Next stop Osaka

→ グランフロント大阪 · Follow the Shin-Umeda walk to the north-exit link, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: Leave JR Osaka Station by the north exit, then walk toward Shin-Umeda, about 10 minutes to the linked towers.

→ 大阪駅 · Follow the north-exit link to the station atrium, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: Enter Grand Front straight from the JR Osaka north exit, without crossing a road.

→ HEP FIVE · Follow the station atrium to Hankyu east street, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: In the atrium, split north exit, south exit and Hankyu. The three Umeda metro stations are not one paid area.

→ 大丸梅田店 · Follow the Hankyu store link to the south-exit link, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: Follow signs for the Hankyu Kyoto Line platforms. The store gates and the railway gates are not the same.

→ 茶屋町 · Follow Kitashinchi street to Chayamachi street, about about a quarter hour. No train. Exit: JR Kitashinchi Station, or about 10 minutes on foot from the Osaka Station south exit.

→ 扇町公園 · Follow the Tenmangu approach to the Ogimachi park path, about about a quarter hour. No train. Exit: JR Osaka-Temmangu or Minami-Morimachi. Follow signs for the shrine.

→ 大阪天満宮 · Ride Sakaisuji Line to Tenjinbashisuji 6-chome, then at Osaka Tenmangu switch to JR Loop to Osaka-Temmangu. About about 10 minutes. When you change company, read the station signs. ICOCA or PiTaPa taps the gate. An Osaka Metro day pass is Metro only — not JR.

→ 天神橋筋商店街 · Follow the Nakazakicho shopping street to Tenjinbashisuji, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: Tanimachi Nakazakicho Station exits into the shop lanes.

→ 天満 · Follow the east side of Ogimachi Park to the Tenma market street, about about a quarter hour. No train. Exit: About 5 minutes on foot from Ogimachi Station.

→ 中之島図書館 · Follow the Tosabori riverbank to the riverbank on the library side, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: From Yodoyabashi or Keihan Oebashi, cross the bridge, about 5–10 minutes.

→ 東洋陶磁美術館 · Follow the riverbank on the library side to the east side of Nakanoshima Park, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: Leave Keihan Oebashi and follow the river. It is the same stretch as the public hall.

→ 大阪市立科学館 · Follow the west end of Nakanoshima to west of Watanabe Bridge, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: Keihan Watanabe Bridge exits at the west end.

→ 淀屋橋 · Follow in front of the Nakanoshima Museum of Art to north of Yodoyabashi, about about a quarter hour. No train. Exit: From Keihan Watanabe Bridge walk west. The black box is at the river end.

→ 大阪城公園 · Follow Gokuraku Bridge to the moat loop, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: From Tanimachi 4-chome walk toward Gokuraku Bridge, about a quarter hour to the keep. JR Osaka-jo Koen is the park exit, but it is JR.

→ 大阪歴史博物館 · Follow the Nishinomaru garden path to the path on the Naniwa Palace side, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: From Gokuraku Bridge the garden comes before you decide on the keep.

→ 豊国神社 · Follow the path on the Naniwa Palace side to the approach inside the park, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: Leave Tanimachi 4-chome on the Naniwa Palace side. The museum is there.

→ 桜ノ宮 · Ride Tanimachi Line to Tanimachi 4-chome, then at Sakuranomiya switch to JR Loop to Sakuranomiya. About about a quarter hour. When you change company, read the station signs. ICOCA or PiTaPa taps the gate. An Osaka Metro day pass is Metro only — not JR.

→ グリコ看板 · Follow both sides of the Dotonbori canal to the Ebisubashi deck, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: Leave Midosuji Namba toward the Dotonbori canal, about 5–10 minutes. Follow the station signs for the exit.

→ 心斎橋筋 · Follow the Ebisubashi deck to the Shinsaibashi arcade, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: From Namba walk toward Ebisubashi, about 5–10 minutes. The running man is on the bridge.

→ 法善寺横丁 · Follow Ebisubashi to Hozenji Yokocho, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: From Namba walk toward the canal. The bridge crosses Dotonbori, about 5–10 minutes.

→ 道頓堀クルーズ · Follow Hozenji Yokocho to the Dotonbori pier, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: The narrow lane is south of Ebisubashi. The ground is wet.

