
Namba Hikari Tabi Illumination 2025
Glow up your Instagram — literally. Experience a mesmerizing journey through lights with glowing art installations and illuminations.
Glow up your Instagram — literally. Experience a mesmerizing journey through lights with glowing art installations and illuminations.
A smaller, but unique festival in Osaka for fans of traditional Japanese culture
Pound the asphalt or cheer from the sidelines at the Osaka Marathon 2024
The Osaka Wheel transforms into the Kotatsu Ferris Wheel, offering a cozy gondola ride complete with heated tables, warm oden, and hot sake.
Watch samurai battles, live performances, and a grand parade honoring the legendary warlord Miyoshi Nagayoshi in Osaka's Daito City.
Browse and purchase the very best of Japanese stationery. From big names to smaller, local brands.
Wander through 600 blooming plum trees, enjoy traditional tea ceremonies, and try local plum-inspired treats at the annual Expo '70 Plum Blossom Festival.
See Japan's top wrestlers have a go at it in Osaka.
See films from over a dozen different countries, at venues around Osaka (and online).
Sumo Minoh Expo is one of the most highly-anticipated sumo events of the year.
Expo '70 Commemorative Park is known for being one of Japan's top 100 cherry blossom viewing spots.
Hirakata Park’s illuminations return. Explore seven themed light areas, including a 13-meter Flower and Fairy Tree, 500 glowing lanterns, and 20 illuminated rides.
See late blooming cherry blossoms in Osaka this spring.
With extended evening hours, food stalls, and a rare chance to see Osaka’s iconic castle framed by illuminated cherry blossoms, this is nighttime sakura viewing at its most enchanting.
Join 300 popular feline-living artists from all over Japan at this large cat goods event in Osaka.
This Golden Week, over 40 of Kansai's most loved eateries gather at Tsurumi Ryokuchi.
Two blues meet when a million nemophila flowers bloom in front of Osaka Bay.
Make the most of sakura season at the Osaka Castle Spring Festival.
An outdoor night museum, with nemophila in the spotlight. This seasonal installation by international art collective teamLab is worth checking out.
Head to Osaka Castle to experience Noh, the oldest surviving classical theater form in Japan.
Swap your usual lager for a Trappist Tripel and sip riverside at Belgian Beer Weekend Osaka — with nearly 100 beers and food to pair.
Neat, on the rocks, or with a twist. However you like it, Whisky Festival Osaka is serving up a dram good time.