Osaka, Japan

Industrial centre of Japan, Osaka has suffered quite a lot from the recession of the Nineties. With 2.5 mio inhabitants it is a large crowded city. On the Monday after Autumn Full Moon festival, Miho showed my the points of interest and explained me some details of Japanese culture.

Osaka city walk

Martin in front of a temple gate

street life

shopping arcade

Sumiyoshi-taisha is the Grand Shrine, also called the New Year Shrine.

Osaka tram

gate to Sumiyoshi-taisha

Sumiyoshi-taisha Grand Shrine

Miho - my guide - at Sumiyoshi-taisha

Martin at Sumiyoshi-taisha

Tsutenkaku tower in Shin-Sekai - Eiffel style

The Shitenno-ji temple is the oldest existing large shrine in Japan originally built in 600 AC by Prince Shotoku of the Soga familiy. It commemorates the arrival of the Buddhist religion in Japan.

Shitenno-ji pagoda	statues inside Shitenno-ji pagoda

turtlels at Shitenno-ji

Dotombori river cruise enjoy the nightlife district at Ebisu-bashi bridge	Dotombori sun down

Links

City of Osaka

Osaka tourism

back to Kyoto

Hiroshima