Glimpses of Osaka

Osaka is a city with many interesting, fun, and outright weird sights to see. Here are some glimpses of what you can find in Osaka. If there’s one you want to add to your tour, please let me know and I’ll adjust the tour itinerary to meet your requests.

The Picturesque Drum Bridge

The Hidden Gem from Taisho

Edo Period Farmhouses

A Fortune-Telling Shishimai

A Lucky Cat Shrine

Hunting for Godairiki (Five-Power Stones)

Throwing Discs at a Floating Flower for Good Luck

A Metal Bamboo Forest

My Hack for Seeing The Emperor’s Burial Mound

Mini Shrine Maiden Fortune Teller

Oldest Lighthouse in Japan

A Whimsical Building That’s Not What You Think?

Meditating Down in Buddha’s Land

A Tiny Showa Era Candy Shop

A Floating World Art Gallery

The Love Shrine

Osaka’s Romeo & Juliet

Lion’s Head at Yasaka Shrine

Waterworld in Tennoji

Three Monkeys in a Temple Yard

The Wacky History of Japan’s Shortest Mountain

Judged By the King of Hell

A Relic of Early Western Contact

Mini 88-Temple Pilgrimage

Connecting With Buddha

Hearing Hell’s Cauldron

A Box of Rocks at a Buddhist Temple

Gargoyles in a Temple Garden

Amami (Heaven Look) is Countryside Heaven Near Osaka