Japan Travel Osaka - Shinsekai 新世界

 Japan Travel Osaka - Shinsekai 新世界 (2019 0516)

Address: 2 Chome-8 Ebisuhigashi, Naniwa Ward, Osaka, 556-0002, Japan

A district in Osaka that was developed before the war and then neglected in the decades afterwards. At the district's center stands Tsutenkaku Tower, the nostalgia-evoking symbol of Shinsekai. The area was developed into its current layout following the success of the 1903 National Industrial Exposition.

Getting There:

A short walk from Shin-Imamiya Station on the JR Loop Line, Dobutsuen-mae Station on the Midosuji and Sakaisuji Subway Lines, and Ebisucho Station on the Sakaisuji Subway Line.

Tsutenkaku Tower was constructed in 1912 after Paris' Eiffel Tower. The top of Tsutenkaku Tower provides a panoramic and unobstructed view of Osaka.



Shinsekai Market


Restaurants




kushikatsu, one of Osaka's best known specialties. It is a dish, composed of various skewered, battered and deep fried foods.



Jan Jan Yokocho Alley

Jan Jan Yokocho (ジャンジャン横丁) is an old-fashioned commercial street located in Shinsekai area in Osaka City. The 180m long street is lined with shops, restaurants and Izakaya bars, and decorated colourfully with shop signs and lanterns, offering a nostalgic scenery like in a post-war era.






Rickshaw 人力车

Shinsekai Kokusai Cinema

Hankai Tramway 阪堺電车





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