Osaka Castle Private Guided Tours in Samurai Armor

This is a plan to make a pilgrimage to the sacred place where the Samurais were defeated in the last great battle of the war in Osaka and the castle fell, wearing armor and helmets as if in a battle.
Rekijo, who specializes in the Warring States period, will guide you.

1-Meeting point
SAMURAI HONOR signboard is a landmark

- Sacred Spot 1/Aoyamon Gate
View the towering castle tower from the Aoyamon Gate, a spot at the crossroads where you can get a close-up view of the Honmaru. To ascend to the main castle from this Aoyamon gate, one crosses a bridge called Gokurakubashi.

- Sacred Spot 1.5/Aoyamon Gate
A spot for an immaculate view of the castle tower.

- Sacred Spot 2/Gokurakubashi Bridge
The name “Gokurakubashi” comes from the fact that people crossed this bridge when going to the Amida Hall (Paradise) at Ishiyama Honganji Temple, which was located here before Osaka Castle was built.

- Sacred Spot 2.5/Gokurakubashi Bridge

- SacredSpot 3/Monument at the place where Hideyori,Yododono & others suicide

- Sacred Spot 4/Statue of Yodo-kun (Sei Kannon Bosatsu)

- Sacred Spot 5/Imprinted Stone Plaza

- Sacred Spot 6/Hidden Circle(Marks of the Izushi and Ozu Clans)

- Sacred Spot 7/Karahori - (The Battle of Osaka - The Phantom Flood)

- Sacred Spot 8/Tenshukaku (castle tower)
With 55 meters above the ground and five levels and eight stories, this castle is the most difficult to attack in Japan. Even with an army of 200,000 troops from the Tokugawa side, they were unable to break the Osaka Castle's defenses. The golden ornamentation everywhere shines brilliantly, including (1) golden shachihoko on the roof, (2) cranes on the walls, and (3) a tiger under the kagaran. (Registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan)

- Sacred Spot 9/Honmaru Japanese Garden
This is a popular photo spot where you can see Osaka Castle upside down, with the castle tower beautifully set in the background.

- Sacred Spot 10/Sakura-mon G

- Sacred Spot 11/6-gun gun narrow and side arrow hangers

- Sacred Spot 12/Toyokuni Shrine

- Sacred Spot 13/Statue of Lord Hideyoshi

- Sacred Spot 14/Osaka Castle Plum Grove
Approximately 1,245 plum trees of 105 varieties are planted

-End point
SAMURAI HONOR