Other Sightseeing Spots in Bentencho / Osaka Bay Area Area

  • Sakishima Building Observatory
    Travel / Tourism
    Osaka Osaka-shi Suminoe-ku Nanko Kita 1-14-16 Osaka Sakishima Office Building
    This observatory is approx. a three-minute walk from the Nanko Port Town Line's Trade Center-mae Station. It is on the top floor of the Osaka Prefectural Government Sakishima Building, which is also called Sakishima Cosmo Tower. The panoramic viewing space is 252 meters above ground, and is a circuit style with 360 degrees of full glass. You can overlook the Osaka Bay area, Awaji Island, Akashi Kaikyo Bridge and Kansai International Airport. Watching the changing scenery from dusk to night while sitting in the west side box seats is popular.
  • Minato-ohashi Bridge
    Travel / Tourism
    Minato-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka
    This is the symbol of Osaka Harbor, with its eye-catching red piers. The double-deck cantilever truss bridge is 980 meters long and connects the bayside roads of Minato Ward with the Minami-Minato area. Route 16 Osaka Port Line and Route 4 Bayshore Line are on the upper deck, and Route 5 Bayshore Line is on the bottom deck. A truss bridge with three continuous spans that opened in 1974, it is the third-largest bridge of this type. From the Santa Maria cruise ship to go sightseeing around Osaka Harbor, you can look up at the bridge from below as you pass under.
  • Kitakagaya Wall Art
    Travel / Tourism
    Osaka Osaka-shi Suminoe-ku Kitakagaya 3-4
  • Shin Yuhigaoka
    Travel / Tourism
    Osaka Osaka-shi Konohana-ku Hokukoryokuchi 2
    This scenic lookout is located on the grounds of the Maishima Sports Island leisure facility in Hokkoryokuchi, Konohana Ward, Osaka City. Centering on a 25-meter-high observatory plaza overlooking Osaka Bay, the lookout has walking paths and a flower-viewing square. Known for its sunsets, the lookout also has summer and winter solstice paths which indicate the direction of the setting sun on the summer and winter solstices.
  • Art Hotel Osaka Bay Tower
    Travel / Tourism
    Osaka Osaka-shi Minato-ku Benten 1-2-1
  • Nami Ha Ya Ohashi
    Travel / Tourism
    Osaka
  • Senbonmatsu Ohashi
    Travel / Tourism
    Osaka Osaka-shi Taisho-ku Minamiokajima 1-chome
  • Hirabayashi 5 Go Bridge
    Travel / Tourism
    Osaka Osaka-shi Suminoe-ku
  • Umemachi Sanbashi
    Travel / Tourism
    Osaka Osaka-shi Konohana-ku Umemachi 1-chome
  • Hirabayashi Ohashi
    Travel / Tourism
    Osaka
  • Hiwa Bridge
    Travel / Tourism
    Osaka
  • Shin Fukuzaki Bridge
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    Osaka
  • Shin Kizugawa Ohashi
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Taisho-ku Funamachi 1-chome
  • Saka Sakai Ohashi
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Suminoe-ku Minamikagaya 4-chome
  • Taishobashi
    Travel / Tourism
    Osaka Osaka-shi Naniwa-ku Saiwaicho 3-chome
  • Nakajima Shinbashi
    Travel / Tourism
    Osaka Osaka-shi Nishiyodogawa-ku Nakajima 2-chome
  • Nakajima Ohashi
    Travel / Tourism
    Osaka Osaka-shi Nishiyodogawa-ku Tsukuda 6-chome
  • Dekijima Ohashi
    Travel / Tourism
    Osaka Osaka-shi Nishiyodogawa-ku Nakajima 1-chome
  • Hokuko Ohashi
    Travel / Tourism
    Osaka Osaka-shi Konohana-ku Torishima 3-chome
  • Sen Kita Bridge
    Travel / Tourism
    Osaka Osaka-shi Nishiyodogawa-ku Tsukuda 4-chome

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While Osaka prefecture is the country's second smallest prefecture, its capital, Osaka City, is the country’s third-largest and arguably one of the most popular in the Kansai region thanks to its vibrant nightlife, the Osaka people’s openness, and its much-loved cuisine, which has earned it the nickname "the nation’s kitchen."

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