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Osaka with kids: route in order

The white and green keep of Osaka Castle with gold trim on its massive stone base, pines in frontInside the covered Shinsaibashi-suji arcade: shop signs, a welcome banner under the roof and shoppersDotonbori canal from a boat, lined with giant billboards and neon including the Glico man, a footbridge over it

The essentials in 10 seconds

Entry
3 of 4 free; paid: Osaka Castle
Duration
6 h 40 min · 09:30–16:12
Start and finish
Osaka Castle → Kuromon Market
On foot
≈ 19 min in total
Transport
1 ride, ≈ 23 min
Lunch
around 12:53
With kids
fine: short walks

The plan, stop by stop

Times include walking and lunch. Drag a stop by ≡, remove it with the cross or add one nearby — the plan updates.

Osaka09:30–16:12 · 4 places · 6 h 40 min

  1. Osaka Castle

    · 2 h · ¥1,200

  2. 23 min · transport or taxi
  3. Shinsaibashi

    · 1 h · Free

  4. Lunch · 1 h
  5. 8 min on foot
  6. Dotonbori

    · 1 h · Free

  7. 11 min on foot
  8. Kuromon Market

    · 1 h · Free

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Add nearby

Places near the plan — Yes puts one into the day and the times update.

What the route costs

3 of 4 are free; 1 charge entry — prices below, check them on site.

1Osaka Castle552 h¥1,200
2Shinsaibashi411 hFree
3Dotonbori511 hFree
4Kuromon Market401 hFree
Total5 h3 of 4 free

Sources and fact-check

  • Prices, opening hours and time on site come from each place's page, with its own sources and check date

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