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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...
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

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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

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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...
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。
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...
Sojiji Temple

4.0

52 Reviews

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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。
Nose Myokenzan (Nose Myokenzan, External Buddha Halls, Murosan Shinnyoji Temple)

4.0

58 Reviews

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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。
Tower of the Sun

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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.
Mino Visitor Center

3.5

19 Reviews

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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.
Kyuan-ji Temple

4.0

25 Reviews

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Osaka Ikedashi Fushiochou 697

This is a temple located near the Satsukiyama Park. The temple is also called the Temple of Flowers and visitors can enjoy seeing peony in spring, hydrangeas in summer, colored leaves in the autumn, and plum blossoms in the winter. The Romon (two storied gate) with a graceful curved roof is said to have been built in 1145. This gate, considered as an Important Cultural Property, has a Vajradhara that welcomes the visitors. It is also said the old zelkova tree was planted in commemoration of a moon viewing gathering held in the mountain shaped like Sanskrit characters by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the temple grounds. The main temple that enshrines the Senju Kannon (Thousand Armed Bodhisattva) is known for making a connection with Buddha, safe delivery of babies, studying, and prosperous business. The temple also hosts Buddhist weddings.

アジサイの時期にいきましたが、枯れ始めの時期で時期が悪かったです。紅葉の時期もきっと綺麗だろうなと思います！
Kabusanji Temple

4.5

23 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Osaka Takatsukishi Hara 3301-1

"This Tendai sect temple located in Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture was opened by En no Gyoja in 697. As the first sacred placed where Bishamonten (guardian god of Buddhism) was enshrined in Japan, its principle images are three Bishamonten figures. The sitting Amida buddha figure and both Kannon figures enshrined in the main hall have all been designated nationally important cultural properties. At Kejo-in Temple, the ""Bishamonten Fudo Goma Ritual,"" the continuous burning of wood to invoke divine help, is conducted every day without fail. In addition, surrounded by mountains full of nature, many worshipers visit every year as a place to enjoy fresh greenery in the spring and the changing leaves in autumn."

We visited this beautiful, secluded temple on a Monday afternoon in December at the end of the autumn leaves season. The complex consists of a dozen or so buildings in addition to the temple itself...
Itsuo Art Museum

4.0

22 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Osaka Ikedashi Sakaehonmachi 12-27

This is a museum located in Ikeda City, Osaka Prefecture. The museum exhibits approximately 5,400 artworks that Ichizo Kobayashi, the founder of Hankyu Electric Railway, collected throughout his life. There are 15 certified national Important Cultural Properties and 20 Important Artworks. The famous portrait of Toyotomi Hideyoshi by Kano Mitsunobu, used in history textbooks, is also stored in this museum. On Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays visitors can also enjoy Sokushinan, a reproduced tea room in the museum which Itsuo (Ichizo) personally planned.

小林一三記念館を見て立ち寄りました。昭和モダン図鑑という阪急グループの宝塚歌劇や野球などポスターが展示されていました。時代の変化を感じさせる展示会だったと思います。前の阪急デパートのイラストが懐かしかったです。大阪の代表的企業グループである阪急の展示あればもっと質の良いポスターの展示があっても良かったと思います。以前大阪府立博物館の海峡を渡る布展で戦前の大阪の企業のポスターが展示されていてイメー...
Large Keyaki of Noma/Keyaki Museum

4.0

23 Reviews

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Osaka Met. Toyonogun Nosecho Nomainaji

Located in the Nosecho district of Osaka’s Toyono-gun, the large Keyaki (Japanese zelkova tree) of Noma is a national natural monument and there is a museum nearby that mainly preserves and displays materials relating to it. The large keyaki with a height of approximately 27 meters and trunk girth of approximately 13 meters said to be about 1,000 years old is one of Japan’s foremost giant trees. The largest branch is approximately 39 meters by approximately 36 meters, and the tree is loved as a symbol of Nose’s abundance nature. From late April to July when the new leaves are out, wild brown hawk owls can be seen sitting in the branches. Entrance to the museum is free.

