Leisure / Hobbies Spots in Osaka Area
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Osaka
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- Sakai City Museum
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4.089 Reviews - Leisure / Hobbies
- Osaka Sakaishi Sakai-ku Mozusekiunchou 2 inside Daisen Park
- This museum is located in Daisen Park, just 500 meters from the JR Hanwa Line's Mozu Station. The museum was opened in 1980, as a memorial project for the city's 90th anniversary. Many items pertaining to Sakai City's history, art and customs are preserved displayed in the museum's permanent exhibition, including reproductions of a map of Emperor Nintoku's stone mausoleum and a terracotta unearthed from Emperor Nintoku's tomb in the Kofun / Nintoku Tomb exhibition, and a model of the city of Sakai and a Sakai (matchlock) gun in the Free City Sakai exhibition.
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Really enjoyed this museum. The excellent exhibits and friendly stall. But the best was the video, with English subtitles - a great overview of the area. Well worth seeking this out & spending an...
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- Yamadaike Park
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4.077 Reviews - Leisure / Hobbies
- Osaka Hirakatashi Yamadaikekouen 1-1
- This urban park stretches northwest of the Katamachi Line's Fujisawa Station, with Yamada Pond at its center. Yamada Pond is said to have been built 1,200 years ago, and a huge variety of birds can be observed in the rich natural surroundings. There are three zones to the park, the Rice Terraces, Orchards and Mixed Grove of Trees. These three zones depict the landscape of old-fashioned Japan, and because of this, the park was selected as one of Japan's top 100 historical parks in 2006. There is a barbeque plaza, making it ideal for creating memories with your children, and the park can also be used for photography, especially cosplay photoshoots. No fee is required for small-scale photography, and changing rooms are available, free of charge.
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This is a beautiful park with a lake. I visited in winter, but I suspect it would be beautiful in autumn and spring. There are many different types of gardens. There are many toilets available and it...
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- NIFREL
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- Osaka Suitashi Senribampakukouen 2-1 Within EXPOCITY
- A museum located inside Expo’70 Commemorative Park where visitors can enjoy exciting, novel exhibits which go beyond the boundaries of a dedicated aquarium, zoo, or art museum. Based on the concept of coming in contact with various sensibilities, the facility is divided into seven zones designed to stimulate the viewer’s sensitivities through animals viewed from a variety of perspectives, including colors, abilities, and shapes. The facility also has white tigers and numerous exhibits featuring waterside mammal’s such as miniature hippos and the popular capybara. There is a picnic-themed café in the museum as well as a souvenir shop. The closest station is Bampaku-kinen-koen Station.
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- Kansai Cycle Sports Center
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4.051 Reviews - Leisure / Hobbies
- Osaka Kawachinagano-shi Amanocho 1304
- "This amusement park is located in Amano-cho, Kawachinagano City. Located in Kongo-Ikoma-Kisen Quasi-National Park, here you can have fun with a variety of bicycle-themed attractions, including a square where you can ride some 800 unique and unusual bicycles, a three-kilometer-long cycling course, and a cycle-powered coaster you can speed up by pedaling harder. There's also the ""Fore Reso!"" outdoor waterpark open in summer."
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遊戲算多，但人唔多，唔洗點排隊玩，唔似香港咁煩。我地自駕去，唔見到有巴士站，如果無車要黎呢度，可能幾麻煩。有個泳池，但太多人了，根木係戲水唔係游水，各樣設施都可以，畀幾高分。但你話全關西最好玩就見仁見智
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- Open-air Museum of Old Japanese Farmhouses
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4.589 Reviews - Leisure / Hobbies
- Osaka Toyonakashi Hattoriryokuchi 1-2
- Located in Hattori Ryokuchi Park in Toyonaka City, Osaka Prefecture, the Open-air Museum of Old Japanese Farmhouses was the first open-air museum of its kind in Japan when it opened in 1956. The Museum has on display 12 representative examples of traditional farmhouses from different parts of Japan—from Iwate Prefecture in the north to Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture in the south—that have been relocated to the Museum site. Several of the buildings on display have been designated as Important Cultural Properties, including Gassho-zukuri style farmhouses from the Hida and Shirakawa-go regions, and a Nanbu Magari-ya (L-shaped farmhouse) from Iwate, northern Japan. Inside each house, typical furniture and living utensils from the region in question are displayed.
