Namba

Worth seeing in and around Namba

4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Mount Ikoma

   Mount Ikoma is a mountain on the border of Nara Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture in Japan. It is the highest peak in the Ikoma Mountains with a height of 642 meters.

   2.9 km · mountain in Osaka and Nara Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Hōzan-ji Temple

   Hōzan-ji is a Buddhist temple in Monzen-machi, Ikoma, Nara, Japan. Though officially dedicated to the deity Acala, the temple serves as a cult-center of the deity Kangiten and is also called 'Ikoma-Shōten'.

   3.8 km · Buddhist temple in Ikoma, Nara Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Hiraoka Shrine

   Hiraoka Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Higashiōsaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is the Ichinomiya of former Kawachi Province.

   500 m · Shinto shrine in Osaka Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Kusaka Shell Mound

   The Kusaka Shell Midden is an archaeological site in the Kusaka neighborhood of the city of Higashiōsaka, Osaka Prefecture, in the Kansai region of Japan containing a Jōmon period shell midden. It was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1972.

   2.9 km · archaeological site in Japan · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Kamigata Ukiyoe Museum

From Wikivoyage: Namba, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

1. 01
   Sumo Spring Grand Tournament
2. 02
   National Bunraku Theater

   One of the last places in the world where bunraku, a form of intricate puppet theater from the Edo period, can be seen live.

3. 03
   ROR Comedy

   2−16−13 Nishi-Shinsaibashi, Chuo (near Namba station Yotsubashi line and Mido-suji line, also Horie and Doutonbori), edd@rorcomedy.com.

4. 04
   The Silver Ball Planet

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Where to eat

Dōtonbori (道頓堀) is a canal north of Namba station. Lined on both sides with countless restaurants and bars, with plenty of eye-catching neon signage, it is perhaps the most famous entertainment district in all Japan and exemplifies the Osakan maxim of kuidaore (食倒れ), "eat till you burst". The busiest stretch is between Dotonboribashi to the west and Nipponbashi to the east.

1. 01
   Ajinoya

   Some of the best okonomiyaki in Osaka, and they're so proud of it they prepare it for you from start to end, making a good choice for the casual visitor as well.

2. 02
   Melbourne Coffee

   1st Floor Sanei Moor Building, 3-8-7 Minamisenba Chuo-ku.

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Getting to Namba

Airports

Osaka Itami (ITM), 23 km · Kobe (UKB), 39 km · Kansai (KIX), 46 km

Stations

Hiraoka Station, 500 m · Higashi-Hanazono Station, 2.3 km · Ishikiri Station, 2.2 km · Shin-Ishikiri Station, 1.9 km · Hyōtan-yama Station, 1.1 km

• Osaka → Namba

  3 km · quickest by road, 7 min · ¥44–60
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• Tokoname → Namba

  125 km · quickest by road, 3h 19m · ¥2,010–2,750
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• Tokushima → Namba

  108 km · quickest by road, 3h 27m · ¥1,600–2,180
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