Leisure / Outdoors Spots in Shinsaibashi / Namba Area

  • Namba Parks
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    4.0
    377 Reviews
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    Osaka Osakashi Naniwa-ku Nambanaka 2-10-70
    Namba Parks is an office and shopping complex in the Naniwa Ward of Osaka City, built on the site of what was formerly Osaka Stadium. It comprises Parks Tower, a 30-storey office building, and Namba Parks Shops & Diners, a shopping mall. The gradually-ascending Parks Garden rooftop garden has an abundance of plants and trees, and is a great place for urban residents to relax and enjoy being in close proximity to natural greenery. The mall has a comprehensive range of facilities, including a wide range of luxury brand boutiques, upscale restaurants, a game center, movie theatre, etc.

    I walked around this mall to check out the food and shops. Its a bit of a maze walking around in circles. There are plenty of shops and nice looking restaurants though.

  • Dotonbori Konamon-Museum
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    4.0
    50 Reviews
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    Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Doutombori 1-6-12
    Dotonbori Konamon-Museum in downtown Dotonbori is a food theme park and a hands-on facility where you can experience the history and culture of konamon (flour) including takoyaki (octopus dumpling). On the first floor, Takoya dotonbori Kukuru, a well-known takoyaki restaurant which is famous with long queues, shows the cooking procedure and sells them. On the second floor, there is a historical museum about flour with an eating area. The third floor is a studio where you can make your own food samples for a unique takoyaki (a booking is required in advance). On the first basement, there is a takoyaki dojo (training area) where you fry your takoyaki with your own choice of ingredients. The closest station is Namba Station.

    This is a famous takoyaki shop in Dotombori area. There is always a queue here. The takoyaki is delicious and the sauce is good too.

  • OSTEC Exhibition Hall
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    3.5
    49 Reviews
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Nishi-ku Utsubohonmachi 1-8-4
    A science and technology exhibition facility located in Utsubohonmachi 1-Chome, Nishi Ward, Osaka City. Here you will find exhibitions on cutting-edge technologies by some 30 Japanese companies and organizations. The facility is divided into five technological categories: new materials, new lifestyles, the environment, communication and images, and energy. Visitors can experience the technologies on display through games and other exhibits. In addition, the facility holds events such as experiment and crafting classes on Sunday's and during the summer school holidays.

    ホテルから近かったのでちょっと寄ってみました。入場は無料です。科学技術の紹介ということで気軽に見学できます。ただ、わざわざ大人の一人旅で立ち寄るような魅力は感じなかったので、なにかのついでなどでない限りはお勧めしません。

  • Kamigata Ukiyoe Painting
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    3.5
    46 Reviews
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Chuo-ku Nanba 1-6-4

    This is a small museum of woodblock prints based on kabuki theatre. Entry is 500 yen per person. It is set over 3 floors and there are explanations in English. If you have the time then, at extra...

