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The Osaka Amazing Pass gives you a day of unlimited rides on the Osaka subway, city buses and the private railways within the city, plus one free entry to each of about 40 attractions.
The break-even point is ¥2,680
If you’d be riding the subway anyway, the fair comparison is the subway day ticket. The pass price minus that ticket gives the line to beat: ¥2,680 on a weekday. Once the day’s entry fees pass it, the pass is the better deal.
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Osaka Castle + Minami
The 1-Day pass is cheaper by Weekday ¥3,820 / Weekend ¥3,620
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Umeda morning + bay afternoon
The 1-Day pass is cheaper by Weekday ¥2,120 / Weekend ¥1,920
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Just Osaka Castle
Paying separately is cheaper by Weekday ¥1,180 / Weekend ¥1,380
Adult reference entry prices from the official pass site plus the subway day ticket (¥820 weekdays, ¥620 weekends).
The JR line to USJ isn’t covered by the pass.
The priciest attractions
Tricky conditions
Reference prices from the official Osaka Amazing Pass site. Grey hatched bars have conditions that make them hard to count on.
The Umeda Sky Building’s Floating Garden, one of the priciest entries, takes the pass only until 15:00; after that the pass just gets 10% off.
The Tombori River Cruise can only be exchanged for a boarding ticket on the day, and evening boats sell out early, so the official site suggests exchanging during the day. Kaiyukan, Abeno Harukas 300 and USJ aren’t on the pass. Some facilities are unavailable at times.
Where the attractions are
From the official Osaka Amazing Pass attraction list. Attractions sit at their real coordinates; the coastline is a simplified sketch.
1-Day, 2-Day or the airport version
One day
1-Day pass
¥3,500
Two days in a row
2-Day pass★ Our pick
¥5,000
−¥2,000 vs two 1-Day
Afternoon landing + next day
Kansai Airport 28-hour
¥5,300
−¥670 vs 2-Day + Airport Express
Official Osaka Amazing Pass site and Nankai. No child price. The Airport Express is ¥970; the airport version only works boarding at Kansai Airport.
The 1-Day and 2-Day passes run by calendar day, not 24 hours from first use. Starting one in the afternoon means paying for a whole day and using a few hours of it. On the 2-Day pass, each attraction counts once across the two days.
The Kansai Airport version lasts 28 hours from first use and includes one Nankai ride from Kansai Airport to Namba.
Before you buy
The pass only exists as a digital ticket on your phone, and showing its QR code at gates and attractions needs a working internet connection. There’s no child price, so children’s entries are paid separately at each attraction.
The 1-Day, 2-Day and airport versions are all on one booking page, and a pass bought there can be used within 90 days. Once it’s in use, there’s no refund for closed attractions or bad weather.
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