Hilma

Where Hilma would send you

1. 1 Dōtonbori Attraction Sep 1
   Dōtonbori

   The canal, dug in 1612 by the merchant Yasui Dōton, cuts through the heart of the Minami district.

2. 2 Kuromon Market Shop Sep 1
   Kuromon Market

   This covered market runs five blocks and has been feeding Osaka since the Edo period, with over 150 stalls.

3. 3 Shinsekai Attraction Sep 1
   Shinsekai

   Built in 1912 as a futurist amusement district modelled on Paris and Coney Island, it features the Tsūtenkaku Tower and shotengai frozen in the Shōwa era.

4. 4 Tsūtenkaku Tower Landmark Sep 1
   Tsūtenkaku Tower

   A neon-lit steel Eiffel, it rises above a grid of shotengai in Shinsekai.

5. 5 Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch masterpieces of the 17th century Event Sep 1
   Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch masterpieces of the 17th century

   Aug 21 – Sep 27 ended

   This exhibition features twelve works from the Mauritshuis, including Girl with a Pearl Earring and Diana and her Nymphs.

   Nakanoshima Museum of Art
6. 6 Nakanoshima Museum of Art Attraction Sep 1
   Nakanoshima Museum of Art

   Designed by Tadao Ando, it is hosting a Vermeer exhibition.