Best places: Religions in Osaka, Japan

👍👍 Beautiful Cathedral has elements of Japanese design (the minimalist feel) but still retained crucial Catholic elements. Beautiful mural with might be gold leaf reminds me of the different temples of Buddhism scattered in Kansai. The mass was more solemn and the priest was more focused during the h...

Shinto shrine with a peaceful garden, plus structures rebuilt repeatedly since the 3rd century.

Small shrine featuring a ritualistic performance stage in the shape of a lion's head.

👍👍 Happy easter everyone in Japan, i choose to come at umeda catholic church, beacuse it has a unique design, and the mass on eaater 2019 just mow lead by the bishop, it really amazing, all in japanese language, but all the same liturgy in every country, that what makes catholic mean universal. And the...

Restored Buddhist temple first built in 593 with a 5-story pagoda, statues & ponds with turtles.

Intimate Buddhist temple along a quaint alley, with a moss-covered statue of the deity Fudomyoo.

Tranquil Shinto shrine in landscaped grounds & displaying an amulet said to ward away bad luck.

Small Shinto shrine for the Japanese & Chinese god of medicine, featuring an annual festival.

10th-century Shinto shrine & site of one of Japan's biggest festivals, Tenjin Matsuri, held in July.

Traditional temple dating to the 12th century featuring Buddha sculptures made from crushed bones.

Buddhist temple complex, known for its statue of the devil & sacred, subterranean pool.

Classical Shinto shrine built in 1580 & a venue for frequent festivals throughout the year.

Shinto shrine in Osaka Castle Park built during the 1800s to honor leader Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Centuries-old Shinto shrine with red torii gates, where wishes & prayers are said to be granted.

👍👍 Great shrine close to Osaka castle. You can buy very pretty goshuinchou there.

Sacred 9th-century shrine hosting a variety of festivals amid its scenic grounds & cherry blossoms.

Modest shrine marking the site of the death of an ancient warrior with an inscribed stone monument.

Ancient shrine to Inari since the 1580s, where construction began in 12 BCE.

👍 Just a few mins from the station

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