Here is our Osaka city travel guide! Osaka is one of Japan’s largest commercial cities – second only to Tokyo. This large port city is also full of great food, sightseeing, and shopping. We have listed our must eats and dos in the city of Osaka followed by some recommended day trips out to Kobe, Himeiji, and Nara. This complete Osaka city travel guide will ensure you do not miss a thing.
To Eat
Dotonburi
- Matsusaka Beef BBQ: Yakinuku M (make a reservation online)
- Okonomiyaki: Mizuno
- Okonomiyaki: Chiba
- Crab: Kani Doraku
- Kaiseki: 法善寺 浅草
- Street Takoyaki
- Street Taiyaki
Other
- Sushi: Endo Sushi – best sushi in Osaka
- Coffee: Lilo Coffee Roasters
- Pancakes: Cafe Gram
- Kurumon Ichiba Market
To Do
- Osaka Castle
- Shop: Shinsaibashi
- Shop: Osaka Station LUCUA (visit the rooftop garden)
- Instant Noodle Museum (make sure it’s open before you go!)
- Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan (world’s largest aquarium)
- Tennoji Zoo
Day Trips from Osaka
Kobe
- Kobe Beef: Kobe Beef Steak Ishida Kitanozaka ($$$ – best kobe beef in Kobe)
- Kobe Beef: Kobe Beef Steak Restaurant Royal Mouriya (highly recommended kobe best restaurant)
- Kobe Beef: Kobegyu Steakland (best value for kobe beef lunch)
- Shin-Kobe Ropeway and Nunobiki Waterfall
Himeiji
- Ramen: Ramen Tsurukameya
- Himeiji Castle
Nara (land of temples & deers)
- Nara Park – deers!
- Todai-ji Temple
- Toshodaiji Temple
- Kasuga Grand Shrine
- Kofuku-ji Temple
- Gango-ji Temple
That concludes our list of what to eat and what to do in our Osaka city travel guide! See something that should be on the list? Visited one of these places and want to write about it? Have some more questions? We would love to hear from you. Leave us a comment below!
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Stone & Fern is a travel and lifestyle blog started by friends who have a passion for exploring cities, capturing moments, and trying new food. This is part of our Check In city travel guides series. To see more of Asia, click here.