Tennoji MIO is a 12-story shopping building directly connected to JR Tennoji Station, with about 240 stores on the 1st through 7th floors, including MUJI and other fashion floors, books and sporting goods on the 8th and 9th floors, and restaurants on the 10th and 11th floors. You can find almost anything you want. There…
Shitennoji Temple is the first large temple in Japan and the first temple of Japanese Buddhism, said to have been built by Prince Shotoku. It was declared independent as the head temple of the Japanese sect of Buddhism in 1946 from an all-Buddhist standpoint that was unaffected by existing Buddhist sects. The temple is home…
Tennoji Park is located on the west side of JR Tennoji Station and has a total area about 280,000 square meters. The expansive Park is one of the largest parks in Osaka together with Nakanoshima Park. The park has various facilities such as Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, Tennoji Zoo, and a Japanese Garden,…
Isshinji Temple was founded in 1185 by Honen, the founder of the Pure Land sect. It is known as the “temple of Kotsubotoke,” and there is an old custom of making statues of the Amida Nyorai Buddha from the remains of the deceased every ten years. The temple was destroyed by fire during the war,…
The Tennoji Zoo, located in the center of Osaka, is known as the third zoo built in Japan in 1915. The zoo aims to keep animals in their natural habitat as much as possible. The zoo has 1,000 animals of about 320 species, including koalas and red pandas. The zoo is also home to Japan’s…