Osaka: TravelGuide

Osaka is located on banks centers western inland sea of island of Honshû in the bay of Osaka. Almost at the beginning of its history, Osaka knew a dynamic activity. It is a modern city which in spite of a construction after fast war and an architecture sometimes furiously modern, knew to... More

Osaka is located on banks centers western inland sea of island of Honshû in the bay of Osaka. Almost at the beginning of its history, Osaka knew a dynamic activity. It is a modern city which in spite of a construction after fast war and an architecture sometimes furiously modern, knew to cultivate an art of living which is clean for him through its restaurants, its night life, its dialect culinary Osaka-Ben and his innovations. It true that left this " spirit state" the city is not very attractive; a plastic point of view; here however some jewels which Osaka conceals: In the North or in the district of Kita-ku, one finds the greatest concentration of underground shopping malls (Whitney Osaka, Umada chaka Underground Center), of hotels and restaurants. To also see the Taiyû-ji temple. The North-East or the district of Chûô-ku shelters the castle of' Osaka, Osaka City Museum and the Art Museum of Fujita. The south and south-east or the district of Minami-ku and the district of Tennôji-ku are the districts of the theatres and the cinemas. One finds there the theatres Nazaka, Kadoza, Dôtombori-Toei-Gekijô and celebrates it "National Bunraku Theater". In the west of Osaka, the port area, one finds a district modern borders of it in particular Dôtonbori channel which shelters the Art Museum of Suntory, the Hôzen-ji temple, the watery attraction park Festivalgate (Midosuji subway, Dobutsuenmae station), the aquarium of Osaka (Kaiyukan), the museum of the rights of Man: the " Liberty Osaka Museum" (Line JR Loop, Ashiharabashi station) Less