At the beginning, on the place where the Osaka Castle can be seen today, it was a temple constructed on 1496. After 14 years of fightings, the shogun Hideyoshi Toyotami took the territory and begun to build a mighty fortress. … Continue reading
The History Museum is very near the Osaka Castle, so I started the visit here. The museum is open between 9.30-17, and the entrance fee is 600 yen. This building was erected on the place of the former Naniwa … Continue reading
Dotonbori becomes crowded especially in the evening because of the many eateries and entertainment places. The name came from Yasui Doton, who built here a channel for the transport. There were many theatres here at the beginning, but many have … Continue reading
If you want a walk near the ocean, you should go to The Maritime Museum. A glass museum is floating on the water. An underwater corridor of 60 m in length takes you from outside to the interior. You feel … Continue reading
Why are people attracted here? Shinsaibashi is a commercial covered arcade, housing over 500 shops, restaurants, pachinko parlors. There are a lot of eateries on the little side streets. Around noon a lot of people could be seen here, searching … Continue reading
Osaka is rich in museums, so I went to visit some. I also wanted to see the modern architecture and museums here are modern buildings. The National Museum of Arts was opened in the new building on 2007. The architect … Continue reading
The Hearton Hotel Shinsaibashi is strategically positioned very near the Shinsaibashi Shopping Arcade, America Mura and Dotonbori. A standard single room is 7400 yen/night. It’s not very cheap but every objective is handy. I walked 2-3 minutes to the America … Continue reading
After one week of temple and garden visits, I went to Osaka, 40 km East of Kyoto. The third town of Japan as inhabitants number (2.5 millions), Osaka lies in the Osaka Bay, which enable its development as harbour and … Continue reading
Byodo-in was founded by Yorimichi Fujiwara, in 1052, by transforming a rural villa of his father. On 1053 the Hoodo-in (Phoenix Pavilion) was added. During the Edo era the greatest part of the temple perished in flames, only the pavilion … Continue reading
Uji, a little town with 190000 inhabitants, is to be found between two imperial towns: Nara and Kyoto. I was there together with my blogger fellow Kumiko, from Yoshino. Uji is a place where the tradition meets modernism. It is … Continue reading