Tempozan Market Place

This guide to Tempozan Market Place in Osaka starts with the tiny mountain beside it, built in 1831 from river sand dredged to widen the harbor. It follows what happened to that hill through Japan's industrial growth, as decades of groundwater pumping caused the ground to sink and the mountain nearly vanished from the map. You'll hear what locals did to save their landmark. Look for the old hill on the harborside, dwarfed now by the Ferris wheel beside it.