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I took a very brief stop in Osaka on my way from Kyoto to Hiroshima. My stop was solely to see Osaka Castle. I'll have to admit it - I was drawn because I had just finished watching "Shogun" before I left the States. While the Castle was very beautiful and certainly imposing from the outside, the inside was not preserved as it had been long ago, but rather was a very informative and organized museum of the Castle and Osaka heritage. You can see some of the exhibits from the castle at this site http://www.tourism.city.osaka.jp/en/castle/ (very good site to get an idea of what is there).

I wish I had talken a walk around the entire grounds but I didn't have a lot of time.

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