Osaka Castle & Dotonbori Lively One-Day Walking Tour

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Offered in: English
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Overview

In this tour, we offer you the most impressive and efficient itinerary so that you can make the best use of your stay in Osaka. Firstly you will experience the living history of the samurai warriors and the common people in Osaka by visiting museums and the castle. Secondly, you will explore Japan’s longest shopping street that is being loved by local people. Then you will visit and explore Dotonbori and find out why Osaka is called Japan’s food capital. Our guide will pick you up at your hotel in Osaka. Transportation and admission fees are all included and you don’t have to wait in a long queue at Osaka Castle on this tour.

Meeting points

Osaka Station
3-chōme-1-1 Umeda, Kita Ward, Osaka, 530-0001, Japan

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We can also meet you at any hotel in central Osaka. PLEASE NOTE: NO PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Osaka Museum of History

The Osaka History Museum is located in front of Osaka Castle and is built on the site of an ancient palace. The 10th floor of this museum is a great spot to overlook Osaka Castle. Through the windows, you can command a panoramic view of the beautiful castle and get a good understanding of its huge size and the whole structure of the castle. In addition, the informative exhibits enable you to understand the origin and real history of Osaka deeply. In particular, the diorama of the ancient court and the busy merchants’ town are impressive.

1 hour
Osaka Castle

Osaka Castle, built in the 17th century by the Tokugawa Shogunate, was a solid castle protected by double moats, tall stone walls, turrets, etc and originally was the home of the samurai leader of the Toyotomi family. The castle is now widely used by Osaka citizens as a park. After looking at the view from the observation deck of the main tower, you will learn about Osaka and Japan's history centered on samurai through the exhibits on each floor. At the facilities in MIRAIZA on the castle grounds, you can also experience ninja knife throwing!

1 hour 30 minutes
Tenjinbashi-suji Shopping Street

Tenjinbashisuji Shopping Street is Japan’s longest one at 2.6 km containing 600 shops, and it is always bustling with a large number of local citizens. It's fun just looking around the shops, and as there are a lot of restaurants, we recommend you choose your favorite restaurant here for lunch.

1 hour
Osaka Museum of Housing and Living

The townscape of Osaka about 180 years ago is reproduced in full size, and you can actually walk in it. You will see, touch, and experience old time Japan, the structure of the houses, the products sold at that time, the utilities and the living habits of the common people. Why don’t you get a feel for the citizens’ life which is so different from the samurais?

40 minutes
Kuromon Market

Osaka's food culture has developed because of its people who are extremely fond of delicious things since ancient times, and Osaka has come to be called the Food Capital of Japan. In this market, many shops are lined up, and seafood such as crabs, pufferfish, sea urchin, meat such as Wagyu (Japanese beef) and Kobe beef and also various sweets are prepared at the stores. A large number of customers visit here to enjoy all kinds of food while strolling around. Try to find your very favorite food item, too!

30 minutes
Dotombori District

Now Dotonbori is the most popular tourist attraction in Osaka. Originally, this area was loved by the locals as entertainment area with a row of theaters along the canal. Currently, restaurants with colorful billboards line both sides of the canal including, of course, shops selling takoyaki, the octopus balls that originated in Osaka, and famous ramen shops. Take a photo in front of the well-known Glico-man signboard and enjoy exploring the surroundings. If you are looking for souvenirs, Don Quiote is also nearby.

30 minutes

Additional Info

Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Free Cancellation

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Amazing Osaka Tour

Published on Sep, 2024

Yoko-san was very very nice as a tour guide. Showing many places that Osaka has to offer in a private setting made the tour very awesome. She was very knowledgable that added to my experience. Nothing but praise and thank you.

Awesome tour

Published on Sep, 2024

A wonderful tour. The guide met us right at the ship. We went to some very interesting places with public transportation. He arranged for everything and we walked right into all of the venues that we visited.

Excellent & exciting tour! We had a great time!

Published on Aug, 2024

Ms. Mizuho is an excellent tour guide. Very knowledgeable about Japan & Osaka. Our family enjoyed the private tour. She went above & beyond expectations. She even made sure we found the souvenir we wanted & made sure we made it back to the right train station. She has inside knowledge where to have the best pictures, details about Osaka Castle that were very interesting. She is very professional & accommodating with our goals & interests for the tour. We highly recommend her & we can’t thank her enough for her tour guide service!

Be prepared to walk!

Published on Jul, 2024

We actually thought we were going on a vehicle tour so we were thrown off when we were told we were going on a walking tour but our guide mask was amazing friendly and informative.

Great experience!

Published on Jun, 2024

Leo was an excellent and well informed guide. He was very accommodating of our interests and needs. We never felt rushed. He was very responsive to all of our questions. One of the best tours we’ve had. Very fortunate to have had him