Realistically recreating the history of the City of Osaka
You can experience the history of Osaka through "seeing, feeling and thinking" in this museum. As well as enabling you to find out about Osaka's history through life-size reproductions, models and imageries, it also lets you view the plentiful real-life source materials and exhibits at a leisurely pace. You can observe a broadcast at the BK Plaza on the 1st floor of the NHK Osaka Broadcasting Center nearby.

●Open/ 9:30-17:00 (Friday 9:30-20:00)
●Closed/Tuesdays (Wednesdays if Tuesday falls on National Holiday), the beginning and the end of year.
●Fare/ Adult ￥600, College and High School Student ￥400, Child free.　●Tel/ 06-6946-5728

◆Access/ A short walk from Subway Tanimachi 4-chome Stn. or Bamba-cho Municipal Bus Stop.

Experience the latest technology of the Matsushita Group
The large screen TV acts as the window to information-at the center, you can experience the latest involvements of Matsushita Group from the ubiquitous network society where everyone can communicate in comfort anytime and anywhere around the living room TV, which is the center of life, to coexistence with the global environment, and the creation of global designs.

●Open/ 10:00-18:00
●Closed/Wednesdays (open if Wednesdays falls on National Holiday), Obon festival, the beginning and the end of year.
●Fare/ Free　●Tel/ 06-6949-2111

◆Access/ A 7 min. walk from JR/Keihan Kyobashi Stn., 5 min. walk from JR Osakajo Kitazume Stn., 3 min. walk from Subway Osaka Business Park Stn.

The neon-glittering town where you eat yourself out of house and home
Dotombori area is a busy town with all sorts of fine restaurants. Dotombori was created when a merchant, Mr. Doton Yasui had developed a natural river to a canal in the beginning of the Edo period (1615-1868). As Dotombori became the most famous place for Japanese plays, or Shibai, restaurants and eateries began to prosper. Since then this place has always thrived as a town of food.

◆Access/ A 5 min. walk from Subway/JR/Kintetsu/Nankai Namba Stn.

Showing Japan's classical performing art "Kabuki"
Japan's first western-style theatre built in 1923. In 1997, it was reborn as a theatre with the latest stage mechanism. It shows various theatrical arts including Kabuki, which originated in Kansai (Kabuki is also shown in other theatres. Check with a tourist information center or travel agent.)

●Open/ Opening hours and days differ depending on the performance shown.
●Closed/Closing days differ depending on the performance shown.
●Fare/ Differs depending on the performance. "One-act Seat" is available for Kabuki plays, which allows you to see the first act. 　●Tel/ 06-6214-2211

◆Access/ A 1 min. walk from JR/Nankai/Kintetsu/Subway Namba Stn.

Cruise around the tourist attractions of the aquapolis Osaka
This sightseeing cruise goes around the city of Osaka on a 40-passenger water bus with a sunroof. You will be guided to Osaka's notable sites and history on the course. The views of the glitzy neon lights of Dotombori and the solemn ambience of Osaka Central Public Hall are exceptional. You can also see how the water level is regulated at the lock just like the Panama Canal.

●Open/ 9:00-17:30 (4 cruises per day. 90 minutes, vary according to the season)　●Closed/Dec.29-Jan.3
●Fare/ Adult ￥2,500 Child ￥1,250 (Ticket sale: West JR Green Window or major travel agents)　●Tel/ 06-6441-0532

◆Access/ A 5 min. walk from JR/Subway Namba Stn.

The narrow stone paves street is lined with restaurants
Hozenji-Yokocho street refers to the two narrow lanes which run from east to west and were made famous in Sakunosuke Oda's novel, Meoto Zenzai (The Stories of Osaka Life). There is Hozenji Temple, a temple of Jodo shu, with the Mizukake Fudo statue covered with moss. Stone pavements that are wet with sprinkled water create a distinctive atmosphere.

◆Access/ A 7 min. walk from Subway/JR/Kintetsu/Nankai Namba Stn.