Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #8 in Osaka, Japan

Tennōji Zoo (天王寺動物園) is a 11-hectare (27-acre) zoo located at Tennōji Park in Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan, opened on January 1, 1915. It is the third zoo to be built in Japan and is located southwest of the Shitennō-ji temple, the first Buddhist temple in Japan.

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Keizawaen (慶沢園, Keizawa-en) is a Japan garden in Tennoji Park in Tennoji-ku, Osaka. His name is Prince Fushimimiya.

Wikipedia: 慶沢園 (JA), Website

The Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts (大阪市立美術館) is a museum located in Tennōji Park, Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan. The museum focuses on Japanese and east Asian art.

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The Tennōji Park is a park with botanical garden at 1–108, Chausuyama-cho, Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan.

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Isshin-ji (一心寺) is a Pure Land Buddhist temple in Osaka, Japan. Starting in the Meiji period, thirteen images have been formed, each incorporating the ashes of tens of thousands of devotees. The annual burial ceremony on 21 April in turn draws tens of thousands of worshippers.

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Isshinji Theater Kura is a multi-purpose theater located in Tennoji, Osaka.

Wikipedia: 一心寺シアター倶楽 (JA)

Horikoshi Shrine is a shrine located in Chausuyama-cho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka. The former company name is Murasha.

Wikipedia: 堀越神社 (JA)

Tsūtenkaku , owned by Tsūtenkaku Kanko Co., Ltd. , is a tower and well-known landmark of Osaka, Japan and advertises Hitachi. It is located in the Shinsekai district of Naniwa-ku, Osaka. Its total height is 103 metres (338 ft); the main observation deck is at a height of 91 metres (299 ft).

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Shinsekai is an old neighbourhood located next to south Osaka City's downtown "Minami" area. The neighbourhood was created in 1912 with New York as a model for its southern half and Paris for its northern half. At this location, a Luna Park amusement park operated from 1912 until it closed in 1923. The centrepiece of the neighbourhood was Tsutenkaku Tower.

Wikipedia: Shinsekai (EN)

Kiyomizudera Temple is a temple of the Japanese sect located in Reincho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka. The name of the mountain is Mt. Arisu. The main Buddha is the Bodhisattva of the eleven-sided, thousand-handed Kansei-on. A branch of the Shitennoji Temple.

Wikipedia: 清水寺 (大阪市) (JA)

Ōe Shrine is located in Yuyooka-cho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka. A shrine located in the former Tennoji Kitamura, part of Tennoji Village, Higashinari District. The former company name is Gosha.

Wikipedia: 大江神社 (大阪市) (JA)

Shomanin is a temple of the Japanese sect located in Tennoji Ward, Osaka. The name of the mountain is Mt. Araryo. The honzon is Aizen Myo. It is also called Aizendo. Shitennoji Betsuin. Nishikoku Aizen 17 Sacred Grounds No. 1. Shingon Esoteric Buddhism Katsuhi-ryu Nemoto Dojo. The Taho Pagoda is the oldest wooden structure in Osaka.

Wikipedia: 勝鬘院 (JA)

Shinkoin (眞光院, Shinkoin) is the name of the temple of the following temples.

Wikipedia: 真光院 (JA)

Shitennō-ji is a Buddhist temple in Ōsaka, Japan. It is also known as Arahaka-ji, Nanba-ji, or Mitsu-ji. The temple is sometimes regarded as the first Buddhist and oldest officially-administered temple in Japan, although the temple complex and buildings have been rebuilt over the centuries, with the last reconstruction taking place in 1963. Shortly after World War II, Shitennō-ji became independent of the parent Tendai sect, and formed the "Wa" sect of Buddhism.

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Gojogu Shrine is a shrine located in Tennoji Ward, Osaka. The former company name is Murasha. It is the only shrine in Japan dedicated to Emperor Toshida, the ancestor of the Tachibana clan.

Wikipedia: 五條宮 (JA)

Miyukimori Tenjingu Shrine is a shrine located in Ikuno Ward, Osaka City (formerly Inokaino Village, Higashio District, Settsu Province). He enshrines Emperor Hitoku, Naohiko and Shinosaka Hiko, and is the chief deity of Inokai Nomura.

Wikipedia: 御幸森天神宮 (JA)

Ikuno Korea Town is a Koreatown in Ikuno-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is one of the largest Koreatowns in the country and a significant tourist attraction, with around two million visitors in 2021.

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Aleph , better known by their former name Aum Shinrikyo , is a Japanese new religious movement and doomsday cult founded by Shoko Asahara in 1987. It carried out the deadly Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995 and was found to have been responsible for the Matsumoto sarin attack the previous year.

Wikipedia: Aum Shinrikyo (EN), Website