Osaka, Japan's Foodie City

Above, Osaka Castle. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

One of the places in Japan I plan on exploring is the city of Osaka.

I was briefly there in 2004, but that was for a tour stop at Osaka Castle, the site of the final battle between Godzilla and Anguirus in Godzilla Raids Again (1955). The plan for the next trip to Japan (either next year or the year after) is to spend some time roaming around Osaka.

Osaka is known as a "foodie city" thanks to the many restaurants the city has available to partake in.

News On Japan wrote:

Kyoto is no small town. Its population is 1.5 million; its metro system is extensive; it has 23 Starbucks. Nonetheless, it's quaint-and after a few days of temple hopping, urbanites craving a taste of the big city would do well to hop the commuter rail to Osaka, just 30 minutes away. Japan's second-largest metropolis is well known for its food and for that most American of pastimes: baseball. 

Here's a video of Osaka's Namba Dōtonbori area:



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