OSAKA · JAPAN
Kuidaore. Eat until you drop.
Dotonbori's neon and food stalls, the castle on the hill, sushi made at the counter. Kyoto, Nara and Himeji a half-hour train away.
The one everyone books
Start here.
If you've only got one day in Osaka, the city's top-booked experience is the place to begin.
The classics
Osaka's Most Popular Tours
Castle, street food, go-karts, Shinsekai backstreets, sushi at the counter. The reason most travellers come to Osaka.
Kuidaore
Eat until you drop.
Osaka is the kitchen of Japan. Takoyaki, okonomiyaki, kushikatsu, sushi, ramen, the Kuromon market, the Shinsekai backstreets. In Osaka the food tour is the city tour.
The neighbourhoods
Pick a corner of Osaka.
Dotonbori for the neon and the food. Shinsekai for the backstreets and the kushikatsu. Kuromon for the market. Umeda for the view. The castle for the moat in spring.
Day trips by train
Kyoto in thirty minutes. Nara in forty.
The shinkansen and the JR loop make half of Kansai a day trip. Kyoto's temples, Nara's deer, Himeji's white castle, Hiroshima's atom dome — all back by dinner.
Make something
Roll the sushi, fry the takoyaki, hold the sword.
Hands-on classes from the city's traditional kitchens and dojos. Sushi at the counter, takoyaki with a Tako-master, tea with a tea master, kendo with a Sensei.
By experience
Or pick how you want to spend the day.
Walking, cycling, river cruises, go-karts in costume, bar crawls, sumo shows, samurai training, the lot.
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