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Osaka Area Street Food Walking Tour

By OSS Osaka
Free cancellation available
The previous price was NZ$208 and current price is NZ$145 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

Experience Osaka the way a local sees it. This small-group walking tour connects the city's iconic spots like Shinsekai, Tsutenkaku, and Dotonbori's Glico sign with the deeper, lived-in areas like Nishinari and Nipponbashi that most tours rush past. Led by an Osaka-born guide, it's 3.5 to 4 hours of street food, local culture, and real stories behind the places you see.

Along the way, you'll taste 4-5 Osaka street food classics including kushikatsu (deep-fried skewers), okonomiyaki, takoyaki, and oden at a local standing bar. Three drinks are included along the route, alcoholic or not, your choice.

What sets this tour apart: you'll also pick up useful Japanese phrases and Osaka (Kansai) dialect you can actually use the same night. It's not a language class. It's language learned the way locals learned it, by walking, eating, and being in the city.

Groups are capped at 5 people so you'll never feel like part of a crowd.

Activity location

  • Shinsekai
    • 1 Ebisuhigashi, Naniwaku,
    • 556-0002, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • MEGA Don Quijote Shinsekai
    • 36 4
    • 556-0002, Osaka, Osaka, Japan

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Eat, Explore, Learn: Osaka Street Food & Hidden Area Walk

  • Activity duration is 3 hours and 30 minutes3h 30m
    3h 30m
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
NZ$207.38
NZ$145.17 x 1 AdultNZ$145.17
Total
The previous price was NZ$207.38 and current price is NZ$145.17
30% off
Until Tue, 23 Jun

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    2 drinks along the route (alcoholic or non-alcoholic, your choice)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    A local guide (Speaks English& Japanese)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    2-3 street food tastings (Choosen by the guide)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Little Japanese Lesson
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Additional food and drinks are not included
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Transport between meeting point and end point (all walking)

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • We cannot accommodate gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian diets.

Activity itinerary

Tsutenkaku (Pass by)

Photo stop at Osaka's beloved retro tower. Modelled on the Eiffel Tower and rebuilt in 1956, Tsutenkaku is an icon of Shinsekai and one of the city's most photographed landmarks. We view from the street, no entry inside.

Shinsekai

  • 1h 20m
Explore Shinsekai, Osaka's retro entertainment district. We walk through Jan Jan Yokocho, a narrow covered arcade packed with retro game parlours, shogi halls, and cheap eats since the 1920s. You'll try two local favourites here: okonomiyaki at a teppan grill, and kushikatsu (deep-fried skewers) with the famous no-double-dipping rule.

Nishinari Dobutsuen-mae Deep Osaka Street

  • 30m
Walk through Nishinari, one of Osaka's most misunderstood and fascinating areas. Once the heart of the city's day-laborer district, it's now a quiet area full of retro signs, standing bars, and real local life that most tours skip entirely. Here we stop at a local standing bar loved by regulars for hormone (grilled offal) and a drink with the locals.

Hozenji Yokocho

  • 15m
A small, atmospheric temple tucked behind the neon of Dotonbori. Home to the moss-covered Mizukake Fudo statue, surrounded by a stone-paved alley of traditional bars and restaurants. A quiet moment of old Osaka before diving into the neon.

Dotombori

  • 30m
The tour finale. Osaka's neon-lit canal street and the city's most iconic stretch. See the Glico Running Man sign, the giant crab sculpture, and feel pure Osaka energy. The tour ends here, with plenty of time for photos and optional guide restaurant suggestions.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    Shinsekai
    • 1 Ebisuhigashi, Naniwaku,
    • 556-0002, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    MEGA Don Quijote Shinsekai
    • 36 4
    • 556-0002, Osaka, Osaka, Japan

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