The Friday Night Crowd
Osaka has a population of over 2.6 million. It is a large port city and commercial center on the Japanese island of Honshu. It’s known for its modern architecture, nightlife and hearty street food.
Osaka, Japan
Osaka Castle
The 16th-century shogunate Osaka Castle, which has undergone several restorations, is its main historical landmark. It’s surrounded by a moat and park with plum, peach and cherry-blossom trees. Sumiyoshi-taisha is among Japan’s oldest Shinto shrines.
Osaka Botanical Garden
Sound and Light Show
We took the underground to the Botanical Gardens thinking they had a Christmas Theme but found it was a beautiful Sound and Light Show
The immersive light and shadow art team teamLab opened a nighttime permanent exhibition “teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka” in Nagai Botanical Garden, Osaka, turning the botanical garden covering an area of 240,000 square meters into a world of light and shadow art. There are as many as 1,200 kinds of plants growing in the garden, and the flowers and trees change with the seasons , through the digital application of multimedia such as laser lighting and music, an interactive and immersive art space is created, allowing visitors to become part of the work and echo with nature.
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