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Osaka
A reconstructed feudal keep ringed by moats and cherry trees.
Osaka riot of neon, canal reflections and legendary street food.
Twin towers joined by a Floating Garden rooftop observatory.
Osaka's 190-year-old covered food market - 'the kitchen of Osaka' - packed with fresh seafood, wagyu skewers and street snacks.
The birthplace of Osaka kushikatsu - crisp deep-fried skewers, one dip of sauce, in the retro Shinsekai district.
The 'back-Namba' warren of izakaya and standing bars where Osakans drink and eat, away from the tourist neon.
Osaka's historic Korean quarter - a fragrant maze of yakiniku grills, kimchi stalls and Korean groceries right by the station.
Japan's longest covered shopping arcade - 2.6km of local eateries, standing bars and street snacks in northern Osaka.
Osaka's most refined dining and nightlife quarter near Umeda - kappo counters, sushi and discreet high-end bars.
A low-key foodie neighbourhood a stop from Umeda, packed with buzzy izakaya, wine bars and chef-driven counters.
A retro, artsy pocket of old wooden houses turned into indie cafes, brunch spots and vintage shops north of Umeda.
Japan's first state-built Buddhist temple, founded by Prince Shotoku in 593, laid out in a rare pure symmetrical style.
The head shrine of some 2,300 Sumiyoshi shrines, famous for its arched bridge and a purely Japanese pre-Buddhist architecture.
The temple of the 'bone Buddhas' — statues cast from the cremated ashes of hundreds of thousands of devotees.
Osaka's great shrine to the deity of scholarship, and home to the Tenjin Matsuri, one of Japan's three biggest festivals.
Home to a colossal 12-meter lion-head stage whose gaping mouth is said to swallow bad luck and grant success.
The shrine of Ebisu, god of commerce, whose January festival draws a million merchants praying for a prosperous year.
A love shrine hidden in the Umeda backstreets, immortalized by a famous puppet play about two lovers' 1703 double suicide.
The 'temple of winners,' its misty mountain grounds strewn with thousands of little red daruma dolls left by wish-makers.
The birthplace shrine of Abe no Seimei, Japan's legendary Heian-era master of onmyodo yin-yang divination.
A 6.5-hectare lawn garden west of Osaka Castle keep, framed by around 300 cherry trees and the castle's stone walls and moat.
A forested valley within a quasi-national park, its 33-metre waterfall reached by an easy 2.8 km riverside trail famed for autumn color.
A vast green park on the former 1970 World Expo site, crowned by Taro Okamoto's Tower of the Sun and a superb strolling Japanese garden.
A refined Taisho-era strolling garden, once the Sumitomo family's private grounds, hidden inside Tennoji Park.
