is an area located in the Naka ward of

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, 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 an underground metro station located in Naka-ku, Nagoya, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan operated by the Nagoya Municipal Subway's Tsurumai Line. It is located 7.8 rail kilometers (4.8 rail miles) from the terminus of the Tsurumai L ...

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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