Park · Osaka Castle

Osaka Castle Park 大阪城公園

A 105-hectare park of moats, massive stone walls and gates around Osaka Castle, with a plum grove of 1,200 trees in February, thousands of cherry trees in spring and paths popular with joggers.

About

Osaka Castle Park covers the castles inner and outer baileys, which became a public park in the 20th century. Beyond the Main Tower, it has some of the most impressive castle stonework in Japan, 13 structures designated Important Cultural Properties including the Otemon and Sakuramon gates and the Sengan-yagura turret, and two broad moats you can circle in a Gozabune golden boat. The Baien plum grove, with about 1,270 trees of over 100 varieties, blooms from February to early March, and about 3,000 cherry trees bloom around early April. Miraiza, a 1931 castle-style former army headquarters, is now a restaurant building, and Jo-Terrasse by Osakajokoen Station has cafes. The perimeter is a favourite running course for Osakans.

Highlights

• Baien plum grove with about 1,270 trees (Feb-early Mar)
• Around 3,000 cherry trees in early April
• Otemon and Sakuramon gates with giant stones
• Gozabune golden boat cruise on the inner moat
• Jogging loops around the moats

Tips

• Enter through Otemon from Tanimachi 4-chome for the classic route of gates and walls.
• Plum season (late Feb) is less crowded than cherry season and very photogenic with the keep behind.
• Many parts of the park are open 24 hours and great at night when the keep is lit.

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Nearby

• Coin Lockers · Morinomiya StationLuggage Storage · 270 m away
• Tamatsukuri Inari ShrineShrine · 460 m away
• Hokoku ShrineShrine · 470 m away
• Statue of Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Hokoku Shrine)Statue & Monument · 520 m away
• St. Mary's Cathedral, OsakaPhoto Spot · 530 m away
• Patina OsakaStay · 600 m away
• Rokuban Yagura and the South Outer MoatPhoto Spot · 680 m away
• Naniwa Palace Historical ParkCastle & Palace · 730 m away