Osaka Castle
Osaka Castle combines Toyotomi origins, Tokugawa fortifications and a 1931 reconstructed keep that has served as a museum since its opening.
Osaka
Osaka
Osaka is a historic port and merchant metropolis shaped by Naniwa, waterways, Osaka Castle, industry, food culture, and performance.
Kenwa Mabuni
Kenwa Mabuni founded Shitō-ryū Karate, drawing especially on the teachings of Ankō Itosu and Kanryō Higaonna and a broad study of Okinawan kata.
National Bunraku Theatre
Osaka’s national theatre for Bunraku and other traditional performing arts of the Kyoto–Osaka region, opened in 1984.
Bunraku
Bunraku is the Osaka-centred form of ningyō jōruri, joining chanted narration, shamisen music, and three-person puppet operation in a unified theatre.
Shibukawa-ryū Jūjutsu
Shibukawa-ryū Jūjutsu is a classical martial tradition founded by Shibukawa Bangorō Yoshikata, with Sekiguchi-ryū roots and later regional branches.