Osaka · Nature

Best Park in Osaka

25 places, each checked by our team.

• Daisen Park 大仙公園Sakai / Mozu — A large park beside Daisen Kofun in Sakai, with a beautifully kept Japanese garden, a tea house, the Sakai City Museum and several smaller kofun…
• Expo 70 Commemorative Park 万博記念公園Suita — The vast former Expo 70 site in Suita, now a 260-hectare park with Taro Okamotos Tower of the Sun, a superb Japanese garden, cherry and rose…
• Hamadera Park 浜寺公園Sakai / Hamadera — One of Osaka's oldest prefectural parks, a seaside pine forest with a free rose garden of about 500 varieties and 6,000 plants.
• Hattori Ryokuchi Park 服部緑地Toyonaka / Hattori Ryokuchi — Large prefectural park in north Osaka with lawns, ponds, flower beds, an arboretum and the Open-Air Museum of Old Japanese Farm Houses.
• Kema Sakuranomiya Park 毛馬桜之宮公園Sakuranomiya — A 4-kilometre riverside park along the Okawa with about 4,800 cherry trees, one of Osaka's favourite hanami spots, with rowing boats, river cruises…
• Momogaike Park 桃ヶ池公園Abeno — A pond park in a quiet residential part of Abeno, ringed by cherry trees and walking paths, with a small island shrine to Benzaiten.
• Nagai Park 長居公園Higashisumiyoshi — One of Osaka's biggest city parks: a 65 hectare green belt in the south of the city with stadiums, a jogging loop, lawns and a botanical garden, all…
• Nakanoshima Park 中之島公園Nakanoshima — Osaka's first public park, opened in 1891 at the eastern tip of Nakanoshima island between two rivers, with a free rose garden of about 3,700…
• Nanko Central Park 南港中央公園Nanko — The green heart of the Nanko Port Town residential island in Osaka Bay, with lawns, sports grounds and tree-lined paths.
• Ogimachi Park 扇町公園Ogimachi — A green, open city park at the northern end of the Tenjinbashi-suji shopping arcade, with a big lawn and playground used by office workers and…
• Oizumi Ryokuchi Park 大泉緑地Sakai / Kanaoka — Big wooded prefectural park in north Sakai with about 200 kinds and 320,000 flowering trees and shrubs, ponds and play areas.
• Osaka Castle Park 大阪城公園Osaka Castle — 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…
• Osaka Nanko Bird Sanctuary 大阪南港野鳥園Nanko — Man-made tidal flats on Osaka Bay where migrating shorebirds stop in spring and autumn, with free observation hides and an observation building.
• Rinku Park & Marble Beach りんくう公園・マーブルビーチRinku Town (Izumisano) — A seaside park on the shore of Izumisano with a pebble beach and the best sunset views over Osaka Bay toward KIX.
• Satsukiyama Park 五月山公園Ikeda — Hillside park on Mt. Satsuki above Ikeda with hiking trails, viewpoints over the Osaka plain and a small free zoo with wombats.
• Sayamaike Park 狭山池公園Osakasayama — Park around Sayamaike, one of Japan's oldest reservoirs, with a cherry-lined embankment path and the Tadao Ando-designed museum.
• Shirokita Park 城北公園Asahi — A riverside park on the Yodo River in Asahi Ward, best known for its iris garden that blooms in late May and June.
• Suminoe Park 住之江公園Suminoe — A large prefectural park in Suminoe Ward with lawns, cherry trees and sports facilities, right above Suminoe-koen subway station.
• Sumiyoshi Park 住吉公園Sumiyoshi — Osaka's oldest public park, opened in 1873 next to Sumiyoshi Taisha, with tall old pines, a pond and cherry trees.
• Tennoji Park and Keitakuen Garden 天王寺公園・慶沢園Tennoji — Tennoji Park combines the lawn-and-cafe plaza Tenshiba in front of Tennoji Station with Keitakuen, a stroll garden built for the Sumitomo family, a…
• Tsurumi Ryokuchi (Expo '90 Commemorative Park) 花博記念公園鶴見緑地Tsurumi — The huge site of the 1990 International Garden and Greenery Exposition, now a free park in east Osaka with a great pond, a Dutch-style windmill,…
• Umekita Park (Grand Green Osaka) うめきた公園（グラングリーン大阪）Umeda / Umekita — New large urban park beside Osaka Station at Grand Green Osaka, with open lawns, water features and event spaces.
• Utsubo Park 靭公園Utsubo / Hommachi — A long, leafy park in the middle of the Hommachi office district, lined with giant zelkova trees, with a rose garden and a ring of stylish cafes and…
• Yahataya Park 八幡屋公園Minato — A Minato Ward park built around the grass-covered dome of Osaka's municipal central gymnasium, a short walk from the Osaka Bay waterfront area.
• Yodogawa Riverside Park, Nishinakajima 淀川河川公園 西中島地区Nishinakajima — Broad riverbed lawns and sports fields on the north bank of the Yodo River, a short walk from Shin-Osaka and with wide views back to the Umeda…