Tennoji Park

Tennoji Park is a botanical garden which features many scenes with statues made with wire and covered with flowers. Tennoji Park also includes the traditional Japanese garden Keitakuen, Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Tennoji Zoo and Chausuyama Tomb. Tennoji Park is a botanical garden located at 1-108 Chausuyama-cho. Tennoji Park features many scenes with statues made with wire and covered with flowers. Tennoji Park also includes the traditional Japanese garden Keitakuen, Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Tennoji Zoo and Chausuyama Tomb. Address: 1-108 Chausuyama, Tennoji-ku, Osaka-shi Access: 10 min walk from Tennoji Station (JR Osaka Loop Line) Opening hours: May - Sept: 9:30am – 5pm (last admission 4:30pm) Later close in summer and holidays. Admission: 150 yen Tennoji Park Entrance Statues in Tennoji Park Keitakuen Garden Osaka Municipal Museum of Art Tennoji Zoo Tennoji Zoo houses some 1,500 animals of 300 different species, including koalas, lesser pandas, elephants, and the only kiwi bird in Japan (kept in the nocturnal animal house which replicates the habitat of night animals). To promote better understanding of animals’ natural habitats and their relationship with the natural environment, as well as awareness of the necessity for environmental protection, the zoo opened the reptile house in 1995, followed by the hippopotamus house in 1997. In the hippopotamus house the underwater behavior of these animals can be observed for the first time in Japan. Address: 1-108 Chausuyama, Tennoji-ku, Osaka-shi Access: 10 min walk from Tennoji Station (JR Osaka Loop Line) Opening hours: 9:30am – 4pm Close: Mondays Admission: 500 yen |