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"Osaka's old-school quarter, built around a neon-lit 1912 tower, famous for kushikatsu."
Shinsekai and Tsutenkaku Tower, Osaka Overview
Shinsekai is a retro entertainment district in Osaka's Naniwa-ku, centered on Tsutenkaku Tower, a 108-metre steel structure first built in 1912 and rebuilt in 1956 after a wartime fire. The streets around it are packed with kushikatsu counters serving deep-fried skewered food, along with pachinko parlours, cheap eateries, and old neon signage. The tower's fifth floor holds Billiken, a good-luck figure whose foot soles visitors rub, and its deck gives a wide view over southern Osaka. The tower is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan.
Shinsekai ("New World") was laid out in 1912 as a modern amusement quarter modeled partly on Paris and Coney Island, with Tsutenkaku Tower as its centerpiece landmark. The original tower burned down in 1943 and was rebuilt in 1956 to a design by Tachu Naito, reaching 108 metres with an observation deck around 91 metres up. Today the district keeps its old-fashioned character: kushikatsu stalls, shogi and mahjong clubs, cinemas, and pachinko parlours line the streets beneath the tower's changing neon lights, which also relay next-day weather forecasts. The tower sits a short walk from Ebisucho and Shin-Imamiya stations and is open to visitors daily into the evening.
