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2016
JANUARY
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ASIAN GATEWAY OSAKA
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Monthly Event
Calendar of Osaka
The Spots For The First Sunrise Of The Year
January 1（Fri）
January 1
（Fri）
New Year Sunrise at Mt. Kongo
See the year's first rays of golden
sun pouring through the hills at Mt.
Kongo, a natural area of astounding
beauty and a short drive from Osaka.
A lottery will be held for passengers
with the day's ropeway ticket, in
fr ont of the Log Rest House in
Chihaya Park from 5:30am. To warm
up on this cold New Year s morning,
sake will be given out to the first 200 people, and sweet zenzai soup to
the first 1,000 people from 5:00am.
P Mt. Kongo Ropeway/ Log Rest House in Chihaya Park T 5:00-, Estimated time of sunrise: 7:00-7:05 ￥ Ropeway roundtrip fare/Adult:
1,340yen, Child: 670yen ☎ 0721-74-0210
Umeda Sky Building Floating Garden
View the first sunrise of the
year from the Umeda Sky
Building Floating Garden
Observatory. From the
open-air 360-degree observatory, 173m above ground,
you can view the sun rising
over the Ikoma mountains.
P Floating Garden Observatory (Umeda Sky Building) T 5:00-, Estimated time of
sunrise: 7:00-7:05 ￥ Admission free (Admission charged for Floating
Garden) ☎ 06-6440-3855
Traditional New Year’
s Event
January 2
（Sat）& 3
（Sun）
January 1（Fri）
Hatsumode at Sumiyoshi-taisha
Shrine
Sumiyoshi
Taisha is one of
the most visited
shr ine s in t he
c o un t r y . Mo r e
t h a n 2 milli o n
visitors fill the
temple over the
first few days of the New Year. you can experience a
festive atmosphere with food stands and many people
lining up for a prayer at the main hall, purchasing lucky
charms for a fortunate new year and disposing their
lucky charms of the past year.
P Sumiyoshi-taisha Shrine T 5:00- ￥Free
☎ 06-6672-0753
January 3（Sun）
Shimenawa-age Ritual
A traditional
event having
been held over
300 y e a r s
that towns on
duty for carrying portable
shrines on its
summer festival load Shimenawa(Shinto straw festoon) on the
portable shrines and hung on main Torii gate for new
year. It's crowded with many worshippers every year.
P Kumata-jinja Shrine T10:00-11：00 ￥Free
☎ 06-6791-0208
1000 times rice cake pounding
Young men with upright pestles pound rice cake
to expel evil spirits in time to the music. The
freshly pounded rice cake is given out as evil
expelling rice cake to the worshippers.
P Mizuma-dera Temple T Rice cake pounding:
10:00-15:00, Rice cake distribution: 14:00 ￥Free ☎ 0724-46-1355
January 3（Sun）
OFUNE-CAMOME New Year Cruise
OFUNE-CAMOME is a sightseeing boat like small house
only 10 or less people can get onto.
Around New Year's holidays, Ofune-Camome offers you a
special cruise that you can enjoy Japanese New Year
from the waterway while having toasted rice cake in
Kotatsu.
The sound of water stream and the atmosphere of Japanese style of New Year bring you a perfect new year!
P Departure from Temma Hachikenya-hama piar or Namba Minatomachi piar TCruise A
（Hachikenya-hama piar→Minatomachi piar）12:20/14:20 Cruise B（Minatomachi piar→
Hachikenya-hama piar）13:20/15:20 *50min ￥Adult: 2,500yen Elementary school
student: 1,500yen (tea and rice cake included) ☎ 050-3736-6333
January 7
（Thu）
White Horse Shinto ritual
A ritual held at Sumiyoshitaisha whereby a
sacred horse, Shirayuki, runs around the shrine
ground after worshipping at each main shrine.
This animal is a rare white horse, a purebred
Dosanko horse with red eyes. It is said you can
rid yourself of evil spirits if you see a white horse
at the beginning of the year.
P Sumiyoshi-taisha Shrine T Ritual starts from 11:00 ￥Free ☎ 06-6672-0753
Notable Event
January 3（Sun）- 7（Thu）
*Closed on 5
Hatsumode at The
Osaka Museum of
Housing & Living
Come and join Japanese traditional games in a town modelled
on the olden days. Refreshments
(a warm drink made with rice
called amazake) will be served to
the first 200 visitors on Jan 3.
Key to symbols P=Place D=Date T=Time ￥=Fee ☎=Inquiries
P Osaka Museum of Housing
and Living ￥ Adult : 600yen Hi g h s c h o o l a n d Uni v e r s i t y
student: 300yen Junior high
school student and younger:
Free ☎ 06-6242-1170
Monthly Event Calendar of Osaka
January （
9 Sat）& 10
（Sun）
January 9（Sat）
Ichi Ebisu Daikoku Festival "Ebessan"
Hoekago Parade at the Toka Ebisu
Festival at Imamiya Ebisu Shrine
Toka Ebisu is a
traditional event
that originated with
geisha in Nanchi
district who prayed
to the Ebisu god
known as Ebessan
for business success on behalf of their patrons in Semba district.
Today, people doing business in Minami district,
famous entertainers, fuku-musume (lucky maidens)
and geisha in colorful palanquins parade through the
streets to Imamiya Ebisu Shrine.
