Osaka Castle Attractions: 26 Best Places, Ranked

1.Osaka Castle
★ 4.4(101,026)

Osaka Castle sits in a large park in central Osaka and is a historic site with stone walls and moats. Inside t…
2.Osaka Castle Park
★ 4.4(51,018)

Osaka Castle Park is a large park spread around Osaka Castle, a tourist site in Osaka that you enter on foot f…
3.Osaka Castle Museum
★ 4.5(5,887)

Osaka Castle Tenshukaku is a landmark in Osaka reachable on foot from Tanimachiyonchome Station. Inside the ca…
4.Osaka Museum of History
★ 4.2(6,887)

The Osaka Museum of History is a museum in Osaka that displays the history of Osaka. Exhibits are arranged so …
5.Nishinomaru Garden
★ 4.2(2,442)

Nishinomaru Garden is a park in Osaka where you view cherry blossoms inside Osaka Castle. During cherry blosso…
6.Fujita Museum
★ 4.4(1,114)

art-museums

Fujita Museum in Osaka displays Japanese art. Inside, visitors can take part in a tea ceremony with matcha or …
7.Otemmon
★ 4.4(746)

Otemon is the western main gate of Osaka Castle, located on the path into the castle keep inside Osaka Castle …
8.Gozabune Pier
★ 4.3(561)

Gozabune Pier is the boarding point for the yakatabune that circles the moat of Osaka Castle. The roughly 20-m…
9.Kaiyodo Figure Museum Miraiza Osaka-Jo
★ 4.4(278)

museums

The Kaiyodo Figure Museum Miraiza Osaka-jo sits on the basement floor of Miraiza Osaka-jo, inside the Osaka Ca…
10.Old Fujita house garden
★ 4.1(266)

parks

Fujita Park is a free Japanese-style garden a 2- to 5-minute walk from Osakajokitazume Station in Osaka. It pr…
11.Toyotomi Hideyoshi Statue
★ 4.3(163)

A bronze statue of Toyotomi Hideyoshi stands in Osaka Castle Park, in front of the torii of Hokoku Shrine oppo…
12.Morinomiya Station
★ 3.9(272)

Morinomiya Station is located northwest of Osaka Castle Park. It connects the JR Osaka Loop Line with the subw…
13.Kinenju no Mori
★ 4.1(177)

gardens

The Memorial Tree Forest is a wooded garden inside Osaka Castle Park, near Morinomiya Station. It holds memori…
14.Detective Conan Children's Detective Team Statue
★ 4.4(120)

Five bronze statues of Edogawa Conan and the Detective Boys stand near the entrance of 10plaza at the Yomiuri …
15.Kitaoe Park
★ 3.8(262)

parks

Kitaoe Park is a city park in the office district west of Keihan Tenmabashi Station in Osaka. Playground equip…
16.Zannen-ishi (The Regret Stone)
★ 3.9(88)

Zannenshi are stones around the front and south of the Osaka Castle keep that were not used in the castle wall…
17.Education Tower (Kyoikuto)
★ 3.9(77)

Kyoyuk Tap is a monument in Osaka Castle Park honoring victims of the 1934 Muroto typhoon. It was built in 193…
18.Kakushi-kuruwa Bailey
★ 3.9(72)

Gakushi Guruwa is a defensive site on the path up from Sanrimaru, west of the Osaka Castle keep. Soldiers hid …
19.Estimated Site of Ishiyama-Honganji
★ 3.9(66)

Ishiyama Honganji Site is in Osaka Castle Park, a 10-minute walk from Otemon on the south side of the honmaru.…
20.Osaka Artillery Arsenal Factory
★ 3.7(86)

The Former Osaka Arsenal Chemical Analysis Laboratory is a two-story red-brick military factory building from …
21.Machi library
★ 3.9(56)

Machi Library in Morinomiya, Osaka, is a cafe-style private library where visitors can read and borrow books. …
22.World Peace & Federation Statue
★ 3.7(28)

The World Federal Peace Statue stands near the Otemon entrance of Osaka Castle Park. Sculptor Kitamura Seibo m…
23.Gonjoji
★ 4.1(14)

temples

Gonjoji is a Buddhist temple of the Jodo Shinshu Takada-ha school in Osaka. It is a family temple that holds m…
24.Osaka Castle Park Office
★ 3.8(12)

parks

The Naejangnae Hilso is a park management office inside Osaka Castle Park, on the site of a prewar Osaka Army …
25.Osaka Castle Park Center
★ 3.7(10)

parks

Osaka Castle Park Center is a park facility in Osaka Castle Park that visitors pass through while touring the …
26.Japanese Garden

gardens

The Japanese Garden sits inside the Honmaru section of Osaka Castle Park and faces the Osaka Castle keep. Its …