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Things to Do in Osaka
Japan's kitchen and comedy capital — famous for street food, neon nightlife, and the warmest locals you'll meet anywhere in the country.
Osaka Tours & Day Trips
Small-group walking tours, private tours and day trips in Osaka, led by local hosts who know the city beyond the guidebook.
Private Tour · Osaka
Osaka Highlights Private Tour
New·5 hours
From $150 / person
Your guide
Yusuke Kurata
New guide
Private Tour · Namba, Dotonbori, Shinsaibashi
Private Osaka Introduction Tour — Dotonbori, Namba & Local Culture
5.0(3)·3 hours
Free · tip-based
Your guide
arigatoursceo
5 · 4 reviews
Walking Tour · Osaka
Osaka Castle, Dotonbori & Hidden Osaka – Private 3h Tour
5.0(5)·3 hours
From ¥10,000 / person
Your guide
Yuji Morizono
5 · 5 reviews
Top places to visit in Osaka, from iconic landmarks to quiet local favorites.
- Universal Studios Japan
- Tsutenkaku
- Site of Haunted House
- Ōte-mon Gate
- Aizenzaka
- Gokuraku-bashi Bridge
- Shinsaibashi
- Hozen-ji
- Hogwarts Castle
- Umeda Sky Building
- Nakanoshima Park
- Osaka Castle Park
- Osaka Monument
- Kema Sakuranomiya Park
- Osaka Museum of History
- Osaka Castle
- Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan
- Nishinomaru Garden
- Harukas 300
- Port of Osaka
- Dotonbori
- Kuchinawazaka
- Shitennō-ji
- Tempozan Ferris Wheel
- Osaka Castle Museum
The best restaurants in Osaka, picked for real local flavor.
- Teppan Osaka
- Tsukishima Monja Moheji Lucua Osaka 10th floor
- Osaka Omakase Sushi & Wagyu Steak Halal Dotonbori Restaurant
- A5 Wagyu Yakiniku Osaka PANGA | Osaka halal restaurant
- DOTONBORI KUROFUNE Amemura
- Sushi Hayata
- OKO - Fun Okonomiyaki Bar
- HALAL WAGYU GYUKATSU SHINJUKU-TEI Osaka Umeda
- Matsusakagyu Yakiniku M Yokocho Branch
- Chitose
- Curry Yakumido
- Matsusakagyu Yakiniku M Hanare Branch
- Gyukatsu Motomura Namba Branch
- Kobebeef Teppanyaki RIO Osaka Mido-suji
- Kobe Beef Teppanyaki Steak WANOMIYA Oriental Hotel Store
- Gyukatsu Motomura LUCUA
- Gyozaoh! Dotonbori
- Kobe Beef WANOMIYA Dotonbori Main Store
- The Fire
- maZe nishihorie
- Osaka Halal Wagyu Steak Yakiniku Furusato
- Halal Wagyu&Vegan Ramen Gyumon Osaka Dotonbori
- Japanese Omakase Restaurant YOSAKURA
- Sushi Fukushima
- Dotonbori Riverside Grill Wonder
The best museums in Osaka for art, history and culture.
- Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts
- Glico Museum
- Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka (NAKKA)
- NAMBA PARKS MUSEUM
- The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka
- Kids Plaza Osaka
- Kaiyodo Figure Museum Miraiza Osaka-Jo
- Sanno Art Museum
- Abeno Harukas Art Museum
- Koji Kinutani Tenku Art Museum
- Expo '70 Commemorative Park
- Osaka City Sewerage Science Museum
- Nakanoshima Kosetsu Museum
- Cup Noodles Museum Osaka Ikeda
- The National Museum of Art, Osaka
- MIRACLE WORLD OSAKA
- Mint Museum
- PEACE OSAKA (International Peace Center)
- Osaka Culturarium at Tempozan
- Osaka Ukiyoe Museum
- Open Air Museum of Old Japanese Farm Houses
- Osaka Museum of Natural History
- Osaka Municipal Housing Museum "Osaka Museum of Housing and Living"
- Osaka Science Museum
- Kamigata Ukiyo-e Museum
Things to do in Osaka, beyond the usual tourist checklist.
Places to stay in Osaka.
- Hotel New Otani Osaka
- Hiyori Hotel Flex Osaka Dotonbori
- The Park Front Hotel at Universal Studios Japan
- HOTEL THE LEBEN OSAKA
- Hotel Nikko Osaka
- HOTEL RESOL TRINITY OSAKA
- Waldorf Astoria Osaka
- Sheraton Miyako Hotel Osaka
- Candeo Hotels Osaka The Tower
- THE OSAKA STATION HOTEL, Autograph Collection
- Hotel Forza Osaka Namba Dotonbori
- Hotel Hankyu RESPIRE OSAKA
- InterContinental Osaka by IHG
- The Ritz-Carlton, Osaka
- Cross Hotel Osaka
- Four Seasons Hotel Osaka
- Swissôtel Nankai Osaka
- Imperial Hotel Ōsaka
- The Royal Park Hotel Iconic Osaka-Midosuji
- Mitsui Garden Hotel Osaka Premier
- Osaka Marriott Miyako Hotel
- HIYORI HOTEL OSAKA NAMBA STATION
- Hilton Osaka
- Centara Grand Hotel Osaka
- Conrad Osaka
The best bars in Osaka for a night out.
