Sightseeing: Osaka

Sumo wrestlers exercise in the morning at each clan’s house and some clans allow visitors to enter the house. In the fourth week in February, the sumo clans move to Osaka and wrestlers can be spotted […]
Watching Sumo in Osaka
Location: Osaka , Seasonal Events
Sumo, it is a simple form of wrestling in which two contestants grapple with each other wearing nothing but a mawashi loincloth. A wrestler wins a bout by forcing his opponent out of the ring, or by m […]
Bunraku puppet play
Location: Osaka , Seasonal Events
Bunraku is a classic theatrical art using puppets. A half life-sized puppet with elaborate costume is manipulated by three puppeteers to make a fluid move and express amazingly various emotions of a c […]
Tenjin Matsuri Festival
Location: Osaka , Seasonal Events
This is a past event.
Monthly outdoor markets at Temples
Location: Kyoto , Osaka
I don’t really enjoy just seeing old temples and shrines but shopping in temple’s market is really fun. There are three major outdoor markets in Kansai which are held monthly at the temple […]
Osaka Souvenirs
Location: Osaka
Most visitors flock to the ubiquitous malls and stalls found around the main tourist traps. Here, the usual selection of postcards, keyrings, and plastic Samurai swords are found in abundance. Such it […]
Kishiwada Danjiri Festival
Location: Osaka , Seasonal Events
(This is a past event)
Suntory YAMAZAKI Destillery
Location: Osaka
Suntory Yamazaki Destillery is one of the biggest whiskey factory in Japan, and is located in Shimamoto-cho, Osaka, where is located along the border betweeen Osaka and Kyoto. The destillery is locate […]
Osaka half day
Location: Osaka
Osaka is not very popular with tourists because they think it’s just another modern city after Tokyo. In fact, you only see concrete buildings from the Osaka station. But it’s worth at lea […]