OSA: Osaka, Japan
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Where to stay: Dotonbori
Dotonbori is Osaka’s most famous tourist destination and renowned for its neon lights, extravagant signage, and variety of restaurants and bars.

• Hotel Forza Osaka Namba
• Miyako City Osaka Hommachi
• Hotel Keihan Namba Grande

WHAT TO DO:

• Osaka Castle Park
• Dotombori District
• Kuromon Ichiba Market
• Shinsaibashi-suji Shopping Street
• Shin Sekai “New World”
• Kucho Teien Observatory
• Namba Parks

WHERE TO EAT & DRINK:

• Yasoshima
  Suggestion: grilled crab claws
• Kushisei
  Suggestions: Unagi on a stick with a cold Asahi
• Janbosakaba Sennichimaeten
  Suggestion: Happy Hour drinks, takoyaki & okonomiyaki
• Dontonbori Imai
  Suggestion: Udon
• Izakaya Toyo (as seen on Netflix’s Street Food Asia)
  Suggestion: arrive 45 minutes before opening. Order the fatty tuna sashimi & torched tuna cheek
• Bottle Bird at Links Umeda
  Suggestion: yakitori & beer
• Sushiro Shinsainashi (conveyor belt sushi chain)
  Suggestions: Maguro (tuna), Otoro (fatty tuna), Hamachi (yellowtail), Ebi (shrimp), Aburi toro-samon (seared fatty salmon), Aburi-otoro (seared fatty tuna) & Aburi-Unagi (torched eel)
• Rikuro (multiple locations)
  Suggestion: takeaway fresh cheese cake
• Bar Taro
  Suggestion: classic gin or whisky cocktail

Note: visited in November 2023.