Osaka Castle Museum
Osaka Castle Museum is a museum in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Osaka. Osaka Castle Museum is situated nearby to the explosion crater Air-Raid Damage to Stone Wall, as well as near Reservoir.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Osaka castle and Osaka Castle Park.
Osaka castle
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The Osaka Castle area is in Osaka city. This area consisting of many buildings surrounded by water is home to Osaka-castle, Osaka-jo Hall, classical music halls, theaters where you can enjoy the performing arts, hotels, shopping and sports facilities.
Osaka Castle Park
Park
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Osaka Castle Park is a public urban park and historical site situated at Osaka-Jō in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. It lies on the south of the Ōkawa and occupies a large area in the center of the city of Osaka. Osaka Castle Park is situated 160 metres southeast of Osaka Castle Museum.
Osaka-jō Hall
Theater building
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Osaka-jo Hall is a multi-purpose arena located in the Kyōbashi area of Osaka, Japan. The hall opened in 1983 and can seat up to 16,000 people. Built on a site area of 36,351 square meters, part of its form uses stone walls, modeled after those of Osaka Castle and it won the Osaka Urban Scenery Architects Prize Special Award in 1984. Osaka-jō Hall is situated 450 metres northeast of Osaka Castle Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Minami and Joto-ku.
Minami
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Minami is the largest commercial area in Osaka, Japan. All manner of shops and entertainment can be found in the Minami Area, which stretches from Semba to the area surrounding Namba station.
Joto-ku
Suburb
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Jōtō-ku is one of the 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. "Jōtō" literally means "east of the castle", referring to Osaka Castle. It was separated from Higashinari and Asahi in 1943, and eastern Jōtō became Tsurumi in 1974.
Kita
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The Kita is the newest centre of Osaka city. The area around Umeda station, where major terminals for the Osaka subway, Japan Rail, Hankyu and Hanshin railways can be found, boasts department stores, buildings full of fashionable shops and various attractions.
Osaka Castle Museum
- Type: Museum
- Also known as: “Osaka Castle Keep Tower”
- Categories: history museum, tenshu, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Chūō-ku, Osaka, Osaka, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.68749° or 34° 41′ 15″ northLongitude
135.52589° or 135° 31′ 33″ eastInception
November 7th, 1931Open location code
8Q6QMGPG+X9OpenStreetMap ID
node 13388509601OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q96338884
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Japanese—“Osaka Castle Museum” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “museu del castell d’Ōsaka”
- French: “musée du château d’Osaka”
- French: “Musée du château d’Osaka”
- French: “Ōsaka-jō tenshukaku”
- Japanese: “Ōsaka-jō tenshukaku”
- Japanese: “おおさかじょうてんしゅかく”
- Japanese: “大阪城天守閣”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Air-Raid Damage to Stone Wall and Reservoir.
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