo Tower Observatory
Ride the Tempozan Giant Ferris Wheel
Tempozan Giant Ferris Wheel
Landmarks in Osaka
Worth stopping for, but a few minutes rather than an afternoon. Statues, murals, markers and monuments.
3 entries
Rub the Billiken's soles at Tsūtenkaku
Tsutenkaku
See the lion-head stage at Namba Yasaka Shrine
Namba Yasaka Shrine
Photograph the Tower of the Sun from outside
Tower of the Sun
More experiences in Osaka
Not unique, and not pretending to be. Good things to do here that you could also do somewhere else.
44 entries
Walk Osaka Castle's keep and moats
Osaka Castle
Ride the gold gozabune round the castle moat
Osaka Castle Park
See whale sharks at Kaiyukan
Kaiyukan
Ride Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan
Universal Studios Japan
Bathe in the world-themed floors of Spa World
SPAWORLD HOTEL & RESORT
Ride the Tower Slider down Tsūtenkaku
Tsutenkaku
Walk 1,400 years of Osaka at the Museum of History
Osaka Museum of History
Spend a day at Minpaku (National Museum of Ethnology)
National Museum of Ethnology
See the Japan Folk Crafts Museum Osaka
Japan Folk Crafts Museum Osaka
Walk Expo '70 Commemorative Park's Japanese garden
Expo '70 Commemorative Park
Visit NIFREL
NIFREL
Watch the planetarium at Osaka Science Museum
Osaka Science Museum
See the Fujita collection in its new pavilion
Fujita Museum
Visit Nakanoshima Museum of Art
Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka
Go underground to the National Museum of Art, Osaka
National Museum of Art, Osaka
See the 90-year-old Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts
Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts
Tour the Central Public Hall
Osaka City Central Public Hall
Read in the Nakanoshima Library
Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library
See Yoshimoto new comedy at Namba Grand Kagetsu
Namba Grand Kagetsu
Buy a knife or a takoyaki pan on Sen-nichimae Dōguya-suji
Sennichimae Doguyasuji Shopping Street
Eat breakfast at Kizu wholesale market
Kizu Market
Walk Amerika-mura
American Village
Ride the Aqua-Liner round Nakanoshima
Aqua-Liner
Watch the bell ring at Rikuro Ojisan
Rikuro’s Namba Japanese Cheese Cake
Queue for 551 Hōrai butaman
551 Horai Namba Main Store
Eat Hanshin ika-yaki in the department store basement
Hanshin Umeda Main Store
Eat under the moving crab at Kani Dōraku's Dōtonbori main shop
Kani Doraku Dotonbori Main Store
Eat okonomiyaki at Botejyu
Botejyu
Drink siphon coffee at Marufuku (1934)
Marufuku Coffee
Tour the Asahi Beer Museum at Asahi's first brewery
Asahi Beer Suita Brewery
Ride Hirakata Park
Hirakata Park
Visit Peace Osaka
Peace Osaka
Play at Kids Plaza Osaka
Kids Plaza Osaka
Walk teamLab Botanical Garden at night
teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka
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