Top Osaka Dining Experiences

Take a deep-dive into Japanese culture and experience Osaka like a local on this evening walking tour. Join your Japanese-Australian guide, Andy, to explore the city’s historic districts, including the former ghetto and the Red Light district. Learn about Osaka’s history, heritage, and local traditions; venture down the backstreets to visit quirky sites often missed by travelers; and sample traditional street foods. Upgrade to include a delicious dinner of typical ‘kushikatsu’ cuisine.

When visiting Osaka, it can be challenging to discover where the locals go to eat and drink. Join some Osaka residents for a night out, and come home feeling like you’ve made new friends. Your personable guides navigate a small group of eight or fewer to the izakayas and backstreet bars of Namba, Shinsaibashi, and Amemura, where you sample local food and drink throughout the evening.

Takoyaki(grilled octopus balls)is the Osaka's best street food! So if you visit Osaka, this is the perfect experience to feel real Osaka through tasting Sake and your own cooked food! Enjoy cooking Takoyaki with local guide's secret recipe plus additional ingredients that may include wagyu beef and cheese. For sake tasting, get tips how to pick sake on menu from sake sommelier which would help you to have good sake in Japan. Later pick your favorite type from seasonal Sake menu selected by Sake expert. Finishing your tour by enjoying your handmade Takoyaki and Sake!

Discover the culinary traditions of Japan in Osaka, one of Japan’s best food cities, during this small-group cooking lesson. Learn the preparation methods for popular Japanese dishes including green tea, takoyaki (fried balls of wheat flour and octopus), okonomiyaki (savoury pancakes), and miso soup. Expand your Japanese cuisine knowledge, and best of all, you get to eat your creations when you’re finished. This small-group course, limited to just eight participants, also includes a guide, a cooking instructor, and an optional sake and beer tasting.

This practical tea workshop helps you become knowledgeable about the use of Japanese tea and incorporate it into your daily life. After this new tea experience, you will be able to fully appreciate tea back home, whether it's a personal tea ritual, or having a fancy night out with tea cocktails. ・Brew tea like a master. Using tried and tested traditional techniques, with a Japanese iron kettle and locally sourced organic whole Japanese tea leaves. ・ Learn to make delicious tea drinks with fruit and syrup! ・ Get fancy with tea cocktails! The workshop is mostly hands-on from brewing tea to making drinks. The techniques are derived from storied Japanese practices of brewing tea. The more modern practice of mixing tea with natural ingredients like fruit and alcohol infusions has all been tried and tested at our tea shop, gaining quite a large following. We hope the knowledge and experience from our workshop will amplify your appreciation for the Land of the Rising Sun.

This is the highlight of Osaka's authentic foodie experience with Local, covering "Netflix Street food Osaka" area. This tour is a ​small group only (up to 6 people​), because we will go to all small hidden gems. All guides are Food loving Japanese local(also a professional guide). Tenjinbashi entertaining​ Area is a really unique and amazing place, not yet with foreign tourists. When We have Japanese friends visiting Osaka, every time we take them here, then they became super happy. We are very fascinated in searching yummy food restaurant in this area for long years. The guide will take you to very hidden deep spots which provide fantastic food. They are not 5-stars Hotel or Michelin Restaurant, but food quality is top for sure in “B-class Food category” and it's a “Soul” of Osaka city

When traveling abroad, there is no other experience like cooking and eating a meal with a local. Yoshiko opens her Osaka home to visitors to cook a meal and share conversation. Enjoy learning to make dashi stock and use it to bring out the umami flavor of your dishes. Get a glimpse into the life of an Osaka local, and immerse yourself in Japanese cuisine and culture on this private experience.

Try something new and oh so Japanese when you take a dip in a Japanese bathhouse, or sento. There is specific etiquette to follow, and we'll guide you through the process when we meet at a nearby cafe/bar. Then, we'll "sento" together for about an hour and finish off the experience to enjoy some craft beer or coffee and classic Osaka "soul food," including takoyaki.

It will be taken place in standing izakayas in Kyobashi, a locally very popular drinking district but not known for tourists which is filled with small, local favorite restaurants and bars. Eat and drink like a local in these hidden gems while interacting with friendly Osaka locals! With your local host, you will be encouraged to try old-school izakaya foods and interact with locals in a way that you otherwise wouldn't. We will go to 2-3 standing izakayas in Kyobashi for you to try various Japanese and Osaka local foods. The places I will take you to have no English signs or menus, but not to worry, I will translate them for you! By the end of the tour, you'll be able to order your own next round of food and drinks! Also, you most likely end up drinking with locals.

The majority of food tours in Osaka will take you to famous areas such as Dotombori, Shinsekai, or Kuromon market. While these places are definitely lively and photogenic, as a local, I usually do not eat in those areas. In this tour, you will be visiting one of the areas which have been truly loved by Osaka locals, where you can find authentic local atmosphere. The guide has visited over 75 countries and speaks 4 languages (Japanese, English, French and Italian), and also has the title of sommelier and International Kikisake-shi (sommelier for Japanese sake). The tour offers our guest not only fun, tasty experiences, but also an insight to local life and culture.

If you are a foodie this one is for you as you burst with 10-13 food items during the 2hr tour. Kuromon Market, where food and culture has been the focus for over 200 years. Unlike other covered shopping arcades, Kuromon’s retro style transports you back to a past era where many of the friendly vendors are masters of their craft. This is a can’t miss spot in Osaka, famed for being the kitchen of the nation and we know all the best stall owners intimately, creating an authentic and memorable experience. Yes we can alter some dishes to your liking. Osaka Food Tours, Inc.

What makes all of our activities & tours unique & interesting? That's simple — your hosts! Liu's your host for this experience. A resident since the age of 18, she's lived longer in Japan than in her 'home' country of China. China is well-known as the origin of so many facets of Japanese culture. So you get the best of both worlds! Plus, her husband Lawrence (from the US) has lived in Osaka over 33yrs. They're a foreigner couple creating their life in Osaka — a very rare experience for you! They'll entertain you with dozens of stories that you'll find funny, interesting, uncanny, quirky, strange & often, unbelievable. View life here through their eyes & gain valuable insights deep into aspects of Japanese culture. You simply can't get that anywhere else. Liu graduated from University in Japan. Experienced the big earthquake in Sendai. Fled to Osaka. Lawrence's been a: DJ event producer hostess club staff charity volunteer teacher tour operator bar owner Ask them anything!

Learn how to make takoyaki like a real Osakan! You'll get the materials and instructions from the staff so you can be your own chef and really get down business, making the most popular dish in Kansai area, Takoyaki. While your waiting for your piping hot balls, you can sing karaoke or talk to locals in this bustling district of Shinsaibashi.

The best way to appreciate Japan’s great food is to learn to cook it yourself. This immersive tour starts with meeting your guide (and chef) to go to local shops together. It’ll help you learn about ingredients before you cook. The cooking experience will cover 4-5 Japanese home style dishes. As it’s a private experience, you’ll be able to ask questions and go at your own pace.

The Osaka Night Popping Tour is a 3-hour tour designed to give tourists a chance to experience the vibrant nighttime food culture of the Namba area. You will visit takoyaki, okonomiyaki, and izakaya (Japanese style pubs), and even enjoy a photo opportunity in front of the Glico sign. Mingle with the locals and enjoy Osaka's nightlife to the fullest. Namba is one of the most popular downtown areas in Osaka, attracting many tourists and locals. In this tour, tourists will experience the charm of Namba at night and learn how to enjoy Osaka's food culture and nightlife. This tour is a great way to make memories with friends and family while enjoying delicious food and drinks.