Hirakata City Things to Do

Located close to Osaka Castle, the Osaka International Peace Center opened on International Peace Day, September 11, 1991, with the aim or preserving the memory of wartime misery and transmitting a message of peace to future ge... more

This high-class live house and restaurant hosts bands that play a selection of excellent Latin, blues and Jazz. The bands are good, the sound quality is good, and the ambiance is great. With amply spaced tables and booths in a... more

This famous live-house with branches in other major cities of Japan ranks up there with Blue Note as far as the fame of the artists who headline the regular gigs. The major difference is that Club Quattro tends to be far more c... more

Located close to Osaka Castle, the Osaka International Peace Center opened on International Peace Day, September 11, 1991, with the aim or preserving the memory of wartime misery and transmitting a message of peace to future ge... more

Although the accent is heavily on jazz, the Blue Note does present a wide range of acts from many other genres of modern music, including Latin and contemporary folk. Most of the top-class jazz artists who come to Osaka play he... more

For the best view of Osaka, head to the Floating Garden Observatory (Kuchu Teien Tenbodai). At 557ft it offers a complete 360-degree view of the city. Placed between the towers of the Umeda Sky building, this observatory seems... more

 Real Travelers who've been here

dan_krekel said

… attraction for me was the Umeda Sky Building and its observatory. Upon reaching the building I noticed… continue reading »

Building a Ferris wheel into the upper floors of a shopping mall in the middle of an enormous city was a bold and brilliant idea. The Hep Five Ferris Wheel, named so because it is in/on the Hep Five shopping center just beside... more

In the extreme southwest of Kyoto, situated on a hill, this Buddhist temple also goes by the name of matsu no tera or Pine Tree Temple. It gets this name from a 600-year-old pine tree, two branches of which have been trained to... more

Located in the lower part of the Daigoji complex is Kyoto's oldest wooden building, a pagoda that dates back to 951. It was constructed with backing by Emperor Suzaku and is dedicated to his predecessor, Emperor Daigo; it has b... more