Osaka Events

Annual Events

Address: 3-Naka-2-1 Chiyozaki Nishi-ku, Osaka 550-0023 Dates: May 5 - October 5, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Find family fun at this local sporting location. The people of Osaka are passionate about baseball and treasure their hometown professional league team, the Kintetsu Buffaloes. Games begin in March with the peak of the season falling in August and September. The stadium houses over 50 shops as well as restaurants and...

Address: 2-9-89 Sumiyoshi, Sumiyoshi-Ku, Osaka 558-0045 Dates: July 30 - August 1, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Held annually in late July and August, this purification festival affords visitors a glimpse of ancient Naniwa customs still performed today. A procession of citizens and young children wend their way through the streets of Osaka carrying portable shrines with their destination being Sumiyoshitaisha Grand Shrine. The...

Address: Imamiya Ebisu-jinja Shrine, Osaka Dates: January 10, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Each January, persons of commerce flock to this festival dedicated to prosperity in business. Eager and expectant participants make their way through the streets of Osaka in a grand parade to the Imamiya Ebisu-jinja Shrine to honor Ebisu, the Japanese god of wealth, and to pray for success in the upcoming year....

Address: 2-4-9 Umeda Kita-Ku, Osaka 530-8276 Dates: January 31, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Osakans commemorate each new year by way of the International Ladies Marathon, a world-renown race that draws the most accomplished runners in Japan. The starting gun is fired at the handsome Nagai Stadium with a course wending its way through the city and passing by distinguished locations such as Osaka Castle Park,...

Address: 3-4-36 Nanbanaka, Naniwa-ku, Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka City Category: Sports Event - Wrestling Dates: March 14 - March 28, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Interest and enthusiasm combine each year at the Osaka Grand Sumo Tournament as the highest caliber athletes from around the world compete in Japan's traditional national sport. For 15 days, substantially sized competitors square off in a ring surrounded by eager spectators. One of only six tournaments held in Japan,...