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Enjoy a faster pace in Kansai's capital

About Osaka
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Upcoming Osaka Events

Osaka Mobility Show

Osaka Mobility Show

Dec 8th - Dec 11th

Rebranded from the Osaka Motor Show, the Osaka Mobility Show is an event that explores the future of vehicles. A wide variety of..

¥1,700
Lantern Night Osaka

Lantern Night Osaka

Dec 22nd - Dec 24th

Osaka's annual lantern night event takes place for three days during December, and it sees thousands of LED lanterns coloring..

1 ¥4,500
Osaka Christmas Market

Osaka Christmas Market

Dec 1st - Dec 25th

The Osaka Christmas Market aims to emulate the atmosphere you'd expect from traditional German Christmas markets, and there..

Free Entry

Where to eat in Osaka

Minoya Wagashi

Minoya Wagashi

Bonson Lam

Wagashi is as synomous to Sakai, as the first harvest of gyochoro tea is to Uji or Shizouka. While these sweets were originally..

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Bear Paw Cafe

Bear Paw Cafe

Kim

On first glances, Osaka's newly-opened Bear Paw Cafe may seem like a cute gimmick, but it's much more than that.

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Places to stay in Osaka

Amami Onsen Nanten-en

Amami Onsen Nanten-en

Gary Luscombe

Amami Onsen Nanten-en is a traditional ryokan inn hidden deep within the Osaka countryside. Immersed in history and culture, boasting..

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Latest Osaka Reports

Hiro Sakai

Hiro Sakai

Bonson Lam

Not to be confused with Hiro Sakai in Frankfurt, this family-sized eatery's full name is Te uchi soba hiro, or Hiro's hand-made..

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About Osaka

Okinawa Nagasaki Fukuoka Saga Kumamoto Kagoshima Miyazaki Oita Ehime Kochi Tokushima Kagawa Yamaguchi Hiroshima Okayama Tottori Shimane Hyogo Kyoto Osaka Wakayama Nara Shiga Mie Fukui Ishikawa Toyama Gifu Aichi Nagano Shizuoka Niigata Yamanashi Kanagawa Tokyo Saitama Gunma Tochigi Chiba Ibaraki Fukushima Miyagi Yamagata Iwate Akita Aomori Hokkaido
Region Kansai
Island Honshu
Population 8,865,245
Area 1904.99 km²

The center of western Japan and the home of Japanese comedy, Osaka Prefecture (大阪府, Ōsaka-fu) is lively at all times, as the business district in Umeda, the shopping area of Shinsaibashi, and the neon-lit nightlife district of Dotonbori reflect the upbeat and friendly nature of the local people.

But if you’re tired of the urbanity, Osaka Castle and the Expo Commemoration Park (which contains the National Museum of Ethnology and the iconic Tower of the Sun) ensure that you won’t run out of things to do. And that’s without even mentioning Universal Studios Japan.

Walking around the streets of Osaka can be a gastronomical experience, with many food stalls selling takoyaki, okonomiyaki, and other delicious fast foods and snacks. And if you have the luxury to splurge, have dinner at Kitcho, one of the most high class Japanese restaurants. 

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