Osaka Travel & Living Guide
Candy Note
Welcome to CANDY NOTE!
We plan to update this website frequently with information regarding the foods, shops, places, culture, and history of Osaka.
We will be very happy if our website gives you a tiny source of energy - like a candy in your pocket - as you stay in Osaka!
Areas
Osaka has unique areas.
Osaka has great rivers and a long seaside that had historically offered easy access to Kyoto, Kobe, and other big cities inside and outside Japan. Due to this advantageous location, Osaka has developed as a merchant city for the trade of food, clothing, metal products, grass products, medicines, and toys.
In the 1600s, people moved to specific areas within Osaka to efficiently produce or trade these items. Because of this historical background, Osaka has many unique areas.
Umeda & JR Osaka
Don't miss ...
✔ Shopping
✔ Restaurants, Cafés, and Bars
✔ Depa-Chika (デパ地下, a basement floor of a department store)
✔ Architecture - Umeda Sky Building, JR Osaka Sta., etc.
✔ Landscapes and City Lights from high buildings
Don't miss ...
✔ Soul Food - Okonomiyaki, Takoyaki, Yakisoba, Udon Noodle etc.
✔ Tombori River Cruise
✔ Shopping Street - Shinsaibashisuji Shotengai
✔ Brand Shops - Gucci, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Cartier, etc.
✔ Neon-Lit Streets
Don't miss ...
✔ Sukunahikona Shrine
✔ Cafés - Gokan, Kitahama Retro, etc.
✔ Restaurants - Tsuru-Ton-Tan, Dosanjin, Yamaya, etc.
✔ Shops - CuteGlass Shop and Gallery, Linen Bird, etc.
Don't miss ...
✔ Main Tower of Osaka Castle
✔ Gozabune Castle Cruise
✔ Hōkoku Shrine
✔ Miraiza - Restaurants and Shops
✔ Jo-Terrace - Restaurants and Shops
Don't miss ...
✔ Tea Ceremony at Sakai-Rishō-No-Mori
✔ Saki Traditional Craft Museum
✔ Mozu Kofun (UNESCO world heritage site)
✔ Landscapes from the 21st floor of Sakai City Hall
✔ Hamadera Park
✔ Yamaguchi-Tei (Japanese traditional residence)
Travel Tools
Useful travel tools give you smooth, comfortable, and fulfilling travel!
We want to provide you with information regarding useful online applications and train passes for your smooth travel.
Ticket & Pass Card
- Enjoy Eco Card
- Osaka Amazing Pass - 1 Day
- Osaka Amazing Pass - 2 Days
Online Applications
Seasonal Info
In every season, we can enjoy traditional events, tasty food, and nice scenery everywhere in Osaka.
"Basic Info" provides information including temperature and rainfall, appropriate clothes, convenient things to comfortably stay in Osaka.
"National Holidays" provide national holidays' information and traditional events in Osaka as well as in Japan.
Spring
March / April / May
Summer
June / July / August
Autumn
September / October / November
Winter
December / January / February
Photo Gallery
Osaka Castle
Tower With Autumn Leaves
Gokurakubashi Bridge
Tower of Osaka Castle
Sakuramon Gate
Masugata Big Stone in Spring
Statue of Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Houkoku Shurine
Tower With Sakura
Sightseeing Boat
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