Osaka · History
From Imperial Palace to Hideyoshi's Castle: Fourteen Centuries of Power in Osaka
Long before it became the city of street food and neon, Osaka was an imperial capital and, centuries later, the heart of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's power. On this walk you start among the foundations of the 7th-century Naniwa Palace, enter Osaka Castle through its main gate and finish in the enclosure where, in 1615, the dynasty that built it came to an end.
- 6 stops
- 1.8 km
- 1 h 40 min
- Free
The route
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What you’ll discover
From Imperial Palace to Hideyoshi's Castle: Fourteen Centuries of Power in Osaka
A forgotten capital
Naniwa Palace, an imperial residence in the 7th century that was only rediscovered in the excavations of the 1950s.
Hundred-ton stones
Tako-ishi, the largest rock in the castle walls, and how the Tokugawa buried their rival's fortress.
The end of the Toyotomi
The corner of Yamazato-maru where Hideyori and his mother, Yodo-dono, died as the castle fell in 1615.
