Osaka Museum of Natural History (with kids)

It is small but there are plenty of materials. Though there is no description other than Japanese. It is a perfect spot to rest at hot summers. You can enter with Botanical garden ticket. Just show the ticket at the entrance.

Neat little Muesum that houses collections of insects to dinosaurs to tingle the imagination. It does have an entrance fee but it allows you to visit both the museum and the gardens. It does seem to be outdated in the displays and information though. It really could use a revamp with a bit more translations for the international travellers. But in all a good place stop by and sit in nature befo...

A great place to learn about the natural history of Osaka. They have a lot of interesting display of fossils and scientific specimens of plants, animals and insects. There are two floors to explore. Most displays have English titles but not much is written in English for the descriptions. If you have google translate, just use the camera to translate all the text. That will be helpful to learn mor...

Small but interesting museum. You might miss the entrance so keep an eye out. Be sure to go behind the first building where the whale skeletons are for more exhibits. Its nice near the garden.

small museum but has a lot of nice fossils. great for kids. afterwards you can wander around the botanical gardens. it really wasnt the season to view flowers, but the park is still nice and well kept. dont make the mistake of thinking you can enter the museum from the outer park path. otherwise you will have a very long walk back around. you have to go through the middle of the park.