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Great Place for Japan History BuffsLIKED: Well kept, organized. Plenty of historic material and well documented events.
DISLIKED: Place does not handle crowds well. Gift shop items very limited.0 of 1 Yahoo! Users found this review helpfulOVERALLAtmosphere
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i enjoyed it!!i enjoyed visiting this castle. be prepared to spend a few hours to read the plaques surrounding the artifacts. this place has beautiful flower gardens and you can meet visitors from all over the world here.1 of 2 Yahoo! Users found this review helpfulOVERALLAtmosphereValue
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We can't wait to go back!The experience was so fun.I will recommend this place to my friend and come back to visit it in the distant future.I really love it!0 of 3 Yahoo! Users found this review helpfulOVERALL
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Osaka CastleThe gardens are beautiful and there are a lot of things to do for free there. Just the walk up to the castle is worth the JR ticket price, and the veiw from the top of the castle is worth the few hundred yen that will cost ya.2 of 3 Yahoo! Users found this review helpfulOVERALLAtmosphereValue
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What a disappontmentWe visited Osaka castle for the first time in 1984, when the city celebrated the castle2 of 9 Yahoo! Users found this review helpfulOVERALL
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Great But looks like a Museum insideThis is a spectacular looking castle from the outside. Looks authentic and orginal, but inside it's pretty much just a museum of artifacts from the orginal Osaka Castle. The castle's been re-done inside; including a elavator and gift shop on the bottom floor. Still worth visiting, but I'd recommend Himeji Castle which is about 1 hour away on the JR railway line.2 of 4 Yahoo! Users found this review helpfulOVERALLAtmosphereValue
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Almost ImpossibleAfter entering the huge Osaka Castel PARK for a few minutes you completely forget you are in the middle of an enormous, busy, noisy, polluted city (although not that bad in Oct.).
You can easily walk for an hour or more and not even 'see' the castle. The Park is tree covered, mostly types of pines, and extremely fragrant. It is quiet. ...You did not find this review helpful.7 of 9 Yahoo! Users found this review helpfulSHOW FULL REVIEW
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Osaka Castle in a nutshellI liked Osaka Castle. I thought it was beautiful. It was extremely time consuming and there is only one elevator. It's actually faster to use the stairs, but that's very tiring. It's well worth it though. The view of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's life is a little romanticized, but overall, it's pretty good. Pay the extra money to dress up in the costumes!You have found this review helpful.5 of 7 Yahoo! Users found this review helpfulOVERALLAtmosphereValue
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A nice place, save the homeless.I used to walk home from Kyobashi station to my apt. in Osaka and I passed this park everytime. It is a nice walk, save for the myriad homeless tents scattered all around the park. Don't worry, Japanese homeless don't ask for money. Osaka Castle is worth going to, and mainly displays the Tokugawa Ieyasu shogunate period and has a nice view of East Osaka, Ikoma Mt. (a great hike btw), and Osaka Business Park.You have found this review helpful.4 of 7 Yahoo! Users found this review helpfulOVERALLAtmosphere
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