Landmark & Tower · Tenma / Sakuranomiya
Sempukan 泉布観
1871 colonial-style guest house of the Osaka Mint on the Okawa River, the oldest surviving Western-style building in Osaka; Important Cultural Property.
HoursExterior viewable any time
PriceFree
Getting thereJR Osakajo-Kitazume Station, 5 min walk
Time needed30-60 min
Best timeEarly-mid April (Mint cherry blossoms)
Address1-1 Tenmabashi, Kita-ku, Osaka
About
Sempukan was designed by Thomas Waters as a reception hall for the Mint Bureau and hosted Emperor Meiji. Its brick walls and wide verandas on both floors face the river near the Mint's cherry-lined passage. The exterior can be viewed at any time; interior openings are not currently held.
Highlights
- Oldest Western-style building in Osaka
- Two-storey verandas
- Riverside location by Sakuranomiya Bridge
- Near the Mint's cherry passage
Tips
- Exterior only; interior not open
- Combine with the Mint's spring cherry passage and Kema Sakuranomiya Park
- Short walk from Osakajo-Kitazume Station
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- Old Sakuranomiya Public Hall (Former Mint Entrance)Photo Spot · 60 m away
- Japan Mint Museum and Cherry Blossom PassageMuseum · 70 m away
- Sakuranomiya Bridge (Ginbashi)Bridge · 160 m away
- Kema Sakuranomiya ParkPark · 210 m away
- Japan Mint Cherry Blossom PassageGarden · 210 m away
- Don Quijote SakuranomiyaUnique Store · 300 m away
- Imperial Hotel, OsakaStay · 430 m away
- KAYAK kono-toriKayak & SUP · 460 m away