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Welcome to Osaka, a city where the soul sings a melody of sizzling griddles and bubbling broths. At the very heart of this culinary symphony is Dotonbori, a dazzling, electrifying canal-side district that serves as the city’s unofficial ...

Step off the polished, mainstream artery of Osaka’s Midosuji Boulevard, leave behind the glittering facades of high-fashion boutiques, and take a turn into a different dimension. You’ll feel it before you see it—a subtle shift in the cit...

Welcome to the vibrant, beating heart of Osaka, a city that lives by a simple, profound motto: kuidaore. The word translates, with a joyful sense of abandon, to ‘eat until you drop,’ and nowhere is this philosophy more brilliantly, chaot...

In the grand, neon-drenched theater of Osaka, Namba is the dazzling main stage. It’s a place of colossal glowing crabs, of thunderous pachinko parlors, and rivers of people flowing through covered shopping arcades. It is spectacular, und...