Sights

• Dotonbori in Minami neighborhood; a hysteric shopping street with neon lights you have never seen before; at day time, but certainly at night time.
• Amerikamura; centre of Japanes youth-culture. The United States in 'small', recognizable from the Statue of Liberty on one of the rooftops, and artworks from King-Kong and clowns in american costumes.
• Umeda Sky building is a futuristic building with a platform for a great view of greater Osaka.
• Kuromon Ichiba market; a good place to try some local foods and do people-watching; Osaka is also called the culinary capital of Japan, where sushi originated but also okonomiyaki, a savory pancake.
• Osaka-jo, the castle of Osaka, originally from 1586, but this is a rebuild from 1931 and art museum..
• Shitenno-ji, a Buddhist temple from 593.
• Tenjinbashi-suji, the longest shopping street of Japan.