Things to do in Osaka with kids 13 spots
Osaka is Japan's eating city, home to Tenjinbashisuji — the country's longest shopping street, 2.6 km and about 800 shops under one continuous roof. You can graze your way along it with a stroller even on rainy days. It suits kids who won't sit through meals and families who travel to eat.
An aquarium arranged by region around the Pacific Rim, holding some 620 species.
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A castle keep rebuilt in 1931 by public donation, holding an eight-floor museum inside.
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An entertainment street along a canal finished in 1615 and named for its digger.
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A film theme park on Osaka Bay, its ten areas including Mario and Harry Potter worlds.
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Umeda Sky Building (Kuchu Teien Observatory)
Two Osaka skyscrapers joined at the top by an open rooftop deck, 173 meters up.
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In Ikeda, where instant noodles were invented in 1958.
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A children's museum built to be touched, the first of its kind in Japan.
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Osaka Municipal Nagai Botanical Garden
Roses, hydrangeas, peonies: eleven collections in a botanical garden inside Nagai Park.
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Hozenji Yokocho is two stone-paved lanes lined with about 60 restaurants, beside a small temple.
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Shinsekai is Osaka's retro entertainment district, born in 1912 with the first Tsutenkaku observation tower.
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Tennoji Zoo is a zoo in central Osaka, open since 1915 and among Japan's oldest.
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Sumiyoshi Taisha is the head shrine of about 2,300 Sumiyoshi shrines across Japan, in Osaka.
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Osaka Tenmangu, a shrine founded in 949, enshrines Sugawara no Michizane, the god of learning.
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