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From Minami's neon-lighted Dotombori and historic Tenno-ji to the high-rise class and underground shopping labyrinths of Kita, Osaka is a city that pulses with its own unique rhythm.
Though Osaka has no shortage of tourist sites, it is the city itself that is the greatest attraction.
Home to some of Japan's best food, most unique fashions, and warmest locals, Osaka does not beg to be explored—it demands it.
More than anywhere else in Japan, it rewards the impulsive turn down an interesting side street or the chat with a random stranger.
People do not come here to see the city, they come to experience it.Excluded from the formal circles of power and aristocratic culture in 16th-century Edo (Tokyo), Osaka took advantage of its position as Japan's trading center, developing its own art forms such as Bunraku puppet theater and Rakugo comic storytelling.
It was in Osaka that feudal Japan's famed Floating World—the dining, theater, and pleasure district—was at its strongest and most inventive.
Wealthy merchants and common laborers alike squandered fortunes on culinary delights, turning Osaka into "Japan's Kitchen," a moniker the city still has today.
Though the city suffered a blow when the Meiji government canceled all of the samurai class's outstanding debts to the merchants, it was quick to recover.
At the turn of the 20th century, it had become Japan's largest and most prosperous city, a center of commerce and manufacturing.Today Osaka remains Japan's iconoclastic metropolis, refusing to fit Tokyo's norms and expectations.
Unlike the hordes of Tokyo, Osakans are fiercely independent.
As a contrast to the neon and concrete surroundings, the people of Osaka are known as Japan's friendliest and most outgoing.
Ask someone on the street for directions in Tokyo and you are lucky to get so much as a glance.
Ask someone in Osaka and you get a conversation.The main areas of the city, Kita (north) and Minami (south), are divided by two rivers: the Dojima-gawa and the Tosabori-gawa.
Between Kita and Minami is Naka-no-shima, an island and the municipal center of Osaka.
Kita (north of Chuo Dori) is Osaka's economic hub and contains Osaka's largest stations: JR Osaka and Hankyu Umeda.
The area is crammed with shops, department stores, and restaurants.
Nearby are a nightlife district, Kita-shinchi; Naka-no-shima and the Museum of Oriental Ceramics; Osaka-jo (Osaka Castle); and Osaka Koen (Osaka Park).
Restaurants, bars, department stores, and boutiques attract Osaka's youth to Minami (south Chuo Dori); theatergoers head to the National Bunraku Theatre and electronics-lovers to Den Den Town.
For a glimpse of old Osaka, visit Tenno-ji Temple and Shin Sekai.
The main stations are Namba, Shin-sai-bashi, Namba Nankai, and Tenno-ji.
There's easy access to the Municipal Museum of Fine Art and Sumiyoshi Taisha (Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine).The bay area, to the west of the city center, is home to the Osaka Aquarium and Universal Studios Japan.
The Shinkansen stops at Shin-Osaka, three stops (about five minutes) north of Osaka Station on the Mido-suji subway line.
To the north of Shin-Osaka is Senri Expo Park.
From Minami's neon-lighted Dotombori and historic Tenno-ji to the high-rise class and underground shopping labyrinths of Kita, Osaka is a city that pulses with its own unique rhythm.
Though Osaka has no shortage of tourist sites, it is the city itself that is the greatest attraction.
Home to some of Japan's best food, most unique fashions, and warmest locals, Osaka does not beg to be explored—it demands it.
More than anywhere else in Japan, it rewards the impulsive turn down an interesting side street or the chat with a random stranger.
People do not come here to see the city, they come to experience it.Excluded from the formal circles of power and aristocratic culture in 16th-century Edo (Tokyo), Osaka took advantage of its position as Japan's trading center, developing its own art forms such as Bunraku puppet theater and Rakugo comic storytelling.
It was in Osaka that feudal Japan's famed Floating World—the dining, theater, and pleasure district—was at its strongest and most inventive.
Wealthy merchants and common laborers alike squandered fortunes on culinary delights, turning Osaka into "Japan's Kitchen," a moniker the city still has today.
Though the city suffered a blow when the Meiji government canceled all of the samurai class's outstanding debts to the merchants, it was quick to recover.
At the turn of the 20th century, it had become Japan's largest and most prosperous city, a center of commerce and manufacturing.Today Osaka remains Japan's iconoclastic metropolis, refusing to fit Tokyo's norms and expectations.
Unlike the hordes of Tokyo, Osakans are fiercely independent.
As a contrast to the neon and concrete surroundings, the people of Osaka are known as Japan's friendliest and most outgoing.
Ask someone on the street for directions in Tokyo and you are lucky to get so much as a glance.
Ask someone in Osaka and you get a conversation.The main areas of the city, Kita (north) and Minami (south), are divided by two rivers: the Dojima-gawa and the Tosabori-gawa.
Between Kita and Minami is Naka-no-shima, an island and the municipal center of Osaka.