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This is well worth the visit to give you a glimpse of Japanese life in years gone by. An amazing selection of authentic looking structures. Plenty of space, quiet and relaxing. A terrific escape...
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- Nagai Botanical Garden
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4.031 Reviews - Leisure / Hobbies
- Osaka Osakashi Higashisumiyoshi-ku Nagaikouen 1-23
- This botanical garden is south-east of Nagai Park, in front of the Midosuji Line's Nagai Station. The garden covers approximately 24.2 hectares, and cherry trees, tulips and hydrangeas are planted so the garden is in bloom all year round. In addition to these, rare ancient plants and trees, such as Metasequoia, also known as living fossils are exhibited in the gardens. There is also a log house in the herb garden, which offers a free herbal tea service on the first and third Saturday of each month.
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We have been in Japan for 2 weeks and have seen some beautiful gardens. These gardens are very neglected - a total disappointment and so unJapan like. Rubbish in the pond, dead plants, weeds...
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- Forest of Osaka Hoshida Park
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4.576 Reviews - Leisure / Hobbies
- Osaka Katano-shi Hoshida 5019-1
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If you like an outdoor activity, Hoshida Enchi is strongly recommendable. Both from Kyoto and Osaka, it is easily accessible by Keihan Katano line (get off the last stop, Kisaichi, then walk). There...
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- Naniwa Kuishinbo Yokocho
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4.068 Reviews - Leisure / Hobbies
- Osaka Osakashi Minato-ku Kaigandori 1-1-10 Tempozan Marketplace 2F
- This food theme park is located on the second floor of the Tempozan Market Place shopping center in the Tempozan Bay Area facing Osaka Bay. The decor seeks to capture the lively mid 1960s Osaka vibe from when Osaka hosted the World's Fair and has a retro downtown feel. This popular spot is overflowing with classic Osakan food staples including famous okonomiyaki (savory pancake packed full of vegetables, seafood, and meat) chains, kushikatsu (meat skewers), takoyaki (fried octopus dumplings), warabi-mochi (bracken starch jellies), and more.
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Naniwa Kuisinbo Yokocho is a sub-section in the Tempozan shopping center’s food court. Its theme is Japanese food in an older setting. I find that the choices available here to be more interesting...
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- Osaka Osakashi Naniwa-ku Minatomachi 1-4-1
- Directly connected to JR Namba Station, this shopping complex is part of the largest bus terminal in west Japan. A shuttle bus runs between the bus terminal on the second floor and Kansai International Airport. The shopping complex also serves as a base for the limousine bus, which connects to Itami Airport and Kobe Airport, long-distance express buses and tour buses. Inside the complex, are a vast array of restaurants and shopping floors. While waiting for the bus, you can enjoy browsing the many wares available here, or relax on the roof garden amongst the 10,000 plants planted here, made up of approximately 200 different varieties of herbs, including lavender.
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- Glion Museum
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4.026 Reviews - Leisure / Hobbies
- Osaka Osakashi Minato-ku Kaigandori 2-6-39 (in Osaka/red brick warehouse)
- Museum and showroom of classic cars near Osaka Port. This 100-year-old redbrick warehouse has a retro atmosphere making you imagine New York and London, with restored vintage cars from such companies as Toyota and Ford on display. This antique space also has models and other items a car fan will delight over, and even the T3R driving simulator.
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If you’re a car guy and don’t visit this place when travelling in Osaka, get ready for regret. This place has a few sections (open display, restaurant/bar, ticketed display, free display). The free...
