Osaka Cruise Guide

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Osaka Cruise Guide

The Osaka Suijo Bus is a ship company in Osaka run by the Keihan Group.

This sightseeing boat company operates various cruises around the city. They have water buses on Okawa River and Dotonbori Canal, an excursion cruise ship on the Port of Osaka, and also a restaurant ship on Okawa River.

It offers a variety of regular cruises on boats of different sizes and amenities, as well as charter boats for individual trips that take in different areas and attractions in the city.

The glass-covered Osaka Aqua-Liner is one of its most popular boats for visitors because it takes in an impressive list of the city’s attractions, from shopping and entertainment districts and Osaka Castle to the famous Nakanoshima business district.

Other sites on the river and canal cruises include famous temples “including the Shitennoji” and landscaped gardens that date from the 7th and 8th centuries, world-class museums, and an aquarium that houses denizens of the Pacific Rim waters.

Aqua-Liner “Water Bus”

Aqua-Liner services operate quite frequently every day.

Osakajo → Temmabashi → Yodoyabashi → OAP → Osakajo

Aqua Mini

Aqua Mini operates on weekends/holidays of Spring and Summer.

Osakajo -- Dazaemonbashi -- Minatomachi

Santa Maria “Excursion Cruise Ship”

Santa Maria a replica of the ship that Columbus sailed to the New World in 1492 provides sightseeing cruises around Osaka Bay.

There are Day Cruise “takes 45 minutes” and Night Cruise “takes 90 minutes”, operating every day.

Kaiyukan Aquarium West → “Port of Osaka” → Kaiyukan Aquarium West

Himawari “Restaurant Ship”

Himawari has three courses: Lunch Cruise “takes 80 minutes”, Afternoon Cruise “takes 50 minutes”, and Dinner Cruise “takes 90 minutes”. It is not operating on Mondays during the off seasons, and between early January and early February.

OAP → “Okawa River” → OAP

Access To Piers

OAP Pier

JR Sakuranomiya Station on Osaka Loop Line “8 min. walk”.

Osaka Tenmangu Station on the JR Tozai Line “10 min walk”.

Minamimorimachi Station on the subway Tanimachi Line / Sakaisuji Line “10 min walk”.

Hachiken-yahama Pier - Temmabashi

Keihan Temmabashi Station - Main Line “4 min walk”.
Osaka Municipal Subway - Tanimachi Line “4 min walk”.

Yodoyabashi Pier

Osaka Municipal Subway - Midosuji Line.
Keihan Main Line - In front of Yodoyabashi “5 min walk”.

Tazaemonbashi Pier

JR Namba Station “10 min walk”.
Kintetsu Namba Station “5 min walk”.
Nankai Namba Station “10 min walk”.

Subways:
Namba Station on the Yotsubashi Line “5 min walk”.
Namba Station on the Sennichimae Line “5 min walk”.
Namba Station on the Midosuji Line “5 min walk”.

Minatomachi Pier

JR Namba Station “5 min walk”.
Kintetsu Namba Station “5 min walk”.
Nankai Namba Station “10 min walk”.

Subways:
Namba Station on the Yotsubashi Line “3 min walk”.
Namba Station on the Sennichimae Line “5 min walk”.
Namba Station on the Midosuji Line “7 min walk”.

Osakajo Pier

JR Loop Line West of Osaka-jo Koen in front of Osaka-jo Hall “5 min walk”.

Osaka Municipal Subway: Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line “7 min walk from Osaka Business Park”.

Platform Kaiyukan Aquarium west wharf

Osaka-ko Station on the Subway - Chuo Line “8 min walk”.