Osaka Castle Park

Just the park, not the museum inside, even the castle was built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi is an interesting historical figure, a man who rose from the peasant class to all but unite and rule Japan. He passed this near impregnable fortress to his son, who lost it to Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa dynasty.

Beautiful grounds and impressive structure. The story behind its power, and its loss is a good one.

And another interesting manhole cover, the mascot of the Osaka Expo.Read more