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So I have entered the castle and come to the top. Was it worth it? No, not with all those crowds. Inside the castle there nothing special. Well, there is a museum, and you can learn some things about Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a most remarkable person in Japanese history. To be fair, I learnt a few things about the battle of Osaka in 1615 that I did not know. I knew about the event, but I hadn't understood that it was a battle of the size of 200 000 persons fighting.

Nevertheless, if you are in Osaka, let if suffice with looking at the castle from the outside. That park is a nice and calm place.