Kita (north of Chuo Dori) is Osaka's economic hub and contains Osaka's largest stations: JR Osaka and Hankyu Umeda.
The area is crammed with shops, department stores, and restaurants.
Nearby are a nightlife district, Kita-shinchi; Naka-no-shima and the Museum of Oriental Ceramics; Osaka-jo (Osaka Castle); and Osaka Koen (Osaka Park).
Restaurants, bars, department stores, and boutiques attract Osaka's youth to Minami (south Chuo Dori); theatergoers head to the National Bunraku Theatre and electronics-lovers to Den Den Town.
For a glimpse of old Osaka, visit Tenno-ji Temple and Shin Sekai.
The main stations are Namba, Shin-sai-bashi, Namba Nankai, and Tenno-ji.
There's easy access to the Municipal Museum of Fine Art and Sumiyoshi Taisha (Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine).The bay area, to the west of the city center, is home to the Osaka Aquarium and Universal Studios Japan.
The Shinkansen stops at Shin-Osaka, three stops (about five minutes) north of Osaka Station on the Mido-suji subway line.
To the north of Shin-Osaka is Senri Expo Park.
Takamatsu city is the capital of Kagawa prefecture which is Japan’s smallest prefecture.
This city is a vibrant blend of natural beauty and cosmopolitan functionality with a population of 420,000 people.
The port of Takamatsu used to be the main gateway to Shikoku Island until the opening of the 37km long Seto Ohashi Bridge in 1988.
Takamatsu city has flourished along with the Seto Inland Sea since 17th century when Matsudaira family, the relatives of the Tokugawa Shogun, ruled this area.
Matsudaira family has completed the famous Japanese “Ritsurin Garden”.
It took more than 100 years to complete this spacious garden with 75 hectares of land which features 13 landscaped hills, 6 ponds and many stone arrangements that have been placed in perfect balance in front of a vast green vista of Mt.
Shiun.
This garden was constructed as a villa of Matsudaira family and it attracts many visitors from all over the world.
Furthermore, Takamatsu is a great place to find fresh seafood, its product, and famous Sanuki Udon noodles.
Though Osaka has no shortage of tourist sites, it is the city itself that is the greatest attraction.
Home to some of Japan's best food, most unique fashions, and warmest locals, Osaka does not beg to be explored—it demands it.
More than anywhere else in Japan, it rewards the impulsive turn down an interesting side street or the chat with a random stranger.
People do not come here to see the city, they come to experience it.Excluded from the formal circles of power and aristocratic culture in 16th-century Edo (Tokyo), Osaka took advantage of its position as Japan's trading center, developing its own art forms such as Bunraku puppet theater and Rakugo comic storytelling.
It was in Osaka that feudal Japan's famed Floating World—the dining, theater, and pleasure district—was at its strongest and most inventive.
Wealthy merchants and common laborers alike squandered fortunes on culinary delights, turning Osaka into "Japan's Kitchen," a moniker the city still has today.
Though the city suffered a blow when the Meiji government canceled all of the samurai class's outstanding debts to the merchants, it was quick to recover.
At the turn of the 20th century, it had become Japan's largest and most prosperous city, a center of commerce and manufacturing.Today Osaka remains Japan's iconoclastic metropolis, refusing to fit Tokyo's norms and expectations.
Unlike the hordes of Tokyo, Osakans are fiercely independent.
As a contrast to the neon and concrete surroundings, the people of Osaka are known as Japan's friendliest and most outgoing.
Ask someone on the street for directions in Tokyo and you are lucky to get so much as a glance.
Ask someone in Osaka and you get a conversation.The main areas of the city, Kita (north) and Minami (south), are divided by two rivers: the Dojima-gawa and the Tosabori-gawa.
Between Kita and Minami is Naka-no-shima, an island and the municipal center of Osaka.
Kita (north of Chuo Dori) is Osaka's economic hub and contains Osaka's largest stations: JR Osaka and Hankyu Umeda.
The area is crammed with shops, department stores, and restaurants.
Nearby are a nightlife district, Kita-shinchi; Naka-no-shima and the Museum of Oriental Ceramics; Osaka-jo (Osaka Castle); and Osaka Koen (Osaka Park).
Restaurants, bars, department stores, and boutiques attract Osaka's youth to Minami (south Chuo Dori); theatergoers head to the National Bunraku Theatre and electronics-lovers to Den Den Town.
For a glimpse of old Osaka, visit Tenno-ji Temple and Shin Sekai.
The main stations are Namba, Shin-sai-bashi, Namba Nankai, and Tenno-ji.
There's easy access to the Municipal Museum of Fine Art and Sumiyoshi Taisha (Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine).The bay area, to the west of the city center, is home to the Osaka Aquarium and Universal Studios Japan.
The Shinkansen stops at Shin-Osaka, three stops (about five minutes) north of Osaka Station on the Mido-suji subway line.
