I went to visit Osaka Castle, aka Ozakajo, the next day, the construction was ordered by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It was interesting to see something that was constructed during the time samurai and damiyo existed, btw it was reconstructed after being bombed in WWII, in the middle of the business district. But the inside of the castle was made up to look like a museum and nothing looked like a castle at all inside. Something that I thought was really cool though was projected images of actors acting out the time during Hideyoshi’s life as I have never seen that before. The view from the top is great and the park around it is real nice as well, though it would have been nicer when the cherry blossoms bloomed. If you really want to understand and see a small part of Japanese history, I would advise you to visit.
This was a nice shrine I believe in the park. The park is real nice to walk around and you can see people fishing along the river banks. I would like to know what it says on the shrine though, so if anyone knows please comment.
Osaka Castle from different views. Btw, this was the first day I seen blue sky while in Japan lol, for two days it was all cloudy due to the rainy season.
This was a cool looking re-enactment of a battle that came from the painted background that I found inside of the castle, btw they don’t allow you to take pics on the 3rd and 4th floor. 
I believe these were the mon/crest and symbols of Hideyoshi, very nice.
The view from the top, I felt so…mighty lol. Now imagine seeing mostly green from this view and not grey. Before modernization it was full of trees, grass, plants, and villages…
This was a temple next to the castle that felt very historical to walk around, though they were probably reconstructed as well.
I believe this is Hideyoshi himself, I might be wrong so please correct me if you know through comments. It is a real nice statue though.
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