Ōsaka 大阪 Photo Gallery by Matthew Haswell at pbase.com

Ōsaka 大阪

Third largest city and economic powerhouse of Japan, often regarded as a vast, unsightly sprawl, but home to some of the country's best dining and nightlife.

Pictures taken from separate visits in January 2005 and February and October 2008.

Umeda Sky Building in Kita	Skyline and sprawl	Geometry and space	White apricot blossom
Crow above Ōsaka-jō	Ōsaka-jō	Ōsaka Business Park	Apricot blossom
Fugu-ya in Shin-Sekai	Tako-yaki stand in Dōtombori	Dōtombori Shopping Arcade at night	Whale shark at the Ōsaka Kaiyūkan
Manta ray and school of fish	Spider crabs and scorpion fish	Moon jellyfish	Monk below Shitennō-ji's Ishi-no-Torii
Sai-mon and departing visitors	Praying to a sacred statue	Reflected Goju-no-Tō and drinking pigeon	Path along Shitennō-ji's cloister walls
Ablution basin within the grounds	Five-storied Pagoda from outside the walls	Cloister pillars	Decorative lanterns and cloister window
Kon-dō and Kō-dō	Fiery-looking Deva King within Chū-mon	Incense lantern in front of the pagoda	Opposing Deva king within Chū-mon
Row of cloister lanterns	Neighboring Seirei-in	Slanted view of the pagoda	Outer temple building beyond the Garan
Local man praying at a lesser shrine	Dragon statue and lesser shrine at Horikoshi-jinja	Horikoshi-jinja	Paper lanterns on the grounds
Stone lanterns and minor shrine, Horikoshi-jinja	Pedestrian bridge across Tennō-ji-kōen	Takoyaki stand in Shin-Sekai	Shin-Sekai's famous main drag
Decoration outside a kushi-katsu restaurant	Giant fugu display and colorful building	Shin-Sekai signboards and Tsūten-kaku Tower	Walking through Shin-Sekai
A typical Osaka snack: takoyaki	Retro Shin-Sekai entrance gate	Very loud exterior of a fugu restaurant	Tsūten-kaku from along a pachinko parlor
Time-warped Shin-Sekai arcade	Below Tsūten-kaku Tower	A day out in Shin-Sekai	Street sign in Osaka's Den-Den Town district
Storefronts in Den-Den Town	Paying a visit to Hōzen-ji	Fudō-myōō statue at Hōzen-ji	Incense urn and overhanging lanterns, Hōzen-ji
Hōzen-ji on a notably quiet day	Large Yama-neko for sale at Dōguya-suji arcade	One of Osaka's many shopping arcades	Temple crammed between modern buildings
Row of bikes outside a fugu restaurant	Spaghetti wiring over a small lane	Takoyaki storefront on Dōtombori	Dōtombori River Walk
Dōtombori neon from Ebisu-bashi	Dōtombori-gawa canal	Signs above Shinsaibashi-suji Arcade	Dōtombori's famous neon collage
Asahi beer sign along Dōtombori-gawa	Dōtombori Arcade gate	Dōtombori neon	Ultra-modern Namba Hips building
Giant octopus display on Dōtombori	Neon reflections on the Dōtombori-gawa	Dōtombori neon with Ebisu-bashi lantern	Storefront of a rustic Minami restaurant
Nightlife strip in Minami	Neon signboards in Shin-Sekai	Jolly figure outside a kushikatsu-ya in Shin-Sekai	Night view of Shin-Sekai
Evening panorama around JR Fukushima	Morning over the city with distant Ōsaka Dome	Umeda Sky Building across the rails of the Loop Line	Universal Studios Japan

comment |

Ashley Hockenberry		18-Jul-2006 16:26
Fantastic Japan galleries

click on thumbnails for full image

Type your message and click Add Comment

It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest. Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help	private comment