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The rainy-day Osaka

Wet weather — and Osaka is unusually good in it. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~4h door to door5 stopsA wet day ashore
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Photo: dconvertini / CC BY-SA 2.0
Door to door
~4h
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Wet weather — and Osaka is unusually good in it
What it costs
~¥800 pp
Transport spend: ~¥800 pp. Aquarium from ¥2,700 (date-based pricing).
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan, at the pier

    Whale sharks, and you do not have to leave the berth area

    What you will see here →
  2. +2:00
    Subway to NambaFull guide: Dotonbori →
  3. +2:35
    Namba Walk and the covered arcades

    Kilometres of underground and roofed shopping between Namba and Shinsaibashi

    What you will see here →Full guide: Dotonbori →
    Photo: Kent Wang from London, United Kingdom / CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. +3:20
    Okonomiyaki indoors, then a depachika

    Osaka eats under cover better than almost any Japanese city

    What you will see here →
    Photo: shikenhung / CC BY-SA
  5. +4:00
    Back to the pier
The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
What the day looks like

Osaka, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

Stalls at Kuromon Ichiba market, Osaka
Stalls at Kuromon Ichiba market, OsakaPhoto: Mc681 / CC BY-SA 4.0
A bunraku puppet
A bunraku puppetPhoto: 氏子 / CC0
Takoyaki being served hot
Takoyaki being served hotPhoto: gaku. / CC BY 2.0
Tsutenkaku tower over Shinsekai at night
Tsutenkaku tower over Shinsekai at nightPhoto: Shift / CC BY-SA 3.0
Dotonbori
DotonboriPhoto: reggiepen / CC BY
Kyoto, on a long call
Kyoto, on a long callPhoto: Luka Peternel / CC BY-SA 4.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Osaka

Dotonbori in three hours2–3 hours · ~3h2–3 hours ashore, no transfers bookedCastle and kitchen4–6 hours · ~5h4–6 hours ashoreKyoto, and back in time8 hours or more · ~8h8h+ ashore — the Kansai port where Kyoto genuinely works
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