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Places worth the detour in Osaka

57 places worth going out of your way for lie within 30 km of Osaka, Japan, across 2 kinds of detour; archaeological & historic sites are the largest group (49). Best known: Osaka Bay. 52 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.

Archaeological49 Nature8
Within 30 km
57
Oldest
Gosashi Kofun 400
Little known
52 of 57
Most from
5th century

All 57, ranked 57

Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.

Within reach of Osaka

Nara · 28 km17 Kashihara · 34 km23 Kyoto · 43 km23 Nagoya metropolitan area · 138 km12 Okayama · 145 km8

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Questions about this page

What is worth seeing near Osaka?

57 places within 30 km: 49 archaeological & historic sites and 8 nature & landscapes. The best known is Osaka Bay.

Is there anything near Osaka that most visitors miss?

52 of these 57 places rank as little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages, which is usually the difference between a queue and an empty path. They are in the ranked list below, furthest down.

What is the oldest thing near Osaka?

Gosashi Kofun, dated to 400.

How is the 30 km radius measured?

As the crow flies from the centre of Osaka, not by driving time. A place inside the circle can still be a long way round by road, and the distance to each is on its card on the map.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.