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Tenjin Matsuri: Osaka’s BIggest Festival

The summer festival season in Osaka lasts the entire month of July. All month long, there are summer festivals every

There are many shrines to Tenjin, the god of study all over Japan. These “Tenmangu” shrines are very popular in

Many travelers know that Osaka is the “Kitchen of Japan” and for Osakans food is definitely one of the biggest

Osaka is absolutely full of shrines and temples, and many of them hold festivals in July. In fact, there are

On the Uemachi Plateau are hundreds of shrines and temples, many dating back hundreds or even a thousand years, such

Every place has its own unique seasonal foods and dishes. In Osaka and Kyoto, one such food that people eat

Along Midosuji Street, the main vein of Osaka City, are two temples with very similar names, Kita Mido and Minami

As we covered in our post about Kouzu Shrine, emperor Nintoku made Osaka a capital back in 6th century. Osaka