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Hideyoshi's Osaka Castle

Last updated: August 25, 2026

The green-roofed keep of Osaka Castle rising above cherry trees in full bloom and golden autumn foliage, a stone rampart and bridge in front
Photo:The keep above the ramparts. The tower dates from 1931 and holds a museum; the stone walls and moats around it are the original seventeenth-century work.

Walk the moats and colossal stone walls into Osaka Castle, the fortress Toyotomi Hideyoshi raised in 1583 on his march to unite Japan. Destroyed and rebuilt over the centuries — the current tower dates from 1931 — the eight-story landmark now houses a museum tracing Hideyoshi's rise, with samurai armor, painted battle screens and an open-air observation deck on the top floor looking over Osaka Castle Park and the city skyline. Below the tower, the Nishinomaru Garden spreads its lawns and cherry trees along the inner moat, with the classic view of the tower rising beyond.

Itinerary

  1. Stop at: Osaka Castle
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