→ 道頓堀 · Follow a side lane off Dotonbori to both sides of the Dotonbori canal, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: From Namba walk into the side lane off Dotonbori, about 5–10 minutes.

→ 大丸心斎橋店 · Follow the Shinsaibashi arcade to the north end of the arcade, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: Leave Midosuji Shinsaibashi into the north end of the arcade. Daimaru is at the exit.

→ 心斎橋パルコ · Follow the north end of the arcade to the east side of the arcade, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: Daimaru at the north end of the arcade is the closest door from Shinsaibashi Station.

→ 三角公園 · Follow the streets around Triangle Park to Triangle Park, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: From Shinsaibashi Station walk west. Triangle Park is the centre.

→ 御堂筋 · Follow the Horie shopping street to the ginkgo avenue on Midosuji, about about a quarter hour. No train. Exit: Yotsubashi Line Yotsubashi Station exits into Horie.

→ なんばパークス · Follow the Namba concourse to the Parks link, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: Split Nankai, Kintetsu and Metro gates before the exit. Airport: Nankai. Nara: Kintetsu. Umeda: Midosuji.

→ 日本橋でんでんタウン · Follow Kuromon-suji to Sakaisuji through Den Den Town, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: From Nipponbashi follow Kuromon-suji, about 5 minutes. Use the station signs for the exit.

→ 難波八阪神社 · Follow Sakaisuji through Den Den Town to the Namba Yasaka approach, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: From Nipponbashi enter Den Den Town on Sakaisuji. It is not the Kuromon lane.

→ 黒門市場 · Follow the Nankai Takashimaya side to Kuromon-suji, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: Leave Nankai Namba on the Takashimaya side.

→ 新世界 · Follow in front of Tsutenkaku to the Shinsekai main street, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: Sakaisuji Ebisucho or Midosuji Dobutsuen-mae. The tower is about 5 minutes, and the two exits are not the same side.

→ ジャンジャン横丁 · Follow the Shinsekai main street to Janjan Yokocho, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: From Ebisucho or Dobutsuen-mae you see the tower. Face it before you cross.

→ 天王寺動物園 · Follow the kushikatsu street to in front of the zoo, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: Ebisucho Station exits onto the kushikatsu street.

→ 串かつだるま · Follow Janjan Yokocho to the kushikatsu street, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: Walk from Dobutsuen-mae into the food lane.

→ 天王寺ミオ · Follow straight up from Tennoji Station to the Tennoji concourse, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: Harukas is straight up from Tennoji Station. Follow signs for the observatory.

→ あべのハルカス · Follow the Yuhigaoka slope to straight up from Tennoji Station, about about a quarter hour. No train. Exit: Leave the Tanimachi Line at Shitennoji-mae Yuhigaoka and walk uphill.

→ 四天王寺 · Follow Tennoji Park to the Yuhigaoka slope, about about 10 minutes. No train. Exit: Use the park exit at Tennoji Station.

→ 天王寺公園 · Follow the Keitakuen path to Tennoji Park, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: Use the park exit at Tennoji. The garden is inside the park.

→ 天保山大観覧車 · Follow the sea side of Tempozan to Tempozan plaza, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: Leave Chuo Line Osakako and walk the sea side of Tempozan, about 5–10 minutes to the door.

→ 天保山マーケットプレース · Follow Tempozan plaza to Tempozan Marketplace, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: The same Osakako exit as Kaiyukan. The wheel is beside the aquarium.

→ サンタマリア · Follow Tempozan Marketplace to the Tempozan pier, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: About 5 minutes from Osakako. The mall is where you exit the aquarium.

→ 大阪南港野鳥園 · Stay on Chuo Line to Osakako to Osaka Nanko Bird Sanctuary, about about 20–30 minutes. Same company — do not buy a second metro ticket for this hop. ICOCA or PiTaPa taps the gate. An Osaka Metro day pass is Metro only — not JR.

→ ユニバーサル・シティウォーク · Follow in front of Universal City Station to CityWalk, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: JR Sakurajima Line Universal City Station exits at the park front. No extra metro.

→ 舞洲工場 · From CityWalk, bus to Maishima, about twenty minutes. It is not an in-park ride. Times follow that day's notice.

→ ユニバーサル・スタジオ・ジャパン · Bus from Maishima back to Universal City, about twenty minutes, then into the park. Times follow that day's notice.

