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SHRINE & TEMPLE

SHRINE & TEMPLE 神社・仏閣

Tsuyuten Shrine (Ohatsu Tenjin) Taiyuji Temple Tsunashiki Tenjin Shrine Funairibashi Bridge Monument The ruins of Shinmeisha Shrine Hoseiji Temple (Kashiku-dera) Gote Jizo Site of Shijimigawa River and Shijimibashi Bridge Site of the Sonezakigawa River and a bronze relief of Shijimibashi Bridge Dojima Yakushido Hall The site of Sakurabashi Bridge The site of Umedabashi Bridge Osaka City Central Public Hall Osaka City Central Public Hall Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library Bank of Japan, Osaka Branch Bank of Japan, Osaka Branch Nakanoshima Rose Garden, Nakanoshima Park Tenjinbashi Bridge Naniwabashi – The Lion Bridge Nakanoshima Children’s Book Forest The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka Nakanoshima Love Central Suishobashi Bridge Oe Building Dojima Building Oebashi Bridge and Yodoyabashi Bridge Oebashi Bridge and Yodoyabashi Bridge The grain of rice monument at the Dojima Rice Exchange site Osaka Metro Sonezaki Substation Old Sakuranomiya Public Hall, Senpukan, and Mint Old Sakuranomiya Public Hall, Senpukan, and Mint Osaka Amenity Park (OAP) Gempachibashi Bridge Monument to Lord Nichira The site of a Japanese pagoda tree connected to Oshio’s rebellion The site of Kawasaki Toshogu Shrine The site of the Yukie Ikegami Reform School The grave of Koan Ogata The grave of Heihachiro Oshio The grave of Bando Yamagata Osaka Temmangu Shrine and Temma Tenjin Hanjo Tei Tenjinbashisuji Shopping Street Osaka Museum of Housing and Living Pulala Temma (Temma Wholesale Market) Historic site of Meotobashi Bridge Horikawa Ebisu Shrine A monument commemorating the birth of Yasunari Kawabata The site of Soin Nishiyama’s Koeian A monument to the birthplace of glassmaking in Osaka The United Church of Christ in Japan – Temma Church Fujihara Building A monument to the Temma Fruit and Vegetable Market and the Yodogawa River Sanjikkoku Bune song A monument to the Temma Fruit and Vegetable Market and the Yodogawa River Sanjikkoku Bune song Sugaharacho storehouses Ogimachi Park Kids Plaza Osaka Tengo Nakazakidori Shopping Street Site of Honjo Maternity Hospital Hakuryu Okami Shops in renovated Nakazakicho townhouses The birthplace of Yuzo Saeki The birthplace of Yuzo Saeki Former Kema Lock No. 1 and Kema Unfortunate Stones Meganebashi Bridge Uguisuzuka Kakumanji Temple Settsu no Kuni Kokubunji Temple Sacred Camphor Tree Toyosaki Shrine Monument to Writer Kaoru Morimoto Juso Monument at Tomishima Shrine Site of Old Haginobashi Bridge Nakatsu Shopping Street Grand Front Osaka Umeda Sky Building (Shin Umeda City) Ha Shrine The site of Ryounkaku A monument on the site of Tsuruno Chaya Buson Yosa Haiku Monument Kitamuki Jizoson Site of the Umeda Graveyard Grave of Kanenaru Akatsuki Yasaka Shrine Nakanoshima Festival Tower A Literary Monument to Takitaro Minakami Daibiru Main Building Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka The National Museum of Art, Osaka Osaka University Nakanoshima Center Osaka Science Museum RIHGA Royal Hotel Osaka The birthplace of modern papermaking Osaka International Convention Center (Grand Cube Osaka) Tsunashiki Tenjin Shrine Otabisha Temma Lullaby Memorial Stone Temma Lullaby Memorial Stone Susanoo no Mikoto Shrine (Urae Yasaka Shrine) Bullet marks in old Nagarabashi Bridge and a memorial image of Kannon (Meirin Kanzeon Bodhisattva) Namban Bunkakan
    • Stand in front of the main shrine building for a sweeping view of the grounds.
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    • No. 01

    Tsuyuten Shrine is the center of prayer to local gods in Sonezaki, Umeda, and is known a...

    Tsuyuten Shrine (Ohatsu Tenjin)
    1　29
    神社・仏閣
    堂島／曽根崎／北野
    • This photo shows the West Gate. The temple was home to vast grounds long ago.
    • No. 02

    “The Love Suicides at Sonezaki” starts with Ohatsu on a pilgrimage of the 33 Kannon site...

    Taiyuji Temple
    2　14
    神社・仏閣
    堂島／曽根崎／北野
    • A shrine on the eastern edge of Hankyu Higashidori Shopping Street, home to many restaurants
    • No. 03

    This shrine in Umeda is the only one in the country that venerates Emperor Saga as its p...

    Tsunashiki Tenjin Shrine
    3　28
    神社・仏閣
    堂島／曽根崎／北野
    • Instead of a votive plaque, visitors that have problems with alcohol write their wish on a rice scoop.
    • No. 06

    This Nichiren Buddhist temple is home to the grave of Edo period prostitute Kashiku. She...

    Hoseiji Temple (Kashiku-dera)
    6　29
    神社・仏閣
    堂島／曽根崎／北野
    • Located on the south side of the Sonezaki Police Station at the back of Sonezaki Ohatsutenjindori
    • No. 07

    The origin of the name Gote comes from the Japanese word for “complain.” A jizo statue u...

    Gote Jizo
    7　12
    神社・仏閣
    堂島／曽根崎／北野
    • This sphere measuring 7 meters in diameter is fitted with 127 pieces of mirrored glass.
    • No. 10

    Located on the grounds of Dojima Avanza, the Yakushido Hall has been on this site since ...

    Dojima Yakushido Hall
    10　13
    神社・仏閣
    堂島／曽根崎／北野
    • A vividly-colored carving of the Chinese zodiac hangs above the large gate.
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    • No. 38

    Osaka Temmangu Shrine was built in 949 and enshrines the god Tenjin (the deified Sugawar...

    Osaka Temmangu Shrine and Temma Tenjin Hanjo Tei
    38　20
    神社・仏閣
    西天満／菅北／菅南／堀川
    • The main shrine building faces east, and in front of it is the Hanshin Expressway. Long ago, this shrine was located on a river.
    • No. 43

    This shrine is home to the god of prosperous business and is known affectionately by loc...

    Horikawa Ebisu Shrine
    43　11
    神社・仏閣
    西天満／菅北／菅南／堀川
    • Keep an eye out for the banner that reads “Hakuryu Okami” at the entrance to a small alley.
    • No. 55

    This shrine nestled in at the back of a small alley is dedicated to the albino Japanese ...

    Hakuryu Okami
    55　8
    神社・仏閣
    北天満／済美
    • Situated along the old road that splits off from Temmabashisuji
    • No. 60

    The large tree and small shrine are surrounded by a fence and fronted by a red torii gat...

    Uguisuzuka
    60　15
    神社・仏閣
    豊崎東／豊仁／本庄／豊崎／中津