Travel Memory Blog

Architectural style Sumiyoshi-zukuri precedes the arrival of Buddhism in Japan and is free from the influence of continental Asia. The best...

Osaka Castle-Otemon Gate’s pillar splice (Osaka-jo-otemon-hikae-bashira-tsugite) - Japanese technique of joining two wooden elements without...

Sumiyoshi Park is the oldest park in Osaka - it was opened in 1873. The park is in the vicinity of Shimiyoshi Taisha and it is worth comin...

Shitennō-ji is a Buddhist temple in Osaka . Sometimes it is considered the first Buddhist and oldest officially managed temple in Japan, al...