Osaka One Day Private Walking Tour

Itinerary
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Stop At: Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan, 1-1-10 Kaigandori Minatoku, Osaka 552-0022 Osaka Prefecture

Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan (海遊館, Kaiyūkan) is located in the Tempozan Harbor Village of Osaka's bay area, and is one of Japan's most spectacular aquariums. It introduces various forms of life inhabiting the Pacific Rim in a well organized and impressive way.

Marine life is displayed in 15 tanks, each representing a specific region of the Pacific Rim. The central tank, representing the Pacifc Ocean, is nine meters deep and home to a whale shark, the aquarium's main attraction.

Visitors start their tour of the aquarium on the 8th floor and slowly spiral down floor by floor around the central tank. Some of the tanks stretch over several floors, making it possible to observe the animals from different depths and perspectives. New exhibition space was added to the aquarium in March 2013.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Osaka Bay, Osaka Osaka Prefecture

Santa Maria
Santa Maria, a sea-faring sight-seeing ship cruising the Osaka Bay, the Water Capital. The ship is a motif, built two times larger than and modeled after the ship on which Columbus journeyed to the American Continent. Enjoy the voyage to the fullest measure while viewing magnificent scenic spots of Osaka Bay.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Osaka Castle, 1-1 Osakajo, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0002 Osaka Prefecture

The construction of Osaka Castle (大阪城, Ōsakajō) started in 1583 on the former site of the Ishiyama Honganji Temple, which had been destroyed by Oda Nobunaga thirteen years earlier. Toyotomi Hideyoshi intended the castle to become the center of a new, unified Japan under Toyotomi rule. It was the largest castle at the time.

However, a few years after Hideyoshi's death, Tokugawa troops attacked and destroyed the castle and terminated the Toyotomi lineage in 1615. Osaka Castle was rebuilt by Tokugawa Hidetada in the 1620s, but its main castle tower was struck by lightening in 1665 and burnt down.

It was not until 1931 that the present ferro-concrete reconstruction of the castle tower was built. During the war it miraculously survived the city wide air raids. Major repair works gave the castle new glamor in 1997. The castle tower is now entirely modern on the inside and even features an elevator for easier accessibility. It houses an informative museum about the castle's history and Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Aqualiner, Japan, 〒540-0002 Osaka, Chūō-ku, Ōsakajō, 3, 大阪城２

Aqua-Liner, an aqua-bus touring Osaka's Okawa River, the Water Capital. Enjoy yourself while viewing Japanese esthetic scenery reflected on the surface of Okawa River during the changes season to season.

Duration: 45 minutes