A narrow Shinsekai street at night, Tsutenkaku tower lit green at the far end and lantern-lit restaurant fronts on the right

Tsutenkaku tower seen up a narrow Shinsekai street between shop signs and wave-pattern murals at dusk

The five-storey pagoda of Shitennoji Temple against a blue sky with white clouds

Abeno Harukas rising above the Tennoji district at dusk, low mountains on the horizon

Shinsekai and Tennoji, Osaka

Shinsekai and Tennoji: Where to Eat, What to Do and Where to Stay

Food · Things to do · Where to stay

Shinsekai and Tennoji are two neighbourhoods a short walk apart. Shinsekai is Tsutenkaku, the Janjan Yokocho street and Spa World; Tennoji is the park with the zoo, the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts and Keitakuen, Harukas 300 above Tennoji Station, and the temples of Shitennoji and Isshinji.

Kushikatsu is the Shinsekai dish on the food list, and Kushikatsu Daruma has three shops there. In Tennoji and Abeno the choice is a building: Abeno Harukas Dining and Q's Dining at Abeno Q's Mall are open until 23:00. Tsutenkaku takes its last visitors at 21:15 (21:35 for the outdoor deck) and Harukas 300 at 21:30.

Shinsekai and Tennoji: food, things to do, where to stay

Where to eat in Shinsekai and TennojiKushikatsu Daruma, Shinsekai main shop · Kushikatsu Daruma, Janjan shop · Kushikatsu Daruma, Tsutenkaku shop
Things to do in Shinsekai and TennojiShinsekai and Janjan Yokocho · Tsutenkaku Tower · Spa World
Where to stay in Shinsekai and Tennoji

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