大阪府最北端の能勢町にある国の天然記念物に指定されたケヤキの巨木。観光でこの地を通過するので軽く寄ってみようと行ったのですが、想像以上に立派な木に驚きました。マイナーな観光地だと思っていたら多くの人が訪れる人気観光地でもあり、駐車場に入るのも少し時間が掛かりました。樹齢は1,000年以上、目通り幹回り14ｍ、高さ30ｍ、枝張り南北38ｍ、東西42ｍと言う規格外の大きさには圧倒されます...
Mino Park Museum of Insects

4.0

35 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Osaka Minoo-shi Minookouen 1-18

A museum located inside Minoh Park in Minoh City. Designed around the concept of the world that insects see, the museum displays live and preserved examples of insects which live in Minoh as well as around the world. There's also a theater which shows animated videos and a kids' room which holds events such as insect petting sessions. Visitors can view a variety of plants and butterflies in the museum's butterfly garden.

This is located within Mino-o park and you will see it on the way to the waterfall. Its more kids than adults. Visit only if theres time.
Haginotera Tokoin Temple

4.0

16 Reviews

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Osaka Toyonaka-shi Minami-sakurazuka 1-12-7

"This Soto Buddhist Bekkaku temple, founded over 1,200 years ago, is today the 12th station on the New Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage and is accordingly visited by large numbers of people of all denominations. Known as the ""Haginotera"" (""Bush Clover Temple""), bush clover grows everywhere on the grounds, and in the fall, they explode in a profusion of colorful flowers. The Shuroen (""Bush Clover Dew Garden"") on the temple's grounds, named by the great artist Rosanjin, has been selected for inclusion in the 100 Selections of Osaka Green list."

東光院萩の寺は735年奈良時代に行基によって開かれた古刹です。梅田・中津から100年ほど前、阪急電鉄の敷設に合わせて現在地・豊中にあった別院に寺基を移転しました。行基が植えた供養花の萩を守り続け古くから萩の寺と呼ばれ、現在も秋には3千株の萩が咲き誇ります。明治に廃寺となった大阪東照宮の唯一の継承寺院であり、数々の本尊をまつります。正岡子規や北大路魯山人も親しく同寺を訪れゆかりの句碑や仏像も建てられ...
The Japan Folk Crafts Museum, Osaka

3.5

27 Reviews

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Osaka Suitashi Senribampakukouen 10-5

This folk crafts museum in Expo '70 Park is about a 15-minute walk from Bampaku-Kinen-Koen (Expo '70 Park) Station. It opened in 1970 as a pavilion for the Expo '70 World's Fair and then after then exhibition reopened in 1971 as the Osaka Japan Folk Crafts Museum. The museum is a one story (partly two story) reinforced concrete design and the progression from exhibition room one down to room four promotes leisurely appreciation of the exhibits. The paved courtyard is decorated with an arrangement of earthenware pots and jars and serves as an outdoor exhibition area. Exhibits include ceramics, textiles, lacquerware, braided goods, and more. Twice yearly a special exhibition is held in which private art both domestic and foreign is displayed.

Not sure what to make of this museum. There was a very small permanent collection plus a temporary exhibition of pottery. We didnt stay long. My advice would be to skip this museum and spend more...
National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku)

Leisure / Hobbies

Osaka Suitashi Senribampakukouen 10-1

The National Museum of Ethnology (or Minpaku) is located in the Expo Commemoration Park in Suita City, Osaka. With exhibits centered around cultural anthropology and ethnology it is the world's largest ethnology museum. Researcher's have collected some 345,000 articles of daily life tools and native dress from every part of the globe. Exhibits in the Main Building are divided into nine geographical regions and with both musical and spoken exhibitions, starting in Oceania before heading eastward in a lap around the globe. Come be introduced to a variety of world-wide cultures with nearly 12,000 displayed materials that focus on daily tools and necessities of life as well as 800 video shorts that show different cultural etiquettes and arts as well as daily activities. Special events and themed exhibitions are held multiple times throughout the year.
EXPO '70 Commemorative Park

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Osaka Suitashi Senribampakukouen

This park opened in Osaka in 1970 for the Expo '70 World's Fair. The building originally used as the Steel Pavilion was renovated after 40 years and re-opened in 2010 as a museum. The museum showcases over 3,000 items and documents from the original Expo. The first floor is a free area but there is an entrance fee for the second floor. The museum shop sells limited Expo only items with the Expo's logo or the sun tower.

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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."