Osaka Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia

Osaka – Venture to Japan’s third-largest city and discover the rich blend of traditional and modern culture, from temples to anime.

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Within easy reach of Japan’s major cities, Tokyo and Kyoto, #Osaka adds its own dynamic voice to this country’s fascinating culture. From its food to its fashion, Osaka offers constant opportunity to admire and participate in the Japanese way of life while on #vacation here.

Osaka is a colorful hub of traditional and contemporary Japanese culture that sits in the center of a ring of popular tourism destinations: Kobe, Kyoto, Sakai and Nara. It’s an ideal location to #visit in Japan.

For now, we hope you enjoy watching this #travel #guide as much as we enjoyed making it.

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0:00 – Osaka
0:33 – Osaka Castle
1:35 – Kita District
2:08 – Osaka Museum of Housing and Living
2:30 – Tenjinbashi-Sushi
3:00 – Minami
3:12 – Dotonbori
3:51 – Hozenji Yokocho
4:08 – Kuromon Market
4:39 – Shinsaibashi-Suji
4:46 – Amerika Mura
5:02 – Den Den Town
5:15 – Shinsekai
5:51 – Namba Yasaka Shrine
6:02 – Imamiya Ebisu Shrine
6:16 – Shitennoji
6:41 – Keitakuen Garden
6:55 – Sumiyoshi Taisha
7:16 – Universal Studios Japan

[botswanainsight]

If theres one people, nation or country I really admire is Japan, of how they have found a way to balance Modernity & Tradition without really losing themselves, in this modern world & a global village is very rare to find that. Highly cultured, hardworking, polite & civilized folk if only most nations were just half of what they are

[safevacationu]

I love this country, culture, food, everything. I can't wait to travel again. Greetings to all those who love Japan. Japan is beautiful and has a lot to offer! I highly recommend this country for a vacation and more

[georgemitchel]

When I visited Japan last year, I LOVED OSAKA!
If I ever move to Japan, I wanna live there!

[moes_film]

I love Osaka. When I was visiting, a nice elder woman voluntarily helped me find the right bus stop even though she only spoke a little bit of english. She even walked me to it. 💙

[Sabundy]

Osaka is easily one of my favourite cities in the world. I have been about 8 times, and I never get tired of it :)

[masa-fupk]

I'm japanese, and I recommend guys sightseeing in Osaka. There are a lot of place for foreigners to enjoy and make your journey fantastic.

[jesuiszrr]

My trip was cancelled because of COVID-19. Let’s hope I’ll be able to visit someday!

[musicseeker]

Osaka is 2nd-largest and important city in Japan, also old capital (AD652) as well as Nara and Kyoto. Osaka has a lot of interesting Japanese original cultures. Core Of Japanese culture is in Kansai resion ( Osaka and Kyoto, Nara, Kobe, Himeji, Awaji Island, Lake Biwa, Wakayama, Mie, Fukui, Tokushima etc). Tokyo is City of Companies and Buildings. If You want to meet real Japan, I recommend you to visit Kansai.

[thatguyKEVINN]

Osaka is beautiful, I’m sure you’ll fall in love with the city like did .

[carloenix]

Osaka is not as "beautiful" as other places in Japan, but the energy is unmatched! It remains my favorite Japanese city :)

[johnm]

Osaka looks beautiful and awesome and incredible. Osaka is one of the many cities in Japan I would love to go to.

[Veej]

Food, culture, architecture, politeness, tradition, history, Zen, spirituality, scenic scenery, lighting & clean - did I mention the food? LOLZ Incredible. Need to go anytime soon. Thanks!

[jhoelweee]

I was lucky enough to celebrate New Year 2020, in Japan. Osaka & Kyoto. 2 weeks is just too short. I hope we all can visit Japan soon, my favourite place on earth. Stay safe everyone!! 😋🙏🏻

[rhinestoneage]

Hi Expedia! I really appreciate the time and effort you put into making travel guides for places all around the world! Here are some suggestions if you’re looking for some places in Japan to look at:
Hokkaido
Sendai
Hiroshima

Thanks so much for putting these guides!

[kcchuor]

I really love this country🇯🇵 and I also miss my first trip in Tokyo. I hope I can visit in Osaka one day.

[partzrivalcamaya]

Came here because I miss japan. Visited a couple of times in the past and I can confidently say osaka is my number one go to, a close second will be Kyoto.

[ShadowPuppet]

great video, thanks Expedia for the video 😊 🎉 ❤❤, I will be moving there next year 😊 🎉 ❤❤

[JD_BAREA]

Ive been studying Japanese for almost 3 years now literally so I can go to Osaka before my twenties!

[lespion]

"The Manchester of Asia" isn't the best compliment

[risingsunjapanguideinfo]

After COVID-19, please come to Japan!!! Everyone is welcome. 👍