Tempozan Market Place

This place consists of shops, restaurants and an amusement park. We came here for lunch and to ride the giant ferris wheel. The Kaiyukan Aquarium is just next door.

Gashapon

Machines selling capsule toys

Osaka Castle

We walked to the castle from the station.

Definitely still blooming in his youth

The moat in front of the castle

The Otemon Gate

Osaka Castle

The original castle which was built in 1853 has been destroyed. This castle was rebuilt in 1931.

Osaka Castle (the interior)

This castle  consists of 8 storeys on the inside even though it appears to be a 5 storey building on the outside. It is now a museum.

Shachi (dolphin shaped fish) and Fusetora (crouching tiger)

The Siege of Osaka

where the Tokugawa Shogunate defeated the Toyotomi clan

Important people who fought in the war

The observation deck

Ice cream break before going to Tempozan

Osaka Kaiyu Ticket

We bought the one-day Osaka Kaiyu ticket which included the entrance fee into Osaka Aquarium and unlimited rides on the Osaka subway trains.

We changed train at Hommachi Station

Queuing for the train

We stopped here for Osaka Station

On the way to to Osaka Castle

Ramen breakfast at Osaka Station

We had our breakfast at Shin-Osaka Station on our last day in Osaka. We then took the subway to Osaka Castle.

Very good Ramen

Back to the hotel

We then took the subway at Namba Station  back to the hotel.

Signboards in Dotonbori

We were on camera!