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Our guide
Ōsu, in Nagoya's Naka ward, is a historic neighbourhood of small shops selling everything from traditional Japanese food to crafts, popular with young people as well. It is also a temple quarter: the most important are Ōsu Kannon and Banshō-ji, with the Hongan-ji Nagoya Betsuin not far away. Every October it holds the Ōsu Street Performers' Festival, whose highlight is a parade of oiran.
Kamimaezu Station on the Tsurumai Line is about 300 m from the point this page is mapped to, and Ōsu Kannon Station is in the district too. Nagoya City Science Museum is about 0.8 km away in a straight line, Oasis 21 1.4 km, and Nagoya Castle about 3 km.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- 大須 - 3163383099 — Yugo Sakai · CC BY 2.0 · source · resized
- Ōsu Kannon (Naka-ku, Nagoya) VLux5 hdsr n11 — Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert · CC BY 4.0 · source · resized
- Banshoji Street 2025-01 ac (1) — Asturio Cantabrio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Main shopping street (Osu in Nagoya, Japan) — Gryffindor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Frutta di Frutta in Osu shopping street — KKPCW · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Osu Banshoji Street 2021-07 ac (5) — Asturio Cantabrio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Ōsu (大須) is an area located in the Naka ward of Nagoya, central Japan. Ōsu is a historic area which has many small shops offering everything from Japanese traditional food to handicrafts. A large department store is OSU301. It is popular amongst fashionable young people as well. The Ōsu Street Performer's Festival (大須大道町人祭, Ōsu Daido-chonin Matsuri) is held every year in October. The highlight is the parade of the oiran. There are a number of temples and shrines and religious institutions in this area. The most important ones are Ōsu Kannon (大須観音) and Banshō-ji (万松寺) and not far away is Hongan-ji Betsuin temple (本願寺派名古屋別院). Ōsu Kannon Station is located at Ōsu.
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What to expect at this type of place: Shopping
Nearby station
Nearby station: Kamimaezu (Tsurumai Line), about 300 m from the spot in a straight line.
Worked out on 2026-09-14 from this place’s map position, using HeartRails Express station data and station names from Wikidata. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route, and says nothing about buses, transfers or timetables — plan the trip on Google Maps.
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