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Fortress · Osakajo, Chuo Ward, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Osaka Castle

大阪城

Osaka Castle's main keep, or tenshu, in Chuo Ward, Osaka, a reconstructed keep that now works as a museum on Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the castle's history.

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Osaka Castle is the castle in Chuo Ward, Osaka, and this record pins its main keep (tenshu). According to the castle's own English page, read on 29 September 2026, the current keep is the third generation, following the Toyotomi and Tokugawa periods, and was reconstructed in 1931 through citizen donations. It functions as a museum housing material about Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Sengoku period and the history of Osaka Castle, and admission is ticketed with advance web purchase available. The keep is a registered tangible cultural property (1997), and the wider castle grounds are a Special Historic Site in which most historic structures are designated Important Cultural Properties.

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Osaka

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    Osaka Castle Ticket

    Admission to the Osaka Castle Museum, the castle's main keep, on SkyGate, as a standard or student ticket. Options differ; check what your chosen option includes on SkyGate.

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Osaka Castle Ticket

Admission to the Osaka Castle Museum, the castle's main keep, on SkyGate, as a standard or student ticket. Options differ; check what your chosen option includes on SkyGate.

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