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Tennoji Park and Keitakuen Garden 天王寺公園・慶沢園

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 peaceful pond garden beneath Abeno Harukas.

HoursKeitakuen 9:30-17:00 (last entry 16:30); Tenshiba open 24 hours

ClosedKeitakuen: Mondays (or next day if holiday), New Year

PriceKeitakuen garden (adult): ¥150

Getting thereTennoji Station (JR / Midosuji Line), 2-10 min

Time needed1 hour

Best timeLate November for maples

Address1-108 Chausuyamacho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka

About

Tennoji Park, opened in 1909, holds the City Museum of Fine Arts, Tennoji Zoo and Chausuyama, a hill that was Tokugawa Ieyasu's headquarters in the 1615 Siege of Osaka. Its entrance area Tenshiba, redeveloped in 2015, is a free lawn with cafes, a dog run and children's playground right by the station. The highlight is Keitakuen, a Japanese stroll garden completed in 1918 for the Sumitomo family by the master gardener Ogawa Jihei VII, and donated to the city with the land for the museum. Its large pond with islands, stone lanterns and seasonal azaleas and maples makes for a surprisingly calm half hour with the skyscraper of Abeno Harukas reflected in the water.

Highlights

Keitakuen, a 1918 stroll garden by Ogawa Jihei VII
Harukas reflected in the garden pond
Tenshiba lawn and cafes by Tennoji Station
Chausuyama hill, Ieyasu's 1615 siege camp

Tips

Keitakuen is reached through the City Museum of Fine Arts grounds and has a small fee.
Visit in late November for maples or late April for azaleas.
Tenshiba is free and handy for a picnic with food from Abeno Harukas Kintetsu's food hall.

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Tennoji Park and Keitakuen Garden 天王寺公園・慶沢園

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