  • Shinsaibashi Opa
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Chuo-ku Nishishinsaibashi 1-4-3
    This shopping mall is connected directly to the number 7 exit of Shinsaibashi Station on the Midosuji Line and Nagahori Tsurumi-Ryokuchi Line subways. Tenants include men's and women's fashion stores, boutiques, interior decor stores, children's and baby apparel and necessity shops, restaurants, and service establishments. There's also a nursing room and children's toilet with changing station, making this a convenient destination for shoppers with children.
  • Utsubo Park
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    Osaka prefecture Osaka-shi Nishi-ku Shimamoto cho
    This park is located just past Tosabori Road, south of Umeda, Osaka. The park is split into two parts, east and west, across Naniwa-suji Street, with rows of Zolkova trees and a rose garden on the east side, and Utsubo Tennis Center on the west side, which hosts international tennis competitions. The rose garden is the oldest in Osaka City, and 3,400 roses are planted there, with 170 different varieties. The garden is used, not only for people to visit, but also doubles as a wedding venue. Every year, in mid-May, when the roses are in bloom, the Rose Festa is held here, drawing a great many visitors.
  • Shinsaibashi BIG STEP
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Chuo-ku Nishishinsaibashi 1-6-14
    A shopping mall located in Nishi-Shinsaibashi 1-Chome, Chuo Ward, Osaka City. The mall is host to a variety of tenants, including restaurants, fashionable apparel shops, boutiques, a movie theater, a skate park, a live music hall, a studio, and a fitness club. Other highlights include THE SILVER BALL PLANET, an arcade filled with American pinball machines from the 1960s to the present; and CAPSUL TOY SHOP, a space filled with one of the largest assortments of capsule toy vending machines in the prefecture.
  • Mitsu Park (Sankaku Park)
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Chuo-ku Nishishinsaibashi 2-11-34
  • Kuidaore Taro (Nakaza Kuidaore Building)
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    Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Doutombori 1-7-21
    The Nakaza Kuidaore Building was constructed on the site of what had formerly been the Naka-za, a famous theatre that played a leading role in supporting Kamigata (Osaka–Kyoto region) traditional performing arts from the Edo period onwards. The Building has been renovated and reopened, borrowing the name “Kuidaore” (“Eat till you drop”) from a famous nearby restaurant that closed in July 2009. The “Kuidaore Taro” mascot that stands in front of the Building, dressed as a Chindo’ya (elaborately-dressed street musicians that used to drum up business for local stores) has become an iconic symbol of the Dotonburi district where the Building is located, and is a popular backdrop for photographs. Inside the Nakaza Kuidaore Building there are shops selling Kuidaore Taro souvenir goods, restaurants where visitors can enjoy local Osaka delicacies, a theatre offering live comedy shows, etc.
  • The brick
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Chuo-ku Nishishinsaibashi 2-9-32
    A gallery and diner on the basement level of the Arrow Hotel in Osaka's America-mura. For lunch they offer hamburg steaks with homemade Neapolitan sauce, and chicken nanban with tartar sauce. For dinner try their pomodoro tomato spaghetti, pork rice bowls made with Mt. Kirishimasan Pork from Kagoshima, or their omelet rice. They also offer maple French toast and fruits tarts for desserts, along with organic coffee. You can also enjoy special events and displays of unique artists' works.
  • Ken Hamazaki Red Museum
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Chuo-ku Minamisenba 4-11-13 RED Building
    "This art museum was established by Ken Hamazaki, an artist clad in red who has made the three themes of ""flying,"" ""sleeping,"" and ""sitting"" his life's (art) work. Here visitors can casually experience and enjoy modern art, a field of art many think is difficult to understand. The entire gallery is painted red, resulting in a space which is entirely extra-ordinary."
  • namBaHIPS
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    3.0
    3 Reviews
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Chuo-ku Nanba 1-8-16

    なんば駅からすぐ近くにあります。パチンコや、スロットなどのあるレジャー施設です。カラオケやスポーツバーもありますが、あまり内容的にはわざわざ観光で行く場所でもないですが、特徴的な外観はなかなかアクセントがあります。

  • NAMBASkyO
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Chuo-ku Nanba 5-1-60
  • Winds Nanba
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Naniwa-ku Nanbanaka 2-10-70
  • Dotonbori Museum Namikiza
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    4.5
    8 Reviews
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Chuo-ku Dotonbori 1-1-6Y's Peer Dotonbori Namikiza Building 1F

    My wife and I randomly ran into the owner of this lovely museum in a small bar in Dotonbori. He was drinking with a friend who was also involved in Noh theatre. We got to chatting (he spoke some...

  • Osaka Furitu Enokojima Bunkageijutusozo Ctr
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    3.5
    2 Reviews
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    Osaka Met. Osakashi Nishi-ku Enokojima 2-chome 1-34

    戦前の工業会館をリノベーションした、モダンな建物です。芸術・文化の発信基地として、展覧会などが開かれます。府の施設だからから、リーズナブルに料金のものが多いです。

  • Osaka Ukiyoe Painting Art Museum
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Chuo-ku Shinsaibashisuji 2-2-23 Fujiya Shinsaibashi Building 3F

    On our craft n textile tour, Osaka and Namba (main southern metro train station) were on itinerary (kitchen street), as was the walk northwards thru the Dotomburi food area and then the long, long...

  • hu+gMUSEUM
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Nishi-ku Chiyozaki 3-2-59
  • Matsushima Park
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Nishi-ku Chiyozaki 1-chome 3
  • Central Sports Naniwa Yanai Pool
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Naniwa-ku Nanbanaka 3-8-8

    大阪市営プールは各区に一つありますが、浪速区のプールは他と違い新しく、特に夏場は水温も28度程度に保たれていて気持ちよく泳ぐことができます。 扇町プールで33度のプールで泳いだ後、シャワー中に気分が悪くなりましたが、ここではそんなことはありません。 大阪市営プールは全て同じ料金で、回数券、定期券も共通なので、是非一度浪速区の浪速屋内プールを使ってみてください。

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