| Naniwa Kuishinbo Yokocho |
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| Naniwa Kuishinbo Yokocho re-creates the flavors of downtown in Osaka. It
imitates a Naniwa gastronomy alley nearby JNR (Japan National Railway)
station around 1965 when Osaka was the most flourished and energetic city waiting
for Osaka EXPO '70. The theme of this gastronomy alley is "Energetic
Osaka." Naniwa Kuishinbo Yokocho is the first theme park
of Kanasai Cuisine in Japan. All shops located in this Yokocho
represent our Kansai food culture. Let's enjoy Kansai cuisine in Kuishinbo Yokocho! |
| Free admission. Opening hours: 11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (Opening throughout
the year except for closed days of KAIYUKAN) |
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| Shops |
1. Mentetsu
serves its homemade noodles with good body and stickiness. The excellent blend of Kansai-taste soup made from chicken goes well together with its noodles. |
2. Edosanyamatoya
is an original creator of Yamatoni (boiled harvest of the sea in soy sauce and sugar) established in 1871, and serves special rice balls in a limited quality and steaming rice. |
3. Kinki Furusato Sanpinkan
is a shop selling local products which are popular to people who know well in the Kinki area. All souvenirs in Kinki can be sold in this shop. |
4.Bukkake Juso
serves Bukkake Udon (Japanese wheat noodles with cold soup stock) being simple taste. Enjoy Bukkake Udon with various ingredients.
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5. Katsu
boasts a history of forty years of its restaurant specializing in Kushikatsu (fried skewered foods). Enjoy more than forty types of fried skewered foods with fresh ingredients. |
6. Jiyuken
is an old restaurant established in 1910 which appeared in a novel written by Oda Sakunosuke. It serves special curried rice with raw egg.
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7. Matsuzaka Suzuya
serves beef buns with Matsuzaka beef mince and onions winning the favor of special wheat dough. They taste excellent!
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8. Hokkyokusei
is an old restaurant and serves “Omletsu” (Omlet and rice) which is one of staple menus of western dishes. The taste of plump cooked egg and ketchup rice is well-balanced. |
9. Momodani Ikayakiya
is an original creator of Ikayaki (Japanese-style pancake with sliced squid) which serves a true taste of Ikayaki with Mochi-like pancake and well chewy squid. It is still delicious when it getting cold. |
10.Ichibirian
is a trial shop of “Naniwa Meibutsu Kaihatsu Kosha (means “a company which develops specialties of Naniwa area”) which continues to propose Osaka souvenirs. Various original products are sold in this shop. |
11.Minatomachi Milk-hall
serves glasses of juice such as “Mixed-juice” or “Cupid-juice” being originated in Osaka and popular among people in Osaka. It is worth trying them. |
12.Aizuya
is an original creator of Takoyaki (octopus balls) in Japan established in 1933. Its Takoyaki balls without any sauce are the true cuisine which is still delicious even when getting cold. They can be easily eaten without sticking to the fingers. |
13. Dotabataya Bakery
serves soft and spicy “Curry Buns.” Further, it serves “Minced Cutlet Sandwiches” which are good old taste.
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14.Chao Chao
serves one of Osaka cuisine, crispy “Hitokuchi Gyoza (means “one-bite-sized steamed dumpling”)”. It serves various gyozas as well as “Buta Don” (is “grilled pork rice bawl”), which are memorable tastes.
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15.Okashitsukasa Moriguchi Tsukushi
serves “Mitarashi Dango (dumplings with miraculously soy sauce-and-sugar-based sauce). The price of a dango stick is 80 yen. |
16.Boteju
is one of well-established restaurants of Okonomiyaki (Japanese-style pancake with vegetables and other foodstuffs) established in 1962. It serves Okonomiyaki with crispy surfaces and a souffle inside. It boasts the various food menus such as Yakisoba (pan-fried noodles) and Teppanyaki (meat roasted on a hot plate).
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17. Terakoya Honpo
is a famous shop of Teyaki Senbei (hand-baked rice cracker.) It serves fresh rice crackers with crunchy texture. Enjoy various kinds of hand-baked rice crackers with cheerful toppings.
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18. Bashoan
serves Warabimochi (bracken-starch dumpling) with fresh Kinako (ground-soybean powder.) Customers can make fresh Kinako by grinding up first-class black beans made in Tanba, Kyoto with a stone mill on a table. |
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