Osaka · Landmarks

Best Bridge in Osaka

17 places, each checked by our team.

• Dotonbori Bridge 道頓堀橋Dotonbori / Namba — Broad 1936 Midosuji bridge over the Dotonbori canal, the widest single bridge in Osaka, with a view down the neon canal.
• Kawasaki Bridge 川崎橋Tenma / Amijima — A slender cable-stayed footbridge over the Okawa River, part of the cycle path from Nakanoshima to Expo Park and a great spot for Osaka Castle-area…
• Konohana Ohashi Bridge 此花大橋Konohana / Maishima — A 1990 self-anchored suspension bridge with a single main cable, linking Osaka's Konohana Ward to Maishima island over the bay.
• Minato Ohashi Bridge 港大橋Osaka Port — A giant red cantilever truss across Osaka Port with a 510 m centre span, the longest truss span in Japan and one of the longest in the world.
• Namihaya Bridge なみはや大橋Taisho / Minato — Soaring 1.6 km S-curved bridge over the mouth of the Shiranashi River, walkable for sweeping views of Osaka's port.
• Naniwabashi Bridge 難波橋Nakanoshima / Kitahama — A stately 1915 bridge guarded by four stone lions at the east tip of Nakanoshima, with steps down to the island and the classic night view of the…
• Oebashi Bridge 大江橋Nakanoshima / Dojima — Yodoyabashi's twin: a 1935 four-span arch on Midosuji over the Dojima River, also a national Important Cultural Property.
• Sakuranomiya Bridge (Ginbashi) 桜宮橋（銀橋）Tenmabashi / Sakuranomiya — Osaka's "Silver Bridge": a 1930 silver-painted steel arch over the Okawa River, designed by architect Takeda Goichi, with a matching twin by Ando…
• Senbonmatsu Ohashi Bridge 千本松大橋Taisho / Nishinari — Osaka's "Megane-bashi": a high bridge over the Kizu River reached by double-decker spiral ramps that loop 720 degrees on each bank like a pair of…
• Sendanoki Bridge 栴檀木橋Kitahama / Nakanoshima — A pedestrian-friendly bridge over the Tosabori River with a direct, front-on view of the red-brick Osaka City Central Public Hall.
• Sorihashi Bridge (Sumiyoshi Taisha) 住吉大社 反橋（太鼓橋）Sumiyoshi — Steeply arched vermilion drum bridge at the entrance of Sumiyoshi Taisha, the shrine's best-known symbol.
• Suisho Bridge 水晶橋Nakanoshima — A 1929 concrete arch footbridge on the Dojima River, originally a movable weir to flush the river clean and now a lantern-lit pedestrian crossing.
• Tazaemon Bridge 太左衛門橋Dotonbori — Pedestrian bridge in the heart of Dotonbori with straight-on views of the neon-lined canal and the Tombori river cruise pier.
• Tenjinbashi Bridge 天神橋Nakanoshima / Kitahama — The longest of Osaka's "Three Great Bridges of Naniwa", crossing the tip of Nakanoshima, where Tenjin Matsuri boats gather each July.
• Tenmabashi Bridge 天満橋Tenmabashi — One of the Three Great Bridges of Naniwa over the Okawa River, a 1935 steel Gerber bridge by the Hachikenya landing and Osaka's river cruise pier.
• Yodoyabashi Bridge 淀屋橋Yodoyabashi / Nakanoshima — An Important Cultural Property: the 1935 granite-faced arch bridge carrying Midosuji over the Tosabori River, named after the merchant family that…
• Yumemai Ohashi Bridge 夢舞大橋Yumeshima / Maishima — The world's first floating swing bridge: a 940 m arch resting on pontoons that can rotate to open a shipping lane, linking Yumeshima and Maishima.