Kita-ku Famous Places Information, Osaka

＞Guide/Area B - Check Out the North Bank of the Dojimagawa River

NISHITENMA / NAKANOSHIMA [EAST AREA]

西天満／中之島［東エリア］ NISHITENMA / NAKANOSHIMA [EAST AREA]

  • Guide/Area B - Check Out the North Bank of the Dojimagawa River
  • Guide/Area B - Check Out the North Bank of the Dojimagawa River
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

Visit the fun north bank of the Dojimagawa River


The historic Dojimagawa River area is an iconic part of Osaka’s waterways. Near bridges and buildings that incorporate Western culture and technology you’ll find cultural and commercial facilities that carry on in these traditions. A promenade along the north bank offers the opportunity to make new discoveries each time you visit.