Den Den Town (Nipponbashi) Tours and Tickets

Osaka, often referred to as the soul of Japan’s Kansai prefecture, is an integral stop on any tour of the Land of the Rising Sun. Experience Osaka’s neon-fronted nightlife, exceptional food, and buzzing markets on a sightseeing tour. Highlights include Kuromon Ichiba Market, famed for its gourmet hole-in-the-wall restaurants, Tsutenkaku Tower in Luna Park, and Dotonbori, a canal-side strip home to neon sigs and a giant mechanical crab. Japanese snacks, including octopus balls and skewered meat, are included on this small-group tour, limited to 12 people.

While exploring Osaka, take your sightseeing outdoors: by bicycle. This small-group tour introduces visitors to popular attractions as well as local hangouts such as Nakazaki-cho and America Town. Your guide selects the safest route with as little traffic as possible—difficult to do on your own. Enjoy plenty of stops including Osaka Castle, Nakanoshima Park, Umeda Sky Building, Nipponbashi Denden Town, and Shitennoji.

This fun evening tour will take you to the markets and nightlife districts of the underrated city of Osaka. See how locals live, work, and eat in an area well-known in Japan for its culinary variety.  You’ll see a part of the city that tourists normally miss out on with the help of a local English-speaking guide. As this is a private tour, you can go at your own pace and linger at places that interest you the most.

This plan is recommended for those who want to enjoy the unique local cuisine of Osaka. Osaka has long been a major transportation hub and attracting foodstuffs from all over Japan. As a result of the development of a unique food culture that took advantage of the abundant ingredients, visitors to Osaka tend to overindulge, and the city became known as the ""City of Gourmets"". In this tour, you can experience the food culture of Osaka. You will taste the crispy, bite-sized Kushikatsu with sauce, and the crispy surface and soft interior of the takoyaki. The appeal of this tour is that you can enjoy other Osaka specialties such as Okonomiyaki and pork buns all at once.

Osaka was Japan's capital and it has a rich history. When the Osaka castle was built in the late 16th century, the city had developed its transportation network, markets, and more. Today, it is still the second-largest city after Tokyo and has different characteristics from other regions, especially food culture and comedy. The magnificent castle, which has been chosen as one of the three most famous castles in Japan, allows you to experience the history of the city. You can also visit the market, known as the kitchen of Osaka, and enjoy excellent gourmet food such as fresh tuna sushi and Kobe beef steaks. This is the best walking tour to stroll through all Osaka must-sees in 1day!

Osaka Minami is the district where all the young people from the region aim to be! Come with me to discover this area. Fashion, gourmet, electronics... You will have whatever you want! Note that Minami is full of cafe: cat cafes, owl cafes, reptiles cafes... maid cafes ! It would be interesting to visit one at least one hour. Every step of this tour is time flexible, following what you would like.

Osaka is a modern city, mostly represented by Kita and Minami districts. They are the places where all the young people from the Kansai region aim to be! Fashion, gourmet, electronics, pop-culture... You will get anything you want! Come with me to discover these rival areas.