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CupNoodles Museum Osaka Ikeda

4.5

682 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Osaka Ikedashi Masumichou 8-25

This museum in Ikeda City, Osaka, first opened in 1999 at the birthplace of instant ramen. With a variety of displays and hands-on exhibits you can learn all about the history and development of instant ramen by Nissin Foods' founder, Ando Momofuku. Don't miss the display which shows off almost 800 different products from throughout Nissin Foods' history. The Chicken Ramen Factory where you can make your own chicken ramen (fee and reservation required) and the My CupNoodle Factory where you can make your own personal CupNoodle blend (fee required) are both very popular. Admission is free.

We came on our last day, when we have time and didn’t know where to burn. We took the train, followed google map. At the entrance we were welcomed by the security guard, otherwise we might have just...
EXPOCITY

4.0

501 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Osaka Suitashi Senribampakukouen 2-1

A massive entertainment complex located inside Expo’70 Commemorative Park in Suita, Osaka which was built on the site of the Expoland amusement park and first opened in November 2015. The complex hosts eight entertainment facilities, including the large Lalaport Expocity shopping mall; the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan-produced Nifrel aquarium; the Pokemon Expo Gym, popular with children; and Orbi Osaka, a nature-oriented hands-on amusement and exploration center. This popular destination features shopping, fun, and learning, making it a fun place for families, couples, and men and women of all ages.

Good shops and good food hall. We found what we were after the day we went and got a good lunch also. We were hoping the pokemon gym was still there but sadly not.
Mino Falls

4.5

406 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Osaka Minoshi Minokouen

This 33-meter-tall waterfall was chosen as one of Japan’s 100 most beautiful waterfalls. It is located inside Meiji no Mori Mino Quasi-National Park in Minoh City, Osaka Prefecture. Known as a popular fall foliage spot, many visitors come during the autumn season. There is a “waterfall walkway” approximately 2.8 kilometers long that starts in front of Minoh Station and offers wonderful views of the natural forests of Osaka. The fall foliage is best from mid-November through the beginning of December. In the middle of the walkway is the Mino Park Museum of Insects, another popular spot.

Ive read most reviews saying that the hike up to the waterfall is an easy one, with gentle uphill slope. However, personal experience is that some parts of the hike isnt that easy, and it could...
Yamazaki Whisky Museum

4.5

492 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Osaka Mishimagunshimamotochou Yamazaki 5-2-1

The Suntory Yamazaki Distillery is located a 10-minute walk from JR Yamazaki Station. Japan's first malt whisky distillery, it was built in 1923 by Shinjiro Torii and went into operation that same year. Visitors who make reservations can take a tour of the Yamazaki Whisky Museum, where they learn about the history of Suntory Whisky and learn about the care that Suntory takes in the distillation process by viewing a miniature scale model and other exhibits. At the paid tasting counter, visitors can sample any of several dozen varieties of whisky and even taste pure unmodified whisky from the keg, an experience available only at a distillery.

Amazing experience! Its super hard to get the reservation, but it is worthwhile. You will be amazed with the museum and history of suntory Whiskey. The tasting selection is great at a very...
Katsuo-ji Temple

4.0

219 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Katsuoji Temple in Minoo City, Osaka

This temple in Minoh City, Osaka Prefecture is devoted to Koyasan Shingon Buddhism, and is said to have been founded by Fujihara no Munetada’s sons Zenchu and Zensan when they built thatched huts here in 727. It is famous as the “temple of luck” and the “temple of the darumas of victory.” Many people travel here from all over the country to pray for luck, and those whose prayers are granted donate daruma dolls, which line shelves and various spots throughout the temple. The large site is famous for its cherry blossoms, rhododendrons, hydrangeas, and fall foliage. Many visitors come during hydrangea season (from the beginning of June until mid-July) and fall foliage season.

