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Goshuin Trip around Tennoji Park Osaka
Product code 437444P4
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Dates
Nov 20, 2026 to Jan 20, 2027
Start times
1:30 PM
Travelers
Adult ages 0-100
Options
Osaka Walking Tour
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Duration
2 hours 30 minutes to 3 hours 30 minutes
Ticket type
Mobile Only
Languages
English, Japanese
Confirmation
Instant
Meeting point
Meeting point provided
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo
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From USD 17.99
Goshuin Trip around Tennoji Park Osaka
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Duration
2 hours 30 minutes to 3 hours 30 minutes
Ticket type
Mobile Only
Languages
English, Japanese
Confirmation
Instant
Meeting point
Meeting point provided
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo
Why Travelers Love This
Both Japanese and foreign tourists like to collect goshuins at temples and shrines. So, I will help you to take 4 - 7 goshuins during this tour. First of all, we visit Harukas Garden of Abeno Harukas. It's located on the 16th floor of Abeno Harukas without entrance fee. Please check the pictures of Harukas Garden. Next, we visit Horikoshi Shrine and Shitennoji Temple which were established by Prince Shotoku in 593. At Shitennoji you can walk up to the top of 5-story pagoda. We also visit the temples and shrines below around Tennoji Park. You will be able to get 4-7 goshuins at the following places: 1. Horikoshi Shrine - stamp goshuin 2. Shitennoji Temple - handwriting goshuin 3. Oe Shrine - handwriting goshuin 4. Kiyomizu Temple (Osaka) - 2 handwriting goshuins 5. Yasui Shrine - stamp goshuin 6. Isshinji Temple - handwriting goshuin Please note that if the staff is not in the office at shrines or temples, you cannot take a goshuin. But you will be able to get at least 4 goshuins.
Overview
Both Japanese and foreign tourists like to collect goshuins at temples and shrines. So, I will help you to take 4 - 7 goshuins during this tour. First of all, we visit Harukas Garden of Abeno Harukas. It's located on the 16th floor of Abeno Harukas without entrance fee. Please check the pictures of Harukas Garden. Next, we visit Horikoshi Shrine and Shitennoji Temple which were established by Prince Shotoku in 593. At Shitennoji you can walk up to the top of 5-story pagoda. We also visit the temples and shrines below around Tennoji Park. You will be able to get 4-7 goshuins at the following places: 1. Horikoshi Shrine - stamp goshuin 2. Shitennoji Temple - handwriting goshuin 3. Oe Shrine - handwriting goshuin 4. Kiyomizu Temple (Osaka) - 2 handwriting goshuins 5. Yasui Shrine - stamp goshuin 6. Isshinji Temple - handwriting goshuin Please note that if the staff is not in the office at shrines or temples, you cannot take a goshuin. But you will be able to get at least 4 goshuins.
What's Included
Included
Guide Fee & Guide's Entrance Fees at Shitennoji & Keitakuen
Not included
Foods and drinks are not included in the tour price.
Goshuin Fee (300 yen each)
Goshuin Book (around 1500 yen)
Entrance Fee at Shitennoji Temple (300 yen)
Entrance Fee at Keitakuen Garden (150 yen)
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
We will meet in front of Family Mart of Abeno Hoop. I'll be standing with a yellow armband on my wrist.
End point
You can finish our tour at Shinsekai. It's a walking distance from Tennoji Park to Shinsekai using the concourse over Tennoji Zoo.
You can finish our tour at Tennoji Park just in front ot Tennoji Park.
Itinerary
Stop 1
10 minutes
Stop 1
We will go to Harukas Garden on the 16th floor of Abeno Harukas. It is free to enter and we can view the city of Osaka and Mt. Ikoma in the west. Harukas is 300m high with the second tallest building in Japan. The garden is located in 80m. Please note that we do NOT visit the observation decks on the 58 to 60th floors which require 1800 yen for the entrance fee.
Stop 2
10 minutes
Stop 2
TEN-SHIBA is the east side of Tennoji Park. TEN is named after Tennoji and SHIBA means grass or lawn. It was developed by Kintetsu Group in 2015. Fashionable restaurants are lined up. A lot of Japanese family come here for the picnic on the weekends.
Stop 3
10 minutes
Stop 3
Tokokuji has the two Berlin walls wishing the unification of North Korea and South Korea.
Stop 4
5 minutes
Stop 4
Horikoshi Shrine was also built by Prince Shotoku in 593 when Shitennoji Temple was built by Prince Shotoku in 593. This temple was built to mourn the assassinated emperor who was the uncle of Prince Shotoku.
Stop 5
30 minutesAdmission not included
Stop 5
Please note that you have to pay 300 yen for the entrance fee. It's said that Shitennoji Temple has the ashes of Buddha on the top floor of 5-story pagoda and the in the mail hall in front of the pagoda.
Stop 6
5 minutes
Stop 6
Shinkoji Temple near Shitennoji Yuhigaoka Station was built in 1394. There is a unique Draemon graze in this temple. If you have kids, this temple is worth visiting.
Stop 7
10 minutes
Stop 7
The Bodhisattva was brough from Kyoto's Kiyomizu-dera to this temple in 1640. There is a waterfall whose water comes from the basement of Shitennoji Temple. The terrace of this temple is standing on the Uemati-daichi Plateau. People could view the sunset over the ocean from this terrace long time ago. You can get two handwritten goshuin here. One goshuin costs 300 yen.
Stop 8
10 minutesAdmission not included
Stop 8
Keitaku-en Garden was built for Sumitomo family in 1918 by Jihei Ogawa who created many gardens in Kyoto, such as Heian Jingu and Yasaka Jinja Shrine. The garden is a Japanese style garden where people walk around a pond. You will be able to see carps and a heron in the pond. Please note that the entrance fee needs to be paid 150 yen in cash.
Stop 9
10 minutes
Stop 9
Toyotomi family was defeated by Tokugawa family 1615 at the battle held around Chasuyama, Tennoji. Toyotomi unified Japan in 1590 and established Osaka Caster 1598.
Stop 10
15 minutes
Stop 10
We will visit Shisekai and finish the tour.
Additional Info
Public Transportation Nearby
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants Must Sit On Laps
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Physical Easy
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Policy type
Standard
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Experience may be cancelled for bad weather.
Refund eligibility
100% refundable 1+ days before
Refund eligibility
0% refundable 0-1 days before
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