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Namba Yasaka Shrine

210 Reviews

#25 of 1,337 things to do in Osaka

Sights & Landmarks, Sacred & Religious Sites

Open Now: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

2-9-19 Motomachi Naniwa-ku, Osaka 556-0016, Osaka Prefecture

Open today: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

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“Worth a quick teip”

This is quite an impressive structure and photos don’t really do it justice. It really quite huge... read more

Reviewed 1 week ago

Charliedixon1317

London, United Kingdom

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“It is worth the detour to make a nice photo”

The shrine is located about 10 minutes walking from Namba Station. Take exit 32. The Lion Head is... read more

Reviewed March 25, 2019

Hans N

Haarlem, The Netherlands

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Very good47%
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donutstravels

Doha, Qatar

5717

Reviewed 2 days ago via mobile

Interesting Shrine

If you can some time to spare, you can head over to this Shrine for some nice pictures. It is quite different from the other shrines. We went during spring and there were 2 cherry trees in bloom. The place is quite small though.

Date of experience: April 2019

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Charliedixon1317

London, United Kingdom

342

Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile

Worth a quick teip

This is quite an impressive structure and photos don’t really do it justice. It really quite huge. Nice to have a quick wander round but there’s nothing else near by

Date of experience: May 2019

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Nbzm

Singapore, Singapore

Reviewed April 16, 2019

Design Structure worth for Instagram

The Shrine has a building structure worth taking photo. It is a very peaceful place. Other than that the place is small so it will not take a lot of time from your itinerary. Worth to visit

Date of experience: March 2019

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SJMar

152

Reviewed April 8, 2019

UNIQUE STRUCTURE

Namba Yasaka Shrine is a very unusual shape of a lion’s head. It is a very small shrine, but worth the visit to see year unique structure to take a picture.

Date of experience: April 2019

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Lemontea22

Perth, Australia

275

Reviewed April 3, 2019

Worth it for the photo alone

Namba Yasaka Shrine is well known for the unique shape of the shrine, and this provides an excellent photo for those interested. All I ask is that you remain respectful of the shrine while there.

Date of experience: March 2019

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Globspotters

Gdansk, Poland

11613

Reviewed March 30, 2019

Leave your wish!

Leave your wish there! It is worth to write your wish on a wooden plate and leave it on the altar! Even if you do not believe in such things - an interesting memory!

Date of experience: March 2019

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Sarah C

Oakland

5916

Reviewed March 29, 2019

Awesome Shrine!

Definitely go out of your way to go here! This shrine is really unique, the large lion head is amazing! It takes a little weaving in and around the city streets but it is worth it!

Date of experience: March 2019

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Hans N

Haarlem, The Netherlands

36189

Reviewed March 25, 2019

It is worth the detour to make a nice photo

The shrine is located about 10 minutes walking from Namba Station. Take exit 32. The Lion Head is not the real shrine but you can make great photos or selfies there. The picure alone is worth the detour

Date of experience: March 2019

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DonCesar

Nuremberg, Germany

1195381

Reviewed March 23, 2019 via mobile

15 minutes visit

It doesn’t require long, since you will se most of it already in the photos here. It’s probably not worth it if it’s out of the way, but if you are around 1 km away, worth a stop

Date of experience: March 2019

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PH983

4713

Reviewed March 20, 2019

Can skip depending what you are looking for

It's a small shrine on the minor road. If you like to see some thing unique and special AND has time to kill, yes, why not ? you may skip it. It's about 10-15 min walk to Takashimaya mall area (at Namba station) and probably...More