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The Osaka Amazing Pass gives you a day of unlimited subway, bus and private-railway rides inside Osaka, plus free entry to around 40 attractions, for ¥3,500. Whether that’s a bargain depends on one number: how many paid sights you will actually walk into. Plenty of visitors plan six and manage two. With two, the pass still just about pays. With one, it doesn’t.
The short answer
- Osaka Amazing Pass price
- ¥3,500 for one day, ¥5,000 for two consecutive days. Children pay the adult price.
- Digital only
- a QR code on your phone, sold online, up to four passes per purchase.
- Transport
- Osaka Metro, most city buses, the New Tram, and Hankyu, Hanshin, Keihan, Kintetsu and Nankai trains inside Osaka City. No JR.
- Attractions
- around 40, including Osaka Castle, the Umeda Sky Building (before 15:00) and the Tombori River Cruise.
- Worth it
- if you’ll visit at least two paid sights a day. Not worth it on a Kaiyukan, Universal Studios or food day.
Osaka Amazing Pass price and versions
| Version | Price | Valid | Extra coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-day | ¥3,500 | One day, 3:00 to 2:59 the next morning | — |
| 2-day | ¥5,000 | Two consecutive days | Same transport, same attractions |
| 1-day, Itami Airport version | ¥3,800 | One day | Osaka Monorail, Kita-Osaka Kyuko, more of Hankyu, Expo’70 park |
| 2-day, Itami Airport version | ¥5,400 | Two consecutive days | As above |
The current pass is on sale from 25 March 2026 to 31 March 2027 and has to be used within three months of purchase. There is no child version, so children pay the full ¥3,500. For a family with young kids, Osaka Metro’s own day pass (¥310 for a child) and paying at the door is often the cheaper route.
The Osaka Amazing Pass 2 day version is the better deal per day, ¥2,500 against ¥3,500, and it’s the one we’d buy for a first visit with two full days of sightseeing.
Is the Osaka Amazing Pass worth it?
Start with what the transport alone is worth. Osaka Metro’s Enjoy Eco Card costs ¥820 on weekdays and ¥620 at weekends and on holidays, and covers the subway and city buses for a day. So the 1-day pass has to earn back roughly ¥2,700 to ¥2,900 in admissions before it saves you anything. The 2-day pass needs about ¥1,700 to ¥1,900 a day.
| Day plan | Free entries used | Value with transport | 1-day pass at ¥3,500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle morning | Osaka Castle ¥1,200, Gozabune boat ¥1,800, Museum of History ¥600 | ¥4,420 | Saves ¥920 |
| Umeda and Dotonbori | Umeda Sky Building ¥2,000, HEP FIVE wheel ¥1,000, Tombori River Cruise ¥2,000 | ¥5,820 | Saves ¥2,320 |
| Shinsekai and Tennoji | Tsutenkaku ¥1,500, Tower Slider ¥1,100, Tennoji Zoo ¥800, Shitennoji ¥800 | ¥5,020 | Saves ¥1,520 |
| Bay area | Tempozan Giant Ferris Wheel ¥1,000, Santa Maria day cruise ¥1,800 | ¥3,620 | Break-even |
| Kaiyukan, Universal Studios or a food day | None | ¥820 | Buy the Enjoy Eco Card |
Values add the weekday Enjoy Eco Card price (¥820) to the admissions. Every “saves” in that table assumes you get through the whole list, and the list has catches: timed slots, closing days, a 15:00 cut-off at the Umeda Sky Building. The pass rewards people who plan the day around it. If you’d rather wander, it will probably lose.
Osaka Amazing Pass attractions worth planning around
| Attraction | Normal price | The catch |
|---|---|---|
| Umeda Sky Building, Kuchu Teien Observatory | ¥2,000 | Free before 15:00 only; after that, 10% off |
| Osaka Castle Museum (main tower) | ¥1,200 | Also covers the Toyotomi stone wall museum |
| Tombori River Cruise, Dotonbori | ¥2,000 | Swap the pass for a timed slot at reception on the day |
| Wonder Cruise | ¥2,000 | Book online in advance |
| Tsutenkaku observation deck | ¥1,500 | Book a time slot at the tower |
| Tower Slider, Tsutenkaku | ¥1,100 | Time slot; closes in bad weather |
| Osaka-jo Gozabune boat | ¥1,800 | Time slot; board at the time on the ticket |
| Aqua-Liner water bus | ¥2,000 | Not valid 25 March to 10 April |
| Santa Maria day cruise | ¥1,800 | Some sailings cancelled in bad weather |
| Tempozan Giant Ferris Wheel | ¥1,000 | No closing days |
| HEP FIVE Ferris Wheel | ¥1,000 | Back since April 2026 after renovation |
| LEGOLAND Discovery Center Osaka | ¥3,300 | Reserve on its website; free on limited dates only |
| Osaka Tennoji Zoo | ¥800 | Closed Mondays |
| Osaka Museum of History | ¥600 | Closed Tuesdays |
The Osaka Museum of Housing and Living is closed from 1 September 2026 to 5 January 2027. And three big names aren’t on the free list at all: the Kaiyukan aquarium, Universal Studios Japan and the Abeno Harukas observation deck.
What the pass doesn’t cover
JR lines, first of all. That rules out the Osaka Loop Line, the JR line to Universal Studios and any JR train to Kyoto, Nara or Kobe. The private railways are only covered inside Osaka City, so the pass won’t get you to Kansai Airport either; our Kansai Airport guide covers those trains. For everything the pass misses, an IC card does the job, and Suica, Pasmo and ICOCA explains how they work.
How to buy and use it
The pass is sold online as a digital ticket through the SURUTTO QRtto service, up to four per purchase. It then lives on your phone as a QR code that you scan at the ticket gates and show at each attraction. A “day” runs from 3:00 to 2:59 the next morning, so the late ride back to the hotel still counts.
Keep the phone charged. A dead battery means a dead pass, and a long sightseeing day is exactly when you won’t be near a socket. If you’re carrying bags between hotels on a pass day, coin lockers at the big stations save a lot of trouble.
What we would actually do
Buy the 2-day pass for a first visit. Day one: Umeda Sky Building before 15:00, then Dotonbori and the Tombori River Cruise in the evening. Day two: Osaka Castle and the Gozabune boat in the morning, Shinsekai and Tsutenkaku in the afternoon. On the day we go to Universal Studios or the aquarium, we’d leave the pass alone and tap an IC card.
Osaka is usually one stop on a longer trip. For the rest of Japan, start with our Japan travel guide.
Sources
- Osaka Amazing Pass (official), 1-day and 2-day prices, coverage, validity and sales period.
- Osaka Amazing Pass (official), list of free attractions with normal prices and conditions.
- Osaka Metro, Enjoy Eco Card prices and coverage.
Data checked: 2026-09-27
