Osaka · Entertainment

Best Shows & Entertainment in Osaka

9 places, each checked by our team.

• HEP FIVE Ferris Wheel HEP FIVE観覧車Umeda — The bright red Ferris wheel bursting out of the HEP FIVE shopping building in Umeda, a 15-minute loop 106 m above the street.
• Namba Grand Kagetsu なんばグランド花月Namba Sennichimae — Yoshimoto Kogyo's flagship comedy theatre, the temple of Osaka manzai and slapstick shinkigeki, with shows daily and the Yoshimoto shop and food…
• National Bunraku Theatre 国立文楽劇場Nipponbashi — The home of bunraku, Osaka's UNESCO-listed puppet theatre, where three puppeteers bring each near-life-size doll to life to the chanting of a tayu…
• Osaka Shiki Theatre 大阪四季劇場Umeda — Shiki Theatre Company's 1,100-seat Osaka house in Umeda, running long-run Disney and Broadway musicals.
• Osaka Shochikuza 大阪松竹座Dotonbori — Dotonbori's historic theatre (1923) behind a neo-Renaissance arched facade, staging kabuki, comedy plays and concerts.
• Redhorse Osaka Wheel レッドホース オオサカホイールSuita (EXPOCITY) — Japan's tallest Ferris wheel (123 m) at EXPOCITY, with fully glass-floored gondolas looking down on the Tower of the Sun and Expo 70 park.
• Tempozan Giant Ferris Wheel 天保山大観覧車Tempozan / Osaka Bay — A 112.5 m Ferris wheel next to Kaiyukan aquarium, with see-through "glass" gondolas and sweeping views of Osaka Bay, the Akashi bridge and Kansai…
• Tenma Tenjin Hanjotei 天満天神繁昌亭Tenma / Minamimorimachi — Dedicated theater for Kamigata (Osaka-style) rakugo comic storytelling, next to Osaka Tenmangu shrine.
• Yamamoto Noh Theater 山本能楽堂Tanimachi — Intimate 1950 wooden noh theatre near Osaka Castle that actively welcomes foreign visitors with subtitled and beginner shows.