Guidebook for Chuo Ward, Osaka
Food Scene
A restaurant specializing in the savory pancakes known as okonomiyaki. This well-established restaurant uses only the freshes ingredients when cooking its various types of okonomiyaki, as well as delicious course menus.
117 locals recommend
Chibo
11-27 NanbasennichimaeA restaurant specializing in the savory pancakes known as okonomiyaki. This well-established restaurant uses only the freshes ingredients when cooking its various types of okonomiyaki, as well as delicious course menus.
Takoyaki Wanaka
1-chōme-21-2 NipponbashiFamous tasty takoyaki shop
Kani Doraku Crab Restaurant is world famous for the six and a half meter moving crab on the front of the restaurant. Kani Doraku Crab Restaurant is in Dotonbori, a popular tourist destination in Namba Osaka, which is famous for its restaurants.
601 locals recommend
Kani Doraku Dotombori Honten
1-chōme-6-18 DōtonboriKani Doraku Crab Restaurant is world famous for the six and a half meter moving crab on the front of the restaurant. Kani Doraku Crab Restaurant is in Dotonbori, a popular tourist destination in Namba Osaka, which is famous for its restaurants.
Drinks & Nightlife
日本酒と私
2-chōme-3-24 SennichimaeStanding drink tavern. You can enjoy feel free to Japanese "sake".
Famous standing dring tavern. Enjoy Japanese "sake" and Italian wine along with both nationality dishes.
47 locals recommend
Watoi
1-chōme-4-19 SennichimaeFamous standing dring tavern. Enjoy Japanese "sake" and Italian wine along with both nationality dishes.
Sightseeing
A bustling commercial street that is representative of the Minami area of Osaka, always busy with playhouses and food shops from the Edo Period to today.
3588 locals recommend
Dotonbori
Dotonbori-9-1 Chome Chuo WardA bustling commercial street that is representative of the Minami area of Osaka, always busy with playhouses and food shops from the Edo Period to today.
Hozenji Temple is a very small is a Buddhist temple, that was established in 1637 and which enshrines Mizukakefudo. This temple feels very out of place in the modern Dotonbori with all its modern commercial lighting, so it is great to see that it has survived all this time. Hozenji Temple features a statue that is completely covered by moss which continues to thrive through people watering it when making a prayer.
551 locals recommend
Hozenji Yokocho street
2 Chome-7-21 HigashishinsaibashiHozenji Temple is a very small is a Buddhist temple, that was established in 1637 and which enshrines Mizukakefudo. This temple feels very out of place in the modern Dotonbori with all its modern commercial lighting, so it is great to see that it has survived all this time. Hozenji Temple features a statue that is completely covered by moss which continues to thrive through people watering it when making a prayer.
Kuromon Ichiba Market served as the main market for the people of Osaka for more than 170 years, everyone from restaurant chefs to housewives have come here, drawn by the taste, freshness and variety of its products. Kuromon Ichiba Market has a total length of 600 meters with 170 shops, providing fresh and best quality meat, fish, vegetables, eggs and other ingredients from around the country and abroad.
2932 locals recommend
Kuromon Market
Nipponbashi-1-chōme-16 Chuo WardKuromon Ichiba Market served as the main market for the people of Osaka for more than 170 years, everyone from restaurant chefs to housewives have come here, drawn by the taste, freshness and variety of its products. Kuromon Ichiba Market has a total length of 600 meters with 170 shops, providing fresh and best quality meat, fish, vegetables, eggs and other ingredients from around the country and abroad.
Shopping
Namba Walk is an underground shopping centre (mall) in Namba central Osaka.
324 locals recommend
Namba Walk
1 Chome-3-Sennichimae Chuo WardNamba Walk is an underground shopping centre (mall) in Namba central Osaka.
Bic Camera Namba is one of around 40 Bic Camera stores found throughout Japan, which dispite the name sell computers, mobile phones, audio and video equipment, plus of course cameras. Most Bic Camera stores are large sites, which consist of several floors and nomally include restaurants and cafes. This Bic Camera store is in Namba Osaka.
858 locals recommend
BIC CAMERA Namba Outlet Store SAURUS2
2-chōme-10-1 SennichimaeBic Camera Namba is one of around 40 Bic Camera stores found throughout Japan, which dispite the name sell computers, mobile phones, audio and video equipment, plus of course cameras. Most Bic Camera stores are large sites, which consist of several floors and nomally include restaurants and cafes. This Bic Camera store is in Namba Osaka.
A 150m-long shopping street lined with specialty stores with every cooking utensil and kitchen item available. The Doguyasuji Festival on Oct 9 is an event where various tools are on sale.
376 locals recommend
Sennichimae Doguyasuji Shopping Street
14-5 NanbasennichimaeA 150m-long shopping street lined with specialty stores with every cooking utensil and kitchen item available. The Doguyasuji Festival on Oct 9 is an event where various tools are on sale.
ペック 大阪高島屋店
5-chōme-1-5 NanbaTakashimaya" One of biggest department stores in Japan.
Essentials
Kuromon Nakagawa
1-chōme-21-5 NipponbashiGetting Around
Kintetsu Railway Nipponbashi station Subway Sakaisuji Nipponbashi station.
636 locals recommend
Nippombashi Station
Nipponbashi-1-chōme-5 Chuo Ward Kintetsu Railway Nipponbashi station Subway Sakaisuji Nipponbashi station.
Parks & Nature
Osaka Castle Park is a large 106.7 hectare park which includes many facilities, gardens and attractions including Osaka Castle and its cherry blossom which are considered one of Japan’s Top 100 Cherry Blossom Spots.
3465 locals recommend
Osaka Castle Park
Ōsakajō-1 Chuo WardOsaka Castle Park is a large 106.7 hectare park which includes many facilities, gardens and attractions including Osaka Castle and its cherry blossom which are considered one of Japan’s Top 100 Cherry Blossom Spots.