P [Parade Route]
Departure Ceremony (around 9:40 at Tombori River
Walk) − Former Nanchi Yamatoya − Dotombori
Arcade − Kadoza − Nakaza Cui-daoré Bldg. − Shochikuza − Ebisu Butai−South of Bic Camera −
Yoshimoto Kaikan − North of Times Osaka Namba
− Animate − Hirota Shrine − Imamiya Ebisu Shrine
(arrive around 12:10) ☎ 06-6643-0150
January （
9 Sat）‒ 11
（Mon）
Ibaraki Ten-day Ebisu
At the main festival on the
10th, a Good Luck Maiden on a
Hoekago palanquin is paraded
around the town. A Good Luck
rice cake is offered for free on
the premises.
P Ibaraki Jinjya Shrine
￥ Free ☎ 072-622-2346
Located in the south of the precincts of Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine, Ebisu Daikoku-sha Shrine (also
known as Ebessan in Sumiyoshi) is dedicated to
Ebisu, the guardian deity of markets. The festival
will feature a uoichi or fish market, fuku-nomochimaki (lucky rice cake tossing), and an
event in which kito-boku (wooden sticks on which
wishes are written) are burned. The shrine will be
bustling with people coming to buy fukusasa, or sacred bamboo branches decorated with
lucky charms, and kiccho, or lucky charms.
P Sumiyoshi-taisha Shrine T Festival starts at 11:00 ￥ Free ☎ 06-6672-0753
January （
9 Sat）- 11
（Mon）
Ten-day Ebisu at Imamiya Ebisu Shrine
A ritual is held at Imamiya Ebisu Shrine for three days to
pray for prosperity in the New Year. The Purple Lantern
Homa Rite is held on the 10th, marking the peak of the
festival. A million people visit every year to receive Fukusasa, or lucky bamboo leaves from Fuku-Musume.
P Imamiya Ebisu Shrine ￥Free ☎ 06-6643-0150 Doyadoya
January 14（Thu）
January 14
（Thu）
Osaka Tondo Festival
A ritual held on Jan 14, the wish summation (last) day of Shushoe (a Buddhist
ritual to pray for good luck in the year). A
solemn ritual is conducted in Shitennoji's
temple hall, while young men clad only in
loincloths and headbands struggle for
banknotes in front of the hall. As they
struggle, they shout "doya-doya," and water is poured on them.
A glorious fire festival featuring
the burning of a 15-metre-tall
"Tondo tower". It's known as a
biggest fire festival within Osaka
and designated as important intangible cultural property of the city.
P Senritenjin Shrine T19:30 - ￥ Free ☎ 06-6834-5123
P Shitennoji T14:30 - ￥ Free ☎ 06-6771-0066
January 31
（Sun）
January 31
（Sun）
Osaka International
Women's Marathon
At the Osaka International
Women's Marathon, over 500 of
the top Japanese and international runners race
over 42 kilometres to reach the finish line at Nagai
Stadium.
P Nagai Stadium TStart at 12:10 ￥ Free ☎ 06-6633-9632
2016 Osaka
Half Marathon
Marathon enthusiasts join
in and run along Naniwa
way. Start simultaneously
with the runners for the
Osaka Women's International Marathon.
P Nagai Stadium TStart at 12:10 ￥ Free ☎ 06-6633-9254
Strawberry Picking
Now-Late May Savor Farm Strawberry
Picking
Abundant
sweet red
strawberries
have ripened!
The greenhouse interior
remains very
warm even in
the depths of
winter. We
operate on a first-come, first-served basis
each day until all the red berries are gone.
No reservations are accepted, so please
come early.
P Tondabayashi City Agricultural Park (Savor
Farm) ￥1200yen for one section (About two packs
of strawberries / Entrance fee is required) ☎ 0721-35-3500
Now - Middle June Kishiwada Kankounouen
Farm Strawberry Picking
Enjoy Nyoho
strawberries with
their vibrant,
shiny red appearance and good
balance between
sweetness and
acidity, in all-youcan-eat style. Booking is preferred, and a
reservation is required for the BBQ lunch.
Enjoy the taste of winter strawberry!
P Kishiwada Kankounouen Farm
T ①11:00-16:00/②12:00-16:00 *Saturdays,
Sundays and Holidays Only (Closed on Week-
days) ￥Adult(junior high school student and
older):1,600 yen, Elementary school student:
1,200 yen, Toddler (3 years old to preschoolchild):800 yen, Infant:Free ☎ 072-479-2256
Key to symbols P=Place D=Date T=Time ￥=Fee ☎=Inquiries
January 5
（Tue）
- May 31
（Tue）
Harvest Hill Strawberry Picking
Enjoy three
varieties of
strawberries -Sagahonoka,
Tochiotome, Benihoppe - in
all-you-caneat style. Experience the differences in the
sweetness and flavor of these varieties and
find your favorite! Reservation required, at
least one day prior to the day you wish to
visit.
P Harvest Hill *Tue, Thu, Sat and Sun only T 11:00- ￥Adult(junior high school student
and older):1,500yen, Child (4 years old and
older ):1,100 yen, Toddler(1 to 3 years
old):500 yen ＊A park admission fee is
required separately ☎ 072-296-9911