What's Your OSAKAMANIA?
What's Your OSAKAMANIA?
Indulge your passions with our topical guides to Osaka.
1-Day Local Tour
1-Day Local Tour
Visit our favorite local-approved, under-the-radar spots around Osaka.
Drop on by!
Drop on by!
Drop by these lesser-known areas near popular attractions.
オーディオ タイムトラベル
Audio Time Travel
Relive history with our self-guided audio tours.
漫画 知られざるOSAKA
Manga: "Unknown Osaka"
Enjoy this manga about embracing the unexpected at train stopovers.
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OSAKA LOCAL JOURNEY

OSAKA LOCAL JOURNEY

OSAKA LOCAL JOURNEY

Explore Osaka
beyond
the
city.

There's more to Osaka than Namba and
Umeda.
Unencountered wonders.
Unseen sights.
Untasted delicacies.
Experience Downtown Osaka's local charm
and easily missed delights.

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What's Your OSAKAMANIA?
From famous restaurants to hole-in-the-walls, 10 Osaka curry enthusiasts enthusiastically explain
1-Day Local Tour
Guided by a resident of Tondabayashi Jinaimachi! Let’s travel back in time to the Edo period in a town full of traditional Japanese atmosphere!
kanku
Drop by if you’re near Kansai Airport! A Must for Gastronomes: Rinku Town Morning Market & Cafe
sakai
1-Beginning of the Southeastern barbarian Trade
Manga: "Unknown Osaka"
Can’t eat octopus…? Visiting Takojizo Station, with its mysterious customs unlike anything you’d expect in Osaka（Kishiwada City）【reportage manga】

Craze

Indulge your passions with our topical guides to Osaka.

CULTURE
For a good time on a budget, head to the snack bar! Laughter, humanity, and a tipsy good time Six outstanding snack bars to try in Osaka
Not Just Modern Architecture! An architect digs deep into the austere charm of “good buildings” from Osaka’s postwar boom
Lessons from a spa lover! Enjoying the art of contrast baths, appreciating both hot and cold baths, at Osaka’s hidden gem, Sankukai Onsen.
From famous restaurants to hole-in-the-walls, 10 Osaka curry enthusiasts enthusiastically explain
＼ I　want　what　I　want! ／
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Our Osaka

Visit our favorite local-approved, under-the-radar spots around Osaka.

SECRET
  • Guided by a resident of Tondabayashi Jinaimachi! Let’s travel back in time to the Edo period in a town full of traditional Japanese atmosphere!
  • Find the yokai in town! The mysterious charms of Fuse, a downtown shopping district
  • Let’s have fun in a town dotted with art! A tour of Kitakagaya with the owner of Chidori Bunka.
  • Guided by a Shinsekai local! A neighborhood tour of Shinsekai
＼ Hidden　gems　around　every　corner! ／
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Detour

Drop by these lesser-known areas near popular attractions.

NEARBY

  • If you go to nanba, try these places!

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    Drop by if you’re near Namba! FARPLANE, a different world of rich, vibrant colors floating amidst the night of Amerikamura

    Amerikamura, with its many live music venues, movie theaters, and apparel shops, is known as one of the most vibrant cultural centers of Osaka. FARPLANE, a bar that opened there in 2007, has become po…

    Drop by if you’re near Namba!What is the charm of a kotatsu picnic on the water, the latest way to enjoy the Higashi Yokobori River?

    As the phrase “eight hundred and eight bridges” suggests, the canal city of Osaka has many bridges spanning the rivers that flow through it. There’s been a lot of buzz recently around picn…

  • If you go to kanku, try these places!

    kanku
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    Drop by if you’re near Kansai Airport! A Must for Gastronomes: Rinku Town Morning Market & Cafe

    Kansai International Airport is the gateway to the skies of Osaka. The area surrounding Rinku Town at the end of the connecting bridge is dotted with facilities for shopping and leisure, offering enjo…

＼ Stop　here,　there,　everywhere! ／
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Story

Relive history with our self-guided audio tours.

STORY
sakai
Episodes
  • 1-Beginning of the Southeastern barbarian Trade
  • 2 -Lights and Shadows of the imported cultures
  • 3 -Wabi-sabi, the beauty and imperfection in Japanese tea ceremon
  • 4 -Following the footsteps of the great tea master, Sen No Rikyu
  • 5 -The talented souls of Sakai
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＼ Stories　old　and　new　start　here! ／
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Coincidence

Enjoy this manga about embracing the unexpected at train stopovers.

FREELY
Can’t eat octopus…? Visiting Takojizo Station, with its mysterious customs unlike anything you’d expect in Osaka（Kishiwada City）【reportage manga】

A place in Osaka where they don’t eat octopus…?! Osaka native and illustrator Gandhi Momose reports on his first time visiting Takojizo Station in Kishiki-cho, Kishiwada City in this manga, “Unknown O…

＼ Sometimes　it's　nice　to　wander! ／
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NEWS

  • 2024.3.28
    English site has been released.

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