Another Osaka

Osaka is Japan’s second largest city after Tokyo. It has been the economic engine of the Kansai region for many centuries. While it has many well-known sites to visit, it has many other attractions that are less known and less frequented.

Hozenji Yokocho

Walking through its cobbled streets, passing in front of mysterious moss-covered sanctuaries and traditional sleeping restaurants, you may have the chance to observe one of the owners practicing the Uchimizu (traditional spraying of water using a bamboo bucket) to refresh the sidewalk, which will take you to an Osaka d Whilst you’re in the street. The authenticity of an ancient Osaka is not only felt in the streets, but also in some hidden restaurants and bars.

Konjyakukan

The Osaka Housing and Life Museum is a remarkable facility in the northeastern part of the Kita region. The museum has recreated buildings and streets that show what life in Osaka was like during the Edo period. The museum also offers temporary exhibitions that present the different ways of life of the city at different times in its history. After your visit, take the covered street Tenjinbashisuji Shopping street which welcomes shops or lovers of traditional Japanese fabrics and clothes will find their happiness at a lower cost, especially thanks to second hand shops. Besides the typical souvenirs, a large number of shops of all kinds as well as cafes and restaurants will allow you to finish the day by flancing.

Kuromon Market

Kuromon Market (Kuromon Ichiba) is a covered market that extends 600 metres parallel to Sakaisujidori Street in the Minami district of Osaka. There are approximately 150 stores selling mainly fish, meat and food, as well as traditional sweets and low-priced clothing and household goods. The market dates back to the Edo period and is now a great place to walk, shop and taste different dishes such as grilled seafood, including crab legs and oysters, yakitori, sea urchins, sushi, eels, seasonal fruits and takoyaki. Some shops even have a small space where guests can enjoy their dishes.

Namba Yasaka Shrine

Located a 5-minute walk from the famous Namba Parks shopping complex, the Namba Yasaka Shrine is a beautiful escape from the consumerist chaos of this neighborhood. The original buildings have been destroyed by air raids and fires, so the buildings of the sanctuary you will see here are mainly post-war reconstructions. Flowered cherry trees surround the sanctuary, making it a popular spring place for the hanami (observation of flowering cherry trees).

The 12 meters high and 11 meters wide lion head building is the main attraction here, the huge open mouth would swallow all the bad spirits to give way to chance at professional and school levels.

The best time to visit this sanctuary is the third Sunday of January during which a ritual of shooting with the giant rope takes place, in honor of the god Susano-ono-Mikoto who killed the serpent god Yamato-no-orochi and liberated the Japanese people from difficulties. It’s something impressive to observe. The effervescence around this event surrounds the place with a very joyful atmosphere.

Temple IsshinJi

Founded in the 12th century, the Isshin-ji temple had to be rebuilt after the destruction of Osaka during the last years of World War II.

Built in steel and concrete in a modern style (even the guard statues of Nio are very different from the traditional statues). The door and other structures were designed by the present high priest who is also an architect. This temple is very frequented by the faithful because Isshinji houses the remains of millions of ancestors of Osaka inhabitants, whose ashes and bones have been mixed with resin to form statues of Buddha Amida, which is called Okutsu Butsu (“Bhadhaddos”).

The first known example of Okutsu Butsu is a large statue of Jizo in a Kanagawa temple that was made in 1700 by a priest who combined crushed bones with clay to sculpt the statue.

Isshinji Temple is located directly north of Tennoji Park and west of Tennoji Temple. Isshinji is about a ten minute walk from Tennoji Station on the JR Loop line, the Midosuji line or the Tanimachi line of the Osaka metro. Alternatively, Isshinji is also about a ten minute walk from Ebisucho Metro Station on the Sakaisuji line.

Ibaraki Kasugaoka Church

Built by architect Tadao Ando, the church of Ibaraki Kasugaoka is often called the church of light because of its cement facade cut in four quarters by a cross that lets in natural light. This unique architectural work which, with its soothing atmosphere, offers a quiet sanctuary of the noisy and lively city for believers and curious visitors.

Osaka Ikeda Noodles Museum

Instant noodles are very consumed with japon, it is in Osaka that Momofuku Ando (the father of Nissin Food Products) invented them in 1958, launching the great industry of instant noodles.

At Cup Noodles Museum Osaka Ikeda, you can learn all about the history of instant noodles, and create your own cup noodles, from ramen flavor to packaging design.

Located in Ikeda, within walking distance of the Ikeda station on the Hankyu-Takarazuka line, the museum is free to visit and is a must-see when you are looking for unusual things to do in Osaka.

A second museum was created in Yokohama.

Osaka, world in itself within Japan with its characteristic places, its cultureculinary, its dialect, its inhabitants have many popular and popular tourist attractions but it is enough to leave a little of these leux to discover a more traditional Osaka.

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