Main shopping street (Osu in Nagoya, Japan)

is a popular area located in the Naka ward of

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...

, central

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. Ōsu is a historic area which has many small shops offering everything from Japanese

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to handicrafts. A large department store is OSU301. It is popular amongst fashionable young people as well. The is held every year in October. The highlight is the parade of the ''

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''. There are a number of temples and shrines and religious institutions in this area. The most important ones are and and not far away is . Ōsu Kannon Station is located at Ōsu.

Ryukasui at Seijuin

''Ryukasui'' was said to be one of three of the highest quality water springs in Owari Province. It was supplied from a well in front of the gate of Seijuin, which was abolished around 1870 during the religious reforms of the Meiji era. ''Ryukasui'' was generally used as an offering and when the Shōgun stopped there on his way to Kyoto, it was presented to him as drinking water.

External links

Homepage of Ōsu

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