Osaka · Landmarks

Best Landmark & Tower in Osaka

10 places, each checked by our team.

• Daisen Kofun (Tomb of Emperor Nintoku) 大仙陵古墳（仁徳天皇陵古墳）Sakai / Mozu — The largest burial mound in Japan and one of the largest tombs in the world: a 486-metre keyhole-shaped mound from the 5th century surrounded by…
• Dotonbori 道頓堀Dotonbori — Osaka's famous canal-side entertainment street, packed with giant 3D shop signs, neon and street food.
• Gate Tower Building ゲートタワービルFukushima / Umeda — The office tower that a highway goes through: the Hanshin Expressway passes straight through floors 5 to 7 of this 16-storey building in Fukushima,…
• Glico Running Man Sign グリコサインDotonbori — The giant neon runner with arms raised in victory over the Dotonbori canal, an advertisement for Glico caramel since 1935 and the single most…
• Kani Doraku Giant Moving Crab かに道楽 動くかに看板Dotonbori — The giant mechanical crab that has waved its legs and claws over Dotonbori since the 1960s, the sign of the Kani Doraku crab restaurant chain and…
• Kondayama Kofun (Tomb of Emperor Ojin) 誉田御廟山古墳（応神天皇陵古墳）Habikino / Furuichi — The giant of the Furuichi kofun cluster: a 425-metre keyhole-shaped mound of the early 5th century, second-largest in Japan by length and largest by…
• Osaka City Central Public Hall 大阪市中央公会堂Nakanoshima — A red-brick neo-Renaissance concert hall on Nakanoshima island, built in 1918 with a stockbrokers donation and now an Important Cultural Property,…
• Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library 大阪府立中之島図書館Nakanoshima — A domed 1904 library on Nakanoshima, donated by the Sumitomo family, with a Corinthian portico and a beautiful central hall under the dome; still a…
• Shinsekai 新世界Shinsekai — Retro downtown district built around Tsutenkaku Tower, famous for neon signs, kushikatsu restaurants and old-style arcades.
• Tsutenkaku Tower 通天閣Shinsekai — The steel symbol of Shinsekai, a 108-metre tower first built in 1912 and rebuilt in 1956, with neon lights, a lucky Billiken statue, an open-air…