Osaka Museum of Housing and Living
大阪くらしの今昔館
Recreates Edo-era Osaka streets at full scale indoors, where you can wear a kimono to stroll past townhouses, with lighting that simulates the change from day to night.
The Osaka Museum of Housing and Living occupies the 8th to 10th floors of the Housing Information Center building. The 9th floor recreates Osaka’s streets at full scale in the late Edo period (Tenpō era), with medicine shops, cloth shops, bathhouses and wooden row houses. Lighting and sound effects simulate the change from dawn to night. The 8th floor uses models to show how Osaka housing changed from the Meiji to the Showa period. Kimono rental is available for an extra fee and in limited numbers. Wearing a kimono for photos on the Edo streets is very popular with Chinese visitors. Admission is about 600 yen, and it is open 10:00 to 17:00, closed on Tuesdays. Exit 3 of Tenjinbashisuji 6-chome Station leads directly to the building, and it can be combined with Tenjinbashisuji Shopping Street.
Opening hours
10:00–17:00, closed Tuesdays
Nearby sights
- Tenjinbashisuji Shopping Street
- HEP FIVE Ferris Wheel
- Osaka Tenmangu
- Japan Mint Cherry Blossom Passage
- Umeda Sky Building
- Osaka Castle
- Osaka Museum of History
- Nakanoshima