Easily one of my favorite temples in Japan. If you have a spare day in Osaka and you would like to escape from crowds, have a nice walk around the Temple located in the mountains - Katsuo-ji is...
Expo’70 Commemorative Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Osaka Suitashi Senribampakukouen 1-1

Boasting a size about 65 times that of the Koshien Baseball Stadium, the Expo ’70 Commemorative Park is a huge park built on the site of the Osaka Expo. Whether for children or adults you can enjoy a day of activities here with facilities ranging from cultural facilities and natural and cultural gardens to the Japanese Garden and an onsen (hot spring facilities). Also, in the central rest area of the Japanese Garden you can see videos of the Expo that took place here in 1970 making it an important place to witness the events that occurred. Access the park from Bampaku-kinen-koen Station on the Osaka Monorail.
Nose (Kuri no Sato)

3.5

62 Reviews

Transportation

Osaka Toyonogunnosechou Hirano 535

This is a roadside station located on National Route 173 in Nose Town at the northernmost tip of Osaka Prefecture. There are many experiential farms in the area including Osaka Fumin Farm and Nose-no-Sato and the perfect place to use as a tourist base. The special market sells vegetables produced in Nose Town picked freshly that morning as well as handmade agricultural products made by locals in the town improvement group. At the restaurant Hidamari visitors can taste home cuisine that can only be tasted locally, using rice milled at the produce center.

栗目当てで行ったというのに、入荷時期は済んでしまったらしく全くありませんでした(T_T) レストランに、栗ご飯定食が提供されていただけ救われました。店頭には栗もなく、野菜もほとんど売れた後の昼時でしたが、混雑しており、駐車場に入るための列ができました。
NIFREL

Leisure / Hobbies

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.
Open-air Museum of Old Japanese Farmhouses

4.5

89 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.

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...
Mino Yumoto Suisyun

4.0

61 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Osaka Minoshi Sembahigashi 3-13-11 Beaver World Minoo Shipbuilding branch 2F

The largest comprehensive leisure hot spring facility in the region and located in Minoh City, you can enjoy a rich variety of baths centered on natural hot springs that gush up in Minoh Senba. The Minoh Bijin no Yu, which has been certified for its health effects, is a natural hot spring rock bath with three levels for men and two for women. The components in the hot spring will make your skin feel very smooth. In addition, you can fully satisfy yourself with their other baths that include one with carbon dioxide dissolved in the water, a milky bath, a sauna with traditional Chinese medicinal herbs, and a women's-only salt sauna. They also have a relaxation salon, and an eatery where you can taste seasonal dishes on tatami bamboo mats.

次男のポイントが貯まってたので、土曜日の20時頃訪問。夜は行った事なかったので驚いた！客の多い事、確かに駐車場も多かったけど、、、ロビーにも人が溢れてましたよ。 ※無事ポイントはビール、タオル、ソフトクリームに交換出来て良かったです。
Sojiji Temple

4.0

52 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Osaka Ibarakishi Soujiji 1-6-1

Sojiji Temple is a Koyasan Shingon sect temple, and is the twenty-second temple of the Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, located five minutes' walk from Soji-ji Station. It is the sixth boke-fuji Kinki Juraku Kannon sacred site, and the Boke-fuji Fuhi-Kannon is enshrined here. The founder of the temple, Fujiwara no Yamakage, was also the founder of Shijoryu Hochodo (a school of Japanese cuisine), and a kitchen knife festival is held here every year on April 18th. The temple's principal object of worship, the thousand-armed Kannon, is distinctive in that it stands on the back of a turtle. According to legend, Yamakage's father, Takafusa once saved a turtle from some fishermen, and later, when Yamakage fell into a river, the same turtle saved him in return.

大阪の茨木市にある、西国三十三所22番札所です。境内は、無料で落ち着いた雰囲気です。また、併設されているレストランポタラは、味良し、雰囲気良し、値段良しです。
Bijin-yu Syofuen

4.0

63 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Osaka Takatsukishi Tsukawaki 4-20-3

This day trip hot springs is located about 20 minutes by car from the Ibaraki Interchange. Bijin-yu Syofuen was founded as Kansai's best recuperation hot spring. Its concentration of spring water is 2.5 times that of standard hot spring and it draws from the Settsukyo Hana no sato onsen (healing hot spring). The bath earns its name of Bijin-yu, or bath for beauty, as the super smooth spring water is gentle on the skin and help bring out a soft lustre, which is popular among female bathers. The water is said to be effective in helping with cuts, burns, chronic dermatitis, neuralgia, and rheumatism. On the second floor you can gaze out at the hills while relaxing in reclining baths or the open-air bath. On the roof lose your sense of space in the giant rooftop open air bath.

