Guidebook for Nishi Ward, Osaka
Food Scene
A restaurant specializing in the savory pancakes known as okonomiyaki, with a history spanning more than 30 years. This well-established restaurant uses only the freshes ingredients when cooking its various types of okonomiyaki.
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President Chibo Hotel Nikko Bldg. Shop
1-chōme-3-3 NishishinsaibashiA restaurant specializing in the savory pancakes known as okonomiyaki, with a history spanning more than 30 years. This well-established restaurant uses only the freshes ingredients when cooking its various types of okonomiyaki.
The food cooked by chef who brushed up the cooking skill in various restaurants is exquisite. You can enjoy the genuine Chinese cuisine in a comfortable space. Since a seating capacity is 70 seats.
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Chinese Cuisine Kinfukurai
1-chōme-3-7 NipponbashiThe food cooked by chef who brushed up the cooking skill in various restaurants is exquisite. You can enjoy the genuine Chinese cuisine in a comfortable space. Since a seating capacity is 70 seats.
Kukkanya
1-chōme-5-7 Terauchiよかよ
Enokojima-1-chōme-8 Nishi Ward鉄板洋酒場 ホタルカゴ
Torikizoku Awaza
4-chōme-4-1-6 ItachiboriDrinks & Nightlife
Japanese Bar YAMATO
Souemonchō-4 Chuo WardThe Hard Rock Cafe Osaka opened in Sep. 2001, on a former bank site in Hommachi. The white, red and silver interiors include fun elements like an original bank vault door that's been turned into a private bar. You can enjoy genuine American food here while listening to loud rock music.
75 現地メンバーのおすすめ
Hard Rock Cafe Osaka
3-6-南本町 中央区The Hard Rock Cafe Osaka opened in Sep. 2001, on a former bank site in Hommachi. The white, red and silver interiors include fun elements like an original bank vault door that's been turned into a private bar. You can enjoy genuine American food here while listening to loud rock music.
エル・シエロ
2-chōme-3-10 NishihonmachiSightseeing
A famous landmark, a popular sightseeing spot, and the symbol of Osaka.Of special note are the grand gates and turrets along the outer moat. The steep walls that rise close to 30 meters high are made of huge blocks of stone that were transported to Osaka from quarries over 100 kilometers away.
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Osakajo
Osakajo Chuo WardA famous landmark, a popular sightseeing spot, and the symbol of Osaka.Of special note are the grand gates and turrets along the outer moat. The steep walls that rise close to 30 meters high are made of huge blocks of stone that were transported to Osaka from quarries over 100 kilometers away.
Parks & Nature
In Higashi-en are the oldest rose garden in Osaka City, 10 en-tout-cas courts and a zelkova-lined street that shows seasonal beauty. In the Nishi-en is the Utsubo Tennis Center with 16 tennis courts that hosts international competitions.
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靱公園
2-chōme-1-4 UtsubohonmachiIn Higashi-en are the oldest rose garden in Osaka City, 10 en-tout-cas courts and a zelkova-lined street that shows seasonal beauty. In the Nishi-en is the Utsubo Tennis Center with 16 tennis courts that hosts international competitions.
Arts & Culture
Dotombori's new tourist spot is a place to enjoy Takoyaki (the octopus-filled snack sold on Osaka street corners), learn about the roots of "konamon" and experience making wax samples of Takoyaki. Enjoy takoyaki served with carefully selected champagne and wine in a B1 basement bistro. On the 1st floor, you can watch the technique of Takoyaki experts firsthand, and eat the Takoyaki of the famous store Takoya Dotombori Kukuru. In the Konamon Historical Museum on the 2nd floor, see historical documents about takoyaki's famous brown sauce as well as konamon varieties other than Takoyaki. On the 3rd floor, you can make Takoyaki samples, which is just right for a souvenir. Enjoy yourself.
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Dotombori Konamon Museum
1-chōme-6-12 DōtonboriDotombori's new tourist spot is a place to enjoy Takoyaki (the octopus-filled snack sold on Osaka street corners), learn about the roots of "konamon" and experience making wax samples of Takoyaki. Enjoy takoyaki served with carefully selected champagne and wine in a B1 basement bistro. On the 1st floor, you can watch the technique of Takoyaki experts firsthand, and eat the Takoyaki of the famous store Takoya Dotombori Kukuru. In the Konamon Historical Museum on the 2nd floor, see historical documents about takoyaki's famous brown sauce as well as konamon varieties other than Takoyaki. On the 3rd floor, you can make Takoyaki samples, which is just right for a souvenir. Enjoy yourself.
The Osaka Museum of History lies just outside Osaka Castle Park. The top floor of this museum is a full-size re-creation of the inside of the Naniwanomiya Palace. Each of the other floors introduces a different Period in Osaka's past, using exhibit models and going from ancient days to more recent times as you move down. The museum is designed to give visitors a multi-dimensional experience of the 1,400-year history of Osaka, with life-size reconstructions, scale models, and key photographs and movies
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大阪歴史博物館
4-chōme-1-32 ŌtemaeThe Osaka Museum of History lies just outside Osaka Castle Park. The top floor of this museum is a full-size re-creation of the inside of the Naniwanomiya Palace. Each of the other floors introduces a different Period in Osaka's past, using exhibit models and going from ancient days to more recent times as you move down. The museum is designed to give visitors a multi-dimensional experience of the 1,400-year history of Osaka, with life-size reconstructions, scale models, and key photographs and movies
Shopping
The biggest discount shop group in Japan, Don Quijote! To come visit Dotonbori-ten, try to find the landmark of Osaka Minami - the yellow ferris wheel! Once you enter our shop, it looks like an amusement park. Daily necessities, sundries, jewelry, appliance, little restaurants, there is nothing you cannot find!
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Don Quijote Dotombori
7-13 SouemonchōThe biggest discount shop group in Japan, Don Quijote! To come visit Dotonbori-ten, try to find the landmark of Osaka Minami - the yellow ferris wheel! Once you enter our shop, it looks like an amusement park. Daily necessities, sundries, jewelry, appliance, little restaurants, there is nothing you cannot find!
A gigantic wholesale district under the elevated Hanshin Expressway. The buildings, numbered one to ten, continue for about one kilometer east and west from Midosuji Honmachi, with total floor area of 170,000 square meters, and are packed with about 1,000 stores selling textile products, shoes, watches, jewelry, etc. Buildings one to three comprise the Hakurai Mart where 61 stores sell items from daily commodities to famous brand-name products that are directly purchased from 124 countries around the world.
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Semba Center Building
Senbachūō-1-1-chōme Chuo WardA gigantic wholesale district under the elevated Hanshin Expressway. The buildings, numbered one to ten, continue for about one kilometer east and west from Midosuji Honmachi, with total floor area of 170,000 square meters, and are packed with about 1,000 stores selling textile products, shoes, watches, jewelry, etc. Buildings one to three comprise the Hakurai Mart where 61 stores sell items from daily commodities to famous brand-name products that are directly purchased from 124 countries around the world.
hopping floors (B2F to 9F): 10:00–21:00 (*with some exceptions) "BARCHIKA" underground bars (B2F): 11:00–24:00 "LUCUA DINING" restaurant floor (10F): 11:00–23:00
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LUCUA Osaka
3-chōme-1-3 Umedahopping floors (B2F to 9F): 10:00–21:00 (*with some exceptions) "BARCHIKA" underground bars (B2F): 11:00–24:00 "LUCUA DINING" restaurant floor (10F): 11:00–23:00
Essentials
Life Awaza Station
3-chōme-1-33 Nishihonmachi