Osaka Castle Travel Report - Bogart Osaka Castle

Experience

First Visit

Purpose of your visit

travel (sight seeing)

Impressions

Osaka Castle is situated on a huge plot of land. It is built on top of raised land that has massive rock walls. I found that these rock walls are the most interesting part of the castle because they are original walls. The castle itself is a reproduction and not too authentice looking at all. The outside looks like the original to some degree. But the interior is a modern concrete building complete with elevators. I was a little disappointed about that. Overall Osaka Castle is worth a visit. The surrounding grounds are nice and as I mentioned I liked the moat and huge rock walls.

Details

Let me tell you some of the stuff I learned when I was there. *construction was completed in 1598. It has three stories below ground and five stories above. *the castle was burned down in the civil conflicts surrounding the Meiji Restoration in 1868. *the castle was restored in the late 1920's *much of the castle was destroyed again in the last year of WWII. *the castle was restored again in the late 1990s.

Advice

There are hundreds of more interesting places to visit in nearby kyoto. Osaka castle is a bit of a disappointment but the surrounding grounds are nice. Thats just my opinion .. many people love osaka castle I am sure. There is a nice museum inside ... I guess I was expecting a castle inside like Matsumoto castle.

Recommended for...

photography walking

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Osaka Castle     Osaka     Japan     Japan Travel     Japanese Castles     Japanese History