Good onsen including Roten buro (outside bath). You have to put your shoes in shoe box first and lock (Need 100JPY coin, it will be returned later), then give the key to the reception and pay 950...
Nose Myokenzan (Nose Myokenzan, External Buddha Halls, Murosan Shinnyoji Temple)

4.0

58 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Osaka Toyono-gun Nosecho Nomanaka 661

This is a Nichiren sect sacred site on the top of Mt. Myoken. It is also the holy ground for the faith of the northern star that worships the Myoken Bosatsu (Myoken Bodhisattva), known as the god of martial arts and performing arts, and shows that path that people should take. Myokendo Hall is in the precinct and it is filled with visitors gathering for prayer meetings and bon fire festivals. Visitors can experience sutra copying any time to reflect on themselves and there is also a sutra drawing copying experience for children. The beech tree forest of Mt. Myoken from 10,000 years ago is registered as a National Treasure and is famous as a hiking route which can be enjoyed in the four seasons.

ケーブルカー、リフトの乗り継いでからも、結構歩きました。この時期ですから、汗だくでした。でも、山の中のお寺、なんか涼しくで有り難い気持ちになれました。
LaLaport EXPOCITY

Leisure / Hobbies

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.
Tower of the Sun

Travel / Tourism

Osaka Met. Suitashi Senri Banpaku Park 1-1 In the Banpaku Park

This is a 70-meter tall work of art created by artist Taro Okamoto and is a symbol of the Japan Expo held in 1970 in Osaka’s Suita City. Even now it still remains in the Expo Commemoration Park which is a cultural park created on the site of the exposition grounds and serves as a popular photo spot. With a unique design that is modeled after a crow, the tower has three faces which represent the future, present and past. The inside is hollow and has a giant monument called the Tree of Life. Currently visitors are not permitted to tour the inside of the tower due to reconstruction work, but it is scheduled to reopen in March of 2018.
Genkionsen Banpaku Oyuba

4.0

54 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Osaka Suitashi Senribampakukouen 11-11

This hot spring, located on the west side of Banpaku Memorial Park, is great for a day out. It is It is one of the largest hot springs in all Kansai, and visitors can relax in the natural spring water pumped up from 700 meters underground. It is a sodium chloride hot spring, which is effective for neuralgia, arthralgia, chronic gynecological diseases, chronic gastrointestinal disease, and the like. Its main feature is the open-air bath, which has five levels of depth. The bath is designed so that bathers can relieve not only the stress from their shoulders, but also enjoy footbath, bathe lying down, or half-submerged. The hot spring is also equipped with a wide variety of baths, including highly concentrated carbonate water and jet baths. There is also a salt sauna, and hot yoga classes are held periodically in the stone sauna.

21時過ぎにふらりと立ち寄りました。近郊にあり、通り過ぎる事は多々あるものの、初めてです。入って100円ロッカー（帰りに戻ってくるタイプ）に靴を入れ、その後に自販機で入浴券を購入。入浴だけだと非会員で800円。更衣室ロッカーはお金不要。入ると割と大きい敷地に色々な風呂が見えます。個人的には熱い湯が好きなのですが、いくつかの湯舟につかりましたが、比較的ぬるい感。コロナ影響でドアが開いており...
Minoo Park

Leisure / Hobbies

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.
Minoh Q's MALL

Shopping

Osaka Minoo-shi Nishijuku 1-17-22

This popular shopping mall is filled with an abundant variety of restaurants; cafes; and establishments offering things such as fashionable apparel, interior decor, accessories, beauty treatments, and foods. There's also a movie theater where you can take in a flic before or after shopping. Additionally, the mall holds a variety of events such as cosplay events and child raising get-togethers.
Mino Visitor Center

3.5

19 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Osaka Minoshi Mino 1576

This is the base facility for Meiji no Mori Mino Quasi-National Park. The site is comprised of an exhibition room filled with everything about the geology and highlights of Mino to models of animals and plants and specimens, a lecture room that doubles as a library, and a management building. Many people visit it as a base when using the park, and use of the facility is free. Besides nature workshops that children enjoy, it also holds various nature experience events such as nature observation meetings regularly. In addition, you can spread out lunch boxes in Momiji Plaza, and the walking path is popular with parents and their children.

箕面公園内かと思います。交通手段は車に成ると思います。私は阪急箕面駅から箕面の大滝経由で約1時間30分ぐらいかかりました。小川が流れておりそのそばで移動用チェアーを持参してゆったりと過ごしている人がチラホラと。最高に贅沢です。子供達が多分ボランティアの人に何か遊び教わっていました。
Minoo San Taki Atera

4.0

57 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Osaka Minoo-shi Minookouen 2-23

Good stop along Mino Park. Can make a wish on a paper or wood piece to be tied at the temple by donating a small amount.

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Osaka Areas

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."