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Osaka

Ōsaka (大阪) is the beating heart of Japan's Kansai region and the largest of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto trio of cities, with a population of over 17 million people in the greater metropolitan area. With fantastic food and nightlife, great connectivity and accommodation options in every price bracket, it makes a great base for exploring the entire region. Wikivoyage

Population 2,751,862 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Japan

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Japan

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Osaka. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Sumo Spring Grand Tournament

    March

    Sumo Spring Grand Tournament of Japan's national sport, sumo wrestling, is usually held mid-March at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Osaka); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 86 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Kitahama 560 m, Kitashinchi 680 m, Watanabebashi 710 m, Osaka-Umeda 960 m, Ōsakatemmangū 1.0 km, Osaka 1.1 km, Fukushima 1.3 km, Temmabashi 1.4 km, Nakanoshima 1.4 km, Temma 1.5 km, Shin Fukushima 1.5 km, Nakatsu 2.0 km, Sakuranomiya 2.1 km, Osakajokitazume 2.2 km, Noda 2.4 km, Ebie 2.7 km, Kyobashi 2.8 km, Ōsaka Namba 3.0 km, Kintetsu-Nippombashi 3.0 km, Ōsakajōkōen 3.0 km

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