→ 明治の森箕面 · Follow the Minoh gorge path to the Meiji-no-Mori path, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: The Hankyu Mino-o Line ends at Minoh. Walk the gorge; the falls are about 30–40 minutes, depending on your legs.

→ 勝尾寺 · The falls path does not reach Katsuo-ji. Return to Minoh Station and take the bus up, about twenty minutes or so. Times follow that day's notice.

→ 箕面公園 · Bus down from Katsuo-ji to Minoh Station, then the gorge. About twenty minutes or so. Times follow that day's notice.

→ 太陽の塔 · Follow the Expo Park paths to in front of the Tower of the Sun, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: Enter from Osaka Monorail Bampaku-kinen-koen. Rules follow that day's notice.

→ 万博記念公園 · Follow in front of the Tower of the Sun to the Expo Park paths, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: From the monorail into the park. The tower is in the centre.

→ 清水寺 · Ride JR Nara Line to Inari, then at Kiyomizu-dera switch to Keihan to Kiyomizu-Gojo. About about 20–30 minutes. When you change company, read the station signs. ICOCA taps this JR hop. An Osaka Metro day pass does not cover JR.

→ 祇園 · Stay on Keihan to Kiyomizu-Gojo to Gion, about about 10 minutes. Same company — do not buy a second metro ticket for this hop. ICOCA usually taps local trains. An Osaka Metro day pass covers neither private rail nor JR. Limited express follows that day's notice.

→ 二条城 · Ride Keihan to Gion-Shijo, then at Nijo Castle switch to Kyoto subway Tozai Line to Nijojo-mae. About about a quarter hour. When you change company, read the station signs. ICOCA usually taps local trains. An Osaka Metro day pass covers neither private rail nor JR. Limited express follows that day's notice.

→ 伏見稲荷大社 · Stay on JR Kyoto Station to Fushimi Inari Taisha, about about a quarter hour. Same company — do not buy a second metro ticket for this hop. ICOCA taps this JR hop. An Osaka Metro day pass does not cover JR.

→ 奈良公園 · Follow the Nara Park approach to Nara Park, about 5–10 minutes. No train. Exit: From Kintetsu-Nara walk through Nara Park, about a quarter hour to the Great Buddha Hall.

→ 春日大社 · Follow Nara Park to the Kasuga approach, about about 10 minutes. No train. Exit: Kintetsu-Nara Station exits into the park.

→ ならまち · Down from Kasuga Taisha, through the park toward Naramachi, about a quarter hour or less. No second train.

→ 東大寺 · From Naramachi follow the park path back to the Great Buddha Hall, a bit over 10 minutes. No second train.

→ 北野異人館 · Stay on JR Kobe Line to Kobe to Kitano Ijinkan, about about a quarter hour. Same company — do not buy a second metro ticket for this hop. ICOCA taps this JR hop. An Osaka Metro day pass does not cover JR.

→ 有馬温泉 · Another day — do not treat this as a same-day walk. JR Motomachi toward Arima Onsen (Kobe Electric Railway to Arima Onsen), about longer — count it separately. ICOCA taps this JR hop. An Osaka Metro day pass does not cover JR.

→ 南京町 · Stay on JR Sannomiya, then uphill to Nankinmachi, about about 10 minutes. Same company — do not buy a second metro ticket for this hop. ICOCA taps this JR hop. An Osaka Metro day pass does not cover JR.

→ 神戸ハーバーランド · Another day — do not treat this as a same-day walk. Kobe Electric Railway to Arima Onsen toward Kobe Harborland (JR Kobe Line to Kobe), about longer — count it separately. ICOCA usually taps local trains. An Osaka Metro day pass covers neither private rail nor JR. Limited express follows that day's notice.

→ 仁徳天皇陵 · Ride Nankai Sumiyoshi-Taisha, then at Nintoku Mausoleum switch to JR Hanwa Line to Mozu. About about 20–30 minutes. When you change company, read the station signs. ICOCA usually taps local trains. An Osaka Metro day pass covers neither private rail nor JR. Limited express follows that day's notice.

→ 住吉大社 · Ride JR Hanwa Line to Mozu, then at Sumiyoshi Taisha switch to Nankai Sumiyoshi-Taisha. About about 20–30 minutes. When you change company, read the station signs. ICOCA taps this JR hop. An Osaka Metro day pass does not cover JR.