Start your tour of Osaka
with our resort in Maishima as your base.
A trip will vary greatly depending on where you are based. Maishima is close to the heart of Osaka and is conveniently located to enjoy the "Universal City Station" and the "Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan" in the Osaka Bay area. You can move smoothly to the developing area of Umeda in the north and Shinsaibashi and Namba in the south. You can enjoy tour of Osaka during the day and be healed at Maishima during the night. Please enjoy a little luxurious trip.
1. World's Largest Aquarium, the Osaka Aquarium "Kaiyukan"
The "Kaiyukan" in Osaka is the world's largest aquarium. There are many impressive experiences to encounter here, including the huge tank where big whale sharks swim leisurely and various areas in the aquarium where you can experience nature. Let's take a dynamic trip around the Pacific Ocean at the Kaiyukan!
By car: 15 minutes Train and bus: 30 minutes
By car(travel time: approx. 15 minutes)
- Yumesaki Tunnel (free)
- Osaka Port Sakishima Tunnel (Free)
By bus and train(travel time: approx. 30 minutes)
- Take the Cosmo Dream Line
- Get off at Cosmo Square Station
on the Osaka Metro Chuo Line - Walk for five minutes from Osakako Station
on the Osaka Metro Chuo Line
By bus and shuttle (travel time: about 35 minutes)(travel time: about 35 minutes)
- Take the Maishima Active Bus
- Get off at
JR Universal City Station - Get on the Captain Line
*Access the Active Bus timetableHere
*Access the timetable for the Captain LineHere
2. Maishima Sports Island
Maishima Sports Island is a comprehensive leisure facility located in the Osaka Bay Area, where you can intimately experience the land, sea, and air
10 minutes on foot
3. Maishima Pottery Facility
The Maishima Pottery Facility is located within the city of Osaka and is fully equipped with a noborigama climbing kiln. It also holds hands-on classes on Naniwazu-yaki as well as other forms of pottery, and offers classes on hand-kneading, the potter's wheel, and other pottery related techniques and tools
2 minutes on foot
4. Maishima Sludge Center
The Maishima Sludge Center was designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser, the late, Austrian-born artist who was famous for his environmental protection efforts
5 minutes by car
5. Osaka City Environment Bureau Maishima Incineration Plant
Instantly recognized from afar, this original and colorful building was designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser
5 minutes by car
6. Osaka Castle
A Japanese castle that was built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the Azuchi-Momoyama period and renovated in the Edo period
20 minutes by car / 60 minutes by train and bus
7. IKEA Tsuruhama
IKEA offers well-designed furniture and interior goods at reasonable prices
20 minutes by car / 1 hour and 30 minutes by train and bus
Tourist Information
Osaka Tourist Guide
Features plenty of up-to-date information on tourist attractions in Osaka
Kyoto Tourist Information
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Kobe Tourist Information
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Nara Tourist Information
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