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- Semba Center Building
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3.567 Reviews - Leisure / Hobbies
- Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Sembachuou 2-3
- Commercial buildings in central Semba. The buildings are ten, looking like supporting the Hanshin Expressway, with the first through third are serving as a wholesale market, fourth through ninth are for wholesale textile stores, and the tenth is a shopping center filled with specialty stores. Its major characteristic is its direct access to the Midosuji Line / Central Line Honmachi Station and the Sakaisuji Line / Central Line Honmachi Station, where three lines meet at four different stations. The shopping center comes complete with its own car park, and customers can enter the shops without ever getting wet in the rain. And, with the various restaurants and cafes centered in the underground area, it is always full of tourists and families, making it a very lively place.
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Fashion / Small household goods wholesale market. If you are looking for a wholesale market like the ones found in China or Hong Kong, you will be sorely disappointed. To my understanding, they...
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- Dotonbori Konamon-Museum
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4.050 Reviews - Leisure / Hobbies
- Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Doutombori 1-6-12
- Dotonbori Konamon-Museum in downtown Dotonbori is a food theme park and a hands-on facility where you can experience the history and culture of konamon (flour) including takoyaki (octopus dumpling). On the first floor, Takoya dotonbori Kukuru, a well-known takoyaki restaurant which is famous with long queues, shows the cooking procedure and sells them. On the second floor, there is a historical museum about flour with an eating area. The third floor is a studio where you can make your own food samples for a unique takoyaki (a booking is required in advance). On the first basement, there is a takoyaki dojo (training area) where you fry your takoyaki with your own choice of ingredients. The closest station is Namba Station.
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This is a famous takoyaki shop in Dotombori area. There is always a queue here. The takoyaki is delicious and the sauce is good too.
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- Osaka Suitashi Senribampakukouen 2-1
- This is a large commercial facility located within the Expo ’70 Commemorative Park about a two-minute walk away from Banpaku-kinen-koen Station, Osaka Monorail. You can also enjoy it after using the entertainment facilities in EXPOCITY, and it is also popular with families. There are approximately 305 stores assembled within the spacious facility such as fashion, interior, lifestyle goods, culture and gourmet, and there are also a large number of stores which have set up shop for the first time in Japan. In particular, we recommend popular character themed restaurant which is the only place where you can enjoy and the large scale food court which has an unbroken view of the tower of the sun statue.
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- Dotonbori ZAZA
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4.529 Reviews - Leisure / Hobbies
- Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Doutombori 1-7-21 Kobayashi Building B1
- Dotonbori ZAZA located in the first below ground floor of Nakaza Cuidaore Building in downtown Dotonbori in Minami district of Osaka is a theater divided into two halls; “HOUSE” and “POCKET’S”. It holds live comedy by young performers daily as well as a range of events such as rakugo (traditional Japanese comic storytelling), theatrical performances, and music. “HOUSE” accommodates up to about 150 people and “POCKET’S” can hold up to about 80 people. The stage and audience are close enough to enjoy immersive entertainment. The closest station is Namba Station.
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My family and I enjoyed the musical so much, we kept singing the theme song gotta gotta! all the way back to our home country! Kudos to the five actors and also to their kind manager who went out...
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- Osaka Station City
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- Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Umeda 3-1
- This large composite facility is centered around JR Osaka Station, the South Gate Building, and the North Gate Building. You’ll find everything from the encyclopedia Daimaru Umeda, Hotel Granvia Osaka, the Lucua 1100 commercial facility, a movie theater, a sports club, and more, not to mention clothing shops, restaurants, hotels, medical facilities, and every other type of business and service imaginable. There are several plazas as well, making it convenient for meeting up or taking a break.
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- Umeda Loft
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4.05 Reviews - Leisure / Hobbies
- Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Chayamachi 16-7
- This general living goods specialty store is about a seven-minute walk from the Chayamachi ticket gate at Umeda Station. Focusing on general goods and stationary they offer a wide variety of popular and trendy items. The store contains many sub-stores including the playful bookstore Village Vanguard, the hobby-shop/anime goods store Bunkyodo JOY, the first of its kind in Kansai three price shop via Capri, Shimamura Instruments, Ticket Port, mini theater Theater Umeda, and others. A variety of popular events are held in the first floor Loft Market and the fifth floor Loft Forum.
