OSAKA GU DE

11OSAKA GU DE
2014
ASIAN GATEWAY OSAKA
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NOVEMBER
Monthly Event
Calendar of Osaka
Notable Events
祭
November （Sat）
1
, （Sun）
2
, （Mon/
3
Public Holiday）
Danjiri Festival in Osaka
Castle 2014
Approximately 20 Danjiri floats are assembled
at Osaka Castle. In the "Danjiri Experience",
visitors can pull Danjiri floats or play ohayashi
music together with the festival staff. There
will also be stage events including Danjiri drum
performances and dances. Outdoor stalls will
be selling Danjiri goods from each town.
P Main site: Osaka Castle Park Taiyo-noHiroba T10:00 ∼ 16:30 ￥Free ☎06-6356-2002
November （Sun）
2
,
3
（ Mon/ Public Holiday）
Osaka Castle
Autumn Festival
During the festival various historical events are held at Osaka castle
such as the Wadaiko (Japanese
drum) concert, traditional martial
arts show, the show of hawking
master and more. Enjoy your trip
back to old Osaka under a refreshing autumn sky!
祭
November （
2 Sun）
Shitennoji Wasso
Shitennoji-Wasso festival is a modern reenactment of
early cultural exchange and trade between Japan and its
Asian neighbors held at Remains of Naniwa-no-Miya
Place. The parade of more than 1,000 people clad in
accurate reproductions of ancient costumes, shouting
"Wasso! Wasso!" is spectacular.
There will be number of exhibitions and stalls of local
food from Japan and Southeast Asia.
P Remains of Naniwa-no-Miya Palace T 10:30 ∼
17:00※Parade 12:00 ∼ 15:00 ￥Free
P Osaka Castle ￥Free
November 1
（Sat）
Toyonaka Candle Night
November 8
（Sat）
Terraced Paddy Fields
Light-up & Hervest
Festival
Chosen as one of "Japan's Best
100 Terraced Paddy Fields , are
light-up with 3000 candles and
making magnificent view. You can
also enjoy the traditional lion dance
and the concert of local Jounior
high school brass band.
P Tanada (The terraced paddy
fields) and Chihaya-akasaka mura
Junior high school. T 14:00 ∼
19:00 ￥ Free
Nov.14（Fri）- 16（Sun）
Nov. 21（Fri）- 24（Mon/Public
holiday）
Special Exhibition of Sakai
Cultural Property
This year's autumn exhibition will showcase
precious cultural assets that illustrate Sakai's
history and culture. The exhibition's theme will
be "Sakai, Town of Sen no Rikyu's Birth". In the
inner part of the Shin-an tea house, opened to
the public for free for the first time, visitors will
be able to sit on stools and try maccha green
tea. For the seven days the exhibition runs, a
special free bus service will be running between
exhibition sites.
A s d u s k f a ll s ,
enjoy attractive
stages in the
romantic ambience of scented
candlelight.The
flamenco dance
show and acoustic guitar live will
be on the stage.
P Higashi-Chuo
Hiroba , Hattori
Ryokuchi Park T16:30 ∼ 20:00 ￥Free
November 22
（sat）, 23
（Sun）
Shinnosai Festival
This festival originated when drug wholesalers in
Doshomachi created new pills and offered paper tigers
before the altar to pray for the eradication of rampant
cholera in 1834.
P Sukunahikona Shrine T10:00 ∼ 20:00 ￥ Free
P Shin-an tea house, more temples and shrines
in the city T9:30 ∼ 16:30 (Entry permitted
until 16:00) ￥ 400 yen per site (200yen for
elementary and junior high school students) 1000yen for special ticket
November 1（Sat）
, 2（Sun）
,
3（ Mon/ Public Holiday）
November 15（Sat）, 16（Sun）and others
Kansai Culture Day
In November, anybody from 10 prefectures of the
Kansai region will get free admission to about 560 of
museums, galleries and other cultural facilities. The
program is carried out in November, centered on
November 15 (Sat) and 16 (Sun). Why not visit many
museums and other cultural facilities and enjoy the best
season for art?
￥ Free
Key to symbols P=Place T=Time ￥=Fee ☎=Inquiries
Lohas Festa in Expo Park
Under the motto "Fashionable and
healthy! The lifestyle good for you
and good for the earth ", Lohas Festa
has been known as the market that
promote ecology activities.
More than 400 eco-friendly shops will
be open this year.
P Expo Park T 9：30 ∼ 16:30 (16:00 last admission)
￥350yen ※Free-of-charge for elementary school
students and under ※Not admission fee for Expo park
included
Monthly Event Calendar of Osaka
Autumn Foliage
Early Nov. - End Nov.
