Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsMuseum & venue · Osaka
Osaka Museum of Housing and Living
大阪くらしの今昔館
The Osaka Museum of Housing and Living is a museum about how Osaka people lived. Its highlight is a full-size Osaka street of the 1830s, rebuilt indoors on the ninth floor, with shops, houses, a bathhouse and a well. You can walk into the buildings, open drawers and sit on the tatami.
Lighting and sound change from morning to night, so the street feels alive. Displays and models show Osaka from the 1900s to the post-war years. Note: the museum is closed for renovation until early January 2027.
What to see and do
A life-size Osaka street of the late Edo period that you can walk through and enter.
The lights and sounds change over the day, from dawn to night.
Visitors have been able to try on a kimono and walk the old street.
Detailed dioramas of Osaka homes and streets from the Meiji era to after the war.
What’s on
Good to know
- Closed until 5 Jan 2027 for renovation; plan your visit after it reopens.
- Go on a weekday morning; school groups and weekend crowds fill the street.
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