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梅田の中心部から徒歩で行ける所にあるロフトです。文具やコスメ、日用雑貨とかいろんなものが売ってあります。若い人や観光客が多い印象でした。周辺には若者向けの店やテレビ局などがあり、賑わっています。
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- Yoshimoto Manzai Theater
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4.533 Reviews - Leisure / Hobbies
- Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Nambasennichimae 12-7 YES-NAMBA Building 5F
- Opened in December 2014, the theater is right in front of Namba Grand Kagetsu. If you want to see young Osaka comedians, here is the first place you have to come. A variety of comedians, from popular comedians to rising comedians, will perform. The company holds daily performances of not only neta (comedy with pre-thought-out script) such as manzai or standup comedy, but also solo, unit, or project live shows, each with elaboration. Many young comedians who are expected to make their breakthrough in the future belong to this group, so finding your favorite comedian is one of the fun parts of the show. Another feature of this theater is that the audience seats are 305 and very close to the stage.
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吉本興業の総本山であるなんばグランド花月と道を挟んだビルの中にあります。こういった場所で修行をして人気者になっていきます。
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- Osaka Prefectural Sayamaike Museum
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4.529 Reviews - Leisure / Hobbies
- Osaka Osakasayamashi Ikejirinaka 2
- This museum is dedicated to land development history, with the dyke and unearthed cultural assets from Japan's oldest dammed reservoir, the historic Sayamaike. The dam was designed by architect Tadao Ando. The first thing to draw visitors' eyes is the permanent exhibition of a cross section of the dyke, which was created using the Shikiha koho method of construction, in the Asuka period. A 15-meter high and 60-meter wide section of the dyke was reconstructed for the exhibition, so the stratum of 1,400 years since the dyke's construction can be clearly seen. A place of lifelong learning, there are also many special exhibits and items of interest in the museum.
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Two reasons to make the effort to visit Sayamaike: Tadao Ando’s building and waterfall and learning about the genius of Japanese engineering from 600. Our guide went out of his way to make our...
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- Minoo Park
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- Osaka Minoshi Mino
- This natural park extending along the northern mountainous district of Mino City has close to 1,000 varieties of plants and is inhabited by more than 3,000 varieties of insects. Visitors can enjoy a variety of nature in all four seasons such as spring’s cherry blossoms and winter’s frost-covered trees and icicles, but the changing leaves in autumn are particularly beautiful. This is also known as a famous place for its waterfall, and the Mino-no-Taki waterfall with a width of five meters and a drop of 33 meters has been designated as one of Japan’s top 100 waterfalls. A hiking course follows a mountain stream from the bridge at the park entrance to the large waterfall, and is constantly traversed by people throughout the year. The park is approximately 30 minutes by train from downtown Osaka.
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- OSTEC Exhibition Hall
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3.549 Reviews - Leisure / Hobbies
- Osaka Osaka-shi Nishi-ku Utsubohonmachi 1-8-4
- A science and technology exhibition facility located in Utsubohonmachi 1-Chome, Nishi Ward, Osaka City. Here you will find exhibitions on cutting-edge technologies by some 30 Japanese companies and organizations. The facility is divided into five technological categories: new materials, new lifestyles, the environment, communication and images, and energy. Visitors can experience the technologies on display through games and other exhibits. In addition, the facility holds events such as experiment and crafting classes on Sunday's and during the summer school holidays.
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ホテルから近かったのでちょっと寄ってみました。入場は無料です。科学技術の紹介ということで気軽に見学できます。ただ、わざわざ大人の一人旅で立ち寄るような魅力は感じなかったので、なにかのついでなどでない限りはお勧めしません。
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While Osaka prefecture is the country's second smallest prefecture, its capital, Osaka City, is the country’s third-largest and arguably one of the most popular in the Kansai region thanks to its vibrant nightlife, the Osaka people’s openness, and its much-loved cuisine, which has earned it the nickname "the nation’s kitchen."
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