• Dotombori District - Enjoy a stroll through Dotonbori street, famous for its large billboards, numerous restaurants, and food stalls offering local delicacies like Takoyaki and Okonomiyaki.
• Sennichimae Doguyasuji Shopping Street - This 150-meter-long shopping street is filled with specialty stores offering every cooking utensil and kitchen item imaginable. The Doguyasuji Festival on October 9 (Tool Day) features various tools on sale and the Garapon Lottery. Visitors can also participate in hands-on food sample making and glass-etching experiences, along with exploring a growing number of artisanal restaurants.
• Shinsaibashi-suji Shopping Street - A must-visit in Osaka, Shinsaibashi-suji Shopping Street is a vast shopping arcade featuring cosmetics stores, apparel shops, and restaurants, stretching 600 meters. Discover this vibrant Osaka neighborhood and learn how to reach the area with this detailed guide!
• Kuromon Market - Known for conger pike in summer and Fugu in winter, Kuromon Market is a lively, covered market stretching about 580 meters with around 150 shops. It offers everything from fresh seafood, blowfish, and soft-shelled turtle specialty shops to restaurants, fruit and vegetable shops, butchers, pickled goods, dried food, Japanese sweets, and Western cakes.
• Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine - Sumiyoshi Taisha (住吉大社, “Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine”) in Osaka is one of Japan’s oldest shrines, founded in the 3rd century before Buddhism’s introduction. It showcases a unique style of shrine architecture, Sumiyoshi-zukuri, uninfluenced by the Asian mainland. Only two other shrine architecture styles are purely Japanese: Shinmei-zukuri at the Ise Shrines and Taisha-zukuri at Izumo Taisha.
• Shitennoji - Shitennoji (四天王寺, Shitennōji) is one of Japan’s oldest temples and the first built by the state, founded in 593 by Prince Shotoku, who supported Buddhism’s introduction to Japan. Despite several reconstructions over the centuries, the temple’s buildings have been carefully restored to reflect the original 6th-century design.

The outer temple grounds are free to enter, but there is a fee for the inner precinct, the Gokuraku-jodo Garden, and the treasure house. The inner precinct’s pebble-covered courtyard features a five-storied pagoda that can be entered and ascended, and the Main Hall (Kondo) where Prince Shotoku is enshrined as a statue of Kannon.

• Umeda Sky Building - The Umeda Sky Building (梅田スカイビル) is a stunning high-rise in Osaka’s Kita district, near Osaka and Umeda Stations, also known as the “New Umeda City.”

Standing 173 meters tall, the building consists of two towers connected by the “Floating Garden Observatory” on the 39th floor, offering spectacular city views through its windows and from its open-air deck. The basement features a restaurant floor replicating a town from the early Showa Period, while most other floors are occupied by offices.

• Osaka Castle - Osaka Castle is one of Japan’s most iconic landmarks, renowned for its stunning five-story structure and a history spanning nearly 450 years.
• The National Museum of Art, Osaka - The National Museum of Art, Osaka (NMAO) is an underground museum on Nakanoshima island in central Osaka, housing a significant art collection.
• Shinsekai - Shinsekai, the New World, features the Tsutenkaku, Osaka’s Eiffel Tower, kushikatsu, and Billiken, the God of wealth and money. It is also home to Spa World, a vast bath complex with numerous pools on European and Asian-themed floors, enjoyed naked and gender-separated.

• Meet up with guide on foot within designated area of Osaka
• Licensed Local English Speaking Guide
• Customizable Tour of your choice of 2-3 sites from ‘What to expect’ list

• Transportation fees, Entrance fees, Lunch, and Other personal expenses
• Private transportation
• You cannot combine multiple tour groups.
• Guide Entry fees are only covered for sights listed under What to Expect.

Join us for an in-depth walking journey through the lively city of Osaka, led by our seasoned English-speaking guides who are also government-certified! We’ll check out Osaka’s stunning castle, sample iconic Takoyaki in the famed Dotonbori District and embrace the old-school atmosphere of the Shinsekai District, known for its oversized blowfish lantern. During your day, the myriad spirited and alive attractions of Osaka will captivate you. Worked up an appetite from all the sightseeing? Osaka, dubbed as the ‘Kitchen of Japan’, is ready to tantalize you with its plethora of rich local dishes. Secure your tour with us in Osaka for the best okonomiyaki dining spots!

After you’ve placed your booking, a guide will follow up to discuss your customized tour. Nominate 2 to 3 locations you’re keen to explore and your guide will design a personalized route. If you’re unsure of where to go, allow the guide to propose their curated itinerary based on your preferences.
We invite you to discover the distinctive culture of Osaka with us! Or, as per the colloquial Osaka language, ‘Maido’!

• This is a walking tour. Pick up is on foot.

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.