- Bar Shiki
- RBCB - RockBarCherryBomb
- Fanny mae
- Bible Club Osaka
- Bar Fun
- The Drunken Clam
- 大阪a bar（アバー ）
- Bar Agréable
- Bar Nayuta
- Green Spot
- Pure
- Good Times Reggae Bar
- Bar IGNITION
- Voyager Stand
- Hollow Bar
- Voyager Lounge Shinsaibashi
- Shaka Bar Osaka
- Crystal Bar
- Bar Freedom - Just Japanese Whisky
- Hedonist
- Akashic Records
- Untitled
- Bar N
- Subterra Cocktail Bar
- Octave Osaka
Clubs and nightlife in Osaka.
The best cafés and coffee spots in Osaka.
- HAIKU COFFEE ROASTERS
- Notequal Coffee
- Kopimal coffee
- LiLo Coffee KISSA
- Brooklyn Roasting Company Namba
- LiLo Coffee Roasters
- Brooklyn Roasting Company Kitahama
- Barista Map Coffee Roasters
- HICARU COFFEE ROASTER
- AUN COFFEE ROASTERS
- The Coffee Market Lab
- Cafe LA
- Tasogare Coffee Stand
- LEAD COFFEE
- Mel Coffee Roasters
- SOT COFFEE ROASTER - Osaka Tenmabashi
- AUN COFFEE
- GLITCH COFFEE OSAKA
- Country Home Cafe
- Perk'n Peek Coffee
- CAFE TALES
- The Roasters Coffee Shinsaibashi
- Asuka
- Mill Pour Coffee
- Pauhana Coffee
Onsen and hot springs in and around Osaka.
- Kamigata Hot Spring Ikkyu
- Shintoku Hot Spring
- Onyado Nono Oosaka-Yodoyabashi
- Radium Onsen
- 天然温泉ひなたの湯 大阪ユニバーサルベイサイド
- SPAWORLD HOTEL & RESORT
- Healthy spa Tateba
- Fudo Hot Spring
- Solaniwa Onsen
- Spa World - The World's Largest Hot Spring
- Spa Suminoe
- Dormy inn PREMIUM Nanba ANNEX
- Natural Hot Spring Hananoi
- Sarasa no Yu Kuramae Onsen
- UMEKITA ONSEN REN Wellbeing Park
- Fushio Kaku Onsen
- Kegon Onsen
- Nobeha No Yu Tsuruhashi
- Taihei no Yu Namba
- Irifune Onsen
- Hinata no Yu
- Onyado Nono Nanba
- Tennen Onsen Naniwanoyu
- Utopia Shiratama Hot Spring
- Super Hotel Osaka Natural Hot Spring
The best shopping in Osaka.
- Hankyu Umeda Main Store
- Daimaru Shinsaibashi
- Kitchenware Street - Sennichimae Doguyasuji - Cookware Shopping Street
- Daimaru Umeda Store
- Grand Front Osaka - North Building
- Namba Parks
- Abeno Q’s Mall
- LINKS UMEDA
- KITTE Osaka
- Shinsaibashi PARCO
- Grand Front Osaka
- Lucua 1100
- LaLaport EXPOCITY
- Gotemba Premium Outlets
- Yodobashi Camera Multimedia Umeda
- Kintetsu Department Store Abeno Harukas Main Store
- Osaka Station City
- Ebisu Bashi-Suji Shopping Street
- Takashimaya Osaka
- Shinsaibashi-Suji Shopping Street
- Pokemon Center Osaka DX
- HEP FIVE
- Hanshin Department Store Umeda Main Store
- Takashimaya Shopping Centre
- LUCUA Osaka
Parks and nature spots in Osaka.
- Parks Garden
- Tempozan Park
- The Island Garden
- Forest of Memorial Trees
- Nakanoshima-shikinooka Park
- Sumiyoshi Park
- Tennoji Zoo
- Walking Path with a Pond
- Minoh Park
- Oizumi Ryokuchi Park
- Hanazono Central Park
- Nagai Park
- Osaka Waterfront Park “Sakuranomiya Beach”
- Keitakuen Garden
- Hamadera Park
- Tennoji Park
- Hattori Ryokuchi Park
- Tsurumi Ryokuchi Park
- Sennan Rinkū Park (Sennan Long Park)
- Minoh Falls
- Ōgimachi Park
- Utsubo Park
- Nakanoshima Park Kensaki Fountain
- Fumin no mori Narukawa enchi
- Settsukyo Park