To the north of Shin-Osaka is Senri Expo Park.
From Minami's neon-lighted Dotombori and historic Tenno-ji to the high-rise class and underground shopping labyrinths of Kita, Osaka is a city that pulses with its own unique rhythm.
Though Osaka has no shortage of tourist sites, it is the city itself that is the greatest attraction.
Home to some of Japan's best food, most unique fashions, and warmest locals, Osaka does not beg to be explored—it demands it.
More than anywhere else in Japan, it rewards the impulsive turn down an interesting side street or the chat with a random stranger.
People do not come here to see the city, they come to experience it.Excluded from the formal circles of power and aristocratic culture in 16th-century Edo (Tokyo), Osaka took advantage of its position as Japan's trading center, developing its own art forms such as Bunraku puppet theater and Rakugo comic storytelling.
It was in Osaka that feudal Japan's famed Floating World—the dining, theater, and pleasure district—was at its strongest and most inventive.
Wealthy merchants and common laborers alike squandered fortunes on culinary delights, turning Osaka into "Japan's Kitchen," a moniker the city still has today.
Though the city suffered a blow when the Meiji government canceled all of the samurai class's outstanding debts to the merchants, it was quick to recover.
At the turn of the 20th century, it had become Japan's largest and most prosperous city, a center of commerce and manufacturing.Today Osaka remains Japan's iconoclastic metropolis, refusing to fit Tokyo's norms and expectations.
Unlike the hordes of Tokyo, Osakans are fiercely independent.
As a contrast to the neon and concrete surroundings, the people of Osaka are known as Japan's friendliest and most outgoing.
Ask someone on the street for directions in Tokyo and you are lucky to get so much as a glance.
Ask someone in Osaka and you get a conversation.The main areas of the city, Kita (north) and Minami (south), are divided by two rivers: the Dojima-gawa and the Tosabori-gawa.
Between Kita and Minami is Naka-no-shima, an island and the municipal center of Osaka.
Kita (north of Chuo Dori) is Osaka's economic hub and contains Osaka's largest stations: JR Osaka and Hankyu Umeda.
The area is crammed with shops, department stores, and restaurants.
Nearby are a nightlife district, Kita-shinchi; Naka-no-shima and the Museum of Oriental Ceramics; Osaka-jo (Osaka Castle); and Osaka Koen (Osaka Park).
Restaurants, bars, department stores, and boutiques attract Osaka's youth to Minami (south Chuo Dori); theatergoers head to the National Bunraku Theatre and electronics-lovers to Den Den Town.
For a glimpse of old Osaka, visit Tenno-ji Temple and Shin Sekai.
The main stations are Namba, Shin-sai-bashi, Namba Nankai, and Tenno-ji.
There's easy access to the Municipal Museum of Fine Art and Sumiyoshi Taisha (Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine).The bay area, to the west of the city center, is home to the Osaka Aquarium and Universal Studios Japan.
The Shinkansen stops at Shin-Osaka, three stops (about five minutes) north of Osaka Station on the Mido-suji subway line.
To the north of Shin-Osaka is Senri Expo Park.
Takamatsu city is the capital of Kagawa prefecture which is Japan’s smallest prefecture.
This city is a vibrant blend of natural beauty and cosmopolitan functionality with a population of 420,000 people.
The port of Takamatsu used to be the main gateway to Shikoku Island until the opening of the 37km long Seto Ohashi Bridge in 1988.
Takamatsu city has flourished along with the Seto Inland Sea since 17th century when Matsudaira family, the relatives of the Tokugawa Shogun, ruled this area.
Matsudaira family has completed the famous Japanese “Ritsurin Garden”.
It took more than 100 years to complete this spacious garden with 75 hectares of land which features 13 landscaped hills, 6 ponds and many stone arrangements that have been placed in perfect balance in front of a vast green vista of Mt.
Shiun.
This garden was constructed as a villa of Matsudaira family and it attracts many visitors from all over the world.
Furthermore, Takamatsu is a great place to find fresh seafood, its product, and famous Sanuki Udon noodles.
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Launch Year: 2001 Length: 180 Width: 25 Currency: USD Capacity: 690 Crew Count: 408 Deck Count: 8 Cabin Count: 345
The launch of Azamara Pursuit® in 2018 opened the seas to maiden ports, new itineraries, and the opportunity to provide our guests with even more unforgettable, unique, and immersive experiences than ever before. Like our sister ships, Azamara Pursuit offers some of the most extraordinary adventures on Earth, to places you’ve always dreamed of. Or, perhaps, only just heard about.
New-to-Azamara destinations include Antofagasta (Chile), Lima (Peru), and the Beagle Channel—and those are just some of our South American maiden destinations. Not only do we now take you to 15 unique ports and a whole host of bucket-list locales, but we also stay longer in each one, so you have more time to experience the world’s many wonders in a truly AzAmazing way.
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