Osaka

The history of this plot explains where the land beneath the eastern part of the island came from.

Here the route ends at a project that turned a transfer hub into a destination in its own right.

This stop will show the invisible workings of a restaurant city—from knife and stove to lantern and sign.

Here you will connect a man-made canal, an old crossing, a theatre district, and today’s advertising screens.

The transition will link the present bridge to a structure that changed location and purpose several times.

The alley will show why restaurant owners had to protect not only their buildings, but also the distance between them.

Here you will hear how competition for passersby made an unofficial name stick more firmly than an address.

Here you will see how sellers changed the presentation of food and, with it, the composition of their customers.

This stop will connect a private troupe, a state-run stage, and the three distinct professions behind a single performance.

The finale will show why a properly structured gift was able to survive the donor’s ruin and death.

The facade becomes an entryway into the history of Osaka revue and of a chance event that turned into a stage tradition.

Here, the workings of the defenses begin with a detail hidden inside a load-bearing post.

This point will show the effort by which the victors turned military success into stone architecture.

Here, the connection between the vanished bridge and the flow of shoppers toward Dotonbori will become clear.

Here you will see the city's attempt to bring a divided zoo together around a single entrance.

Here, the founding of an ancient temple will connect with a struggle for the throne, faith, and the property of the defeated.

The empty space makes it possible to reconstruct the scene of the Tokugawa shogunate's last diplomatic success.

Here, fortress control gives way to the city's monopoly over the last meters of river delivery.

Here, using today's lawn, you will check whether the winning competition design matched how people behaved.

This is where the story begins of the private wager that restored the district’s main landmark.

The finale will examine how several establishments gave a shared name and new visitors to a set of scattered alleys.