Expo Park Autumn Foliage Festival
Natural culture garden and Japanese garden in
Expo park is the one of the places to must-visit to
for spectacular autumn foliage .More than 10000
trees, 20 kind of them such as maples, ginkos,
taxodium distichums , acer buergerianum and
others , are ablaze with autumnal tints.
P Natural culture garden, Japanese garden in Expo
Park ￥Adult : 250yen
Primary and secondary student: 70yen
End Nov. - Mid Dec.
Peak of foliage in Osaka
Castle Park
Osaka Castle offers beautiful reddened cherry
leaves in the autumn as well as its famous
spring cherry blossoms. In addition, the big
gingko tree in front of the Osaka Castle inner
citadel, presumed to be 300 years old, and the
red maple leaves on the north of the Main
Tower are worth seeing.
P Osaka Castle Park ￥Free
Best time for foliage: Mid Oct - Late Nov ■Autumn Night Light-up
Sat, Sun, Public holidays during Nov. 8（Sat）to Nov.30（Sun） Time: After sunset till 19:30
Peak of foliage & Autumn Night Light-ups at
Katsuo-ji Temple
Early Nov. - Mid Nov.
Enmeiji･Kanshinji･
Amanosan-Kongoji Temple
Maple Festival
Chosen as one of the "10 beautiful sites" of new
Kawachi Nagano, this place is one of the best for
viewing maple leaves in autumn. A giant 1,000
year-old maple tree is known as the "Sunset
Maple" for its beauty at sunset, and is designated
as a natural monument of the prefecture.
P Enmeiji･Kanshinji･Amanosan-Kongoji Temple
Kawachi-Nagano city ￥Free
Late Nov.- Early Dec.
Maple Festival at Aizendo
In the grounds of
Aizendo, there are
rare seven-fivethree maples (one
tree has 7-, 5-, and
3-indent leaves) as
well as common
Japanese maples.
Please enjoy them
when you visit the
temple.
When the red dragonfly
colors the sky in madder
red, the whole mountain
changes its hue to a
brilliant crimson. Maple
trees reluctantly wave
their hands to the passing season. From 8th to
30th, the temple and garden are lit up beautifully at night
time. The solemn atmosphere at day time turn to mysterious and stunning world.
P Katsuo-ji Temple ￥Free
November 1
（Sat）‒ 30（Sun）
Mid Nov. - End Nov. ■Maple Festival
Nov 23（Tue･Holiday）
Start at 10:30
Ushitakiyama Peak of
foliage & Maple Festival
Mino Autumn Leaves
Festival
Ushitakiyama is known for its beautiful scenery of waterfalls and maples, which turn red
in November. The Tahoto pagoda, an important cultural property, is also a must-see of
the area. On 23rd of November, the maple
festival is held. You can enjoy the music
concert , beer, some sweets and shopping
under the trees coloured bright red and
yellow! PUshitakiyama Daiitokuji ￥ Free
Around Meiji-no-mori Mino Quasi-national
Park, various events are held in season to
better enjoy viewing beautiful autumn
leaves, including: outdoor tea ceremonies
(e.g. the Outdoor Tea Ceremony for Autumn
Leaves Viewing at Umeyashiki Hall in which
locally-made manju, Japanese sweet buns,
with yuzu are served together with ceremonial tea),art events (e.g. Mino Autumn
Leaves Photo Competition) and hiking
events. P Meiji-no-mori Mino Quasi-national
Park (Mino Waterfall) ￥Free
PShomanin Aizendo
Temple ￥Free
November 16
（Sun）
Kyuanji Temple
Maple Festival
The Kyuanji Temple is
famous for its legacy of
buildings from its long
history and the beautiful garden. Especially
with the colored maple
leaves, the view is just
breathtaking.
P Kyuanji Temple
T10:00 ∼ 15:00
￥300yen
November 23（Sun）
Special Night Time
Autumn Foliage Viewing
"Kouyou no Utage"
This Japanese garden in Daisen park is
beautifully lit up and opened to the public
for special night time autumn foliage viewing. With number of autumn colored trees
bathed in the lights, the garden shows you different fascination from
that of daytime. For this special night, the live jazz music is played
and makes your night even more memorable.
PDaisen Park Japanese Garden T16:00 ∼ 20:00 (Last entry by
19:30)※Jazz Live : 16:30 ∼ 18:15 ￥Adult: 200yen
Elementary or Junior high school student: 100yen Younger：Free
November 22
（Sat）
, 23
（Sun）
, 24
（Mon）
Cultural Property Kanshinji Temple
Light Up
The one of oldest
cultual property ,
golden hall of Kanshinji temple and
a u t umn c o l o r e d
trees around are
light-up. The sound and light show inspired by the
period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties is
held 4 times a day. There is a wondrous beauty
which cannot be seen in the vividness of the day that
you should not miss. P Kanshinji Temple ￥Free