OSAKA Travel Guide | Top 25 Things to Do in Osaka, Japan for Visitors 🇯🇵

In our Osaka travel guide, we are sharing 25 things to do in Osaka, Japan for visitors excited to explore this dynamic Japanese city! Affectionately known as Japan’s Kitchen, Osaka was the first stop of our trip to Japan and a wonderful place to eat! We dove straight into the local cuisine visiting markets, street food stalls, and restaurants that required ordering from ticket vending machines.

But our trip to Osaka (大阪市) wasn’t all food. In between all the eating, we also managed to visit towering skyscrapers, hidden temples, and retro gaming arcades - all of them complete surprises.
So if you’re curious about what there is to see and do in this city, stick around and let us show you 25 things to do in Osaka, Japan!

🇯🇵 25 things to do in Osaka | Japan Travel Guide 🇯🇵

1) Shitennoji Temple (四天王寺) + Gokuraku-jodo Gardens (極楽浄土) / ¥300+300

2) Tennoji Park (天王寺公園) / Free

3) Keitakuen Garden (慶沢園) / ¥150

4) Horikoshi Shrine (堀越寺) / Free

5) Try matcha ice cream (抹茶アイスクリーム) / ¥350

6) Abeno Harukas Garden 16th Floor (あべのハルカス) / Free

7) Osaka Castle Park (大阪城公園) / Free

8) Osaka Castle Observation Deck 8th Floor / ¥600

9) Namba Yasaka Shrine (難波八阪神社) / Free

10) Dotonbori (道頓堀) / Free

11) Osaka Street Food / ¥150-500

12) Kuromon Ichiba Market (黒門市場) / Free

13) Ramen (ラーメン) / ¥800-1000

14) Okonomiyaki (お好み焼き) / ¥1250

15) Umeda Sky Building (梅田スカイビル) - ¥1500

16) Japanese Breakfast / ¥500-600

17) Osaka Museum of Housing and Living / ¥600

18) Conveyor Belt Sushi (回転寿司) / ¥100

19) Den Den Town (日本橋) / Free

20) Taito Station (太東駅) / ¥100

21) Shinsekai (新世界) / Free

22) Retro Gaming Arcade / ¥100

23) Japanese Baseball Hanshin Tigers (阪神タイガース) / ¥1900-4500

24) Korea Town / Free

25) Nara Day Trip (奈良市)

Transportation in Osaka, Japan:

Now a quick note on transportation in Osaka (大阪市). When it comes to getting around the city, subways and trains are your best bet.

We spent our first few days buying one-way tickets and day passes, which in retrospect was a bit of a headache. The easiest thing to do is to get a prepaid card where you can load money as needed.

Osaka’s version of this card is called Icoca, but you can also use Pasmo and Suica in the city.

And that’s a wrap for our Osaka travel guide. We hope you found this video helpful and that it gave you some ideas of things to do in Osaka on your own trip.

If you have any other suggestion of things to do in Osaka that you think we missed on this visit, feel free to share your suggestions with fellow travellers in the comments below.

Wishing you happy travels and stay tuned for more Japan travel videos on this channel!

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25 Things to do in Osaka, Japan Travel Guide:

Welcome to Osaka (大阪市)! Affectionately known as Japan's Kitchen, this was the first stop or our trip and a wonderful place to eat. We dove straight into the local cuisine visiting markets, street food stalls, and restaurants that required ordering from ticket vending machines. But our trip to Osaka (大阪市) wasn’t all
food. In between all the eating, we also managed to visit towering skyscrapers, hidden temples, and retro gaming arcades - all of them complete surprises. So if you’re curious about what there is to see and do in this city, stick around and let us show you 25 things to do in Osaka, Japan!

And that’s a wrap for our Osaka travel guide. We hope you found this video helpful and that it gave you some ideas of things to do in Osaka on your own trip. If you have suggestions of things to do in Osaka feel free to share your suggestions in the comments below. Stay tuned for more Japan travel videos on this channel!

This is part of our Travel in Japan video series showcasing Japanese food, Japanese culture and Japanese attractions. Stick around for more Japan travel videos on this channel!

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[mercymoreno]

You both deserve an award from the UN because of the content of your videos! I'm amazed with how you promote good things about the countries that you are visiting. - I hope you could visit the Philippines soon!

[kvoowyz]

once i have been there, there was so wonderful that i cant ever forget

[bluelithium]

You are putting out some of the best travel/life videos on the internet. You have a great sense of humor which comes out on the videos. Thanks for sharing your families too. You are lucky to have them.

[TheRamboBeast]

I know these videos take a lot of work, but in my opinion they're among your best -- these in-depth travel guide videos

[nataliaoleosessenciaisdote]

Your videos are incredibly complete. Thanks!

[phalkron]

That shot with the girl running with a scarf at 6:43 was beautiful!

[jaredmiller]

February 2020 going to Japan, I'm ready to see if Japan becomes my new #1 for food for my travels. Thanks for the video.

[tonesofhome]

Your videos are so light and relaxing to watch. Love how you keep things real and not over hyped or over edited. Heading to osaka this June thank u so much for ur invaluablen tips. Love and peace from sunny manila.

[terribinkley]

So beautiful and serene .Thanks for sharing you two.

[andgainingspeed]

Good job showing (without explicitly stating) how easy it is to move and do things in Osaka. Osaka is a great jumping off point for day trips to the entire region including Kyoto and Kobe. If the timing of your trip is in line with festivals I would suggest going to some in the smaller towns to get a taste of the regular Japanese neighborhood vibe. Fun to see the Japanese with a few beers in them hoisting their neighborhood's portable shrines on their collective shoulders and run them through the streets. People watchers/street photographers will enjoy this as much as those looking to soak up the Japanese aesthetics and eat festival food.

[jennifermoravazquez]

I LOVE It felt like I was literally with you guys, traveling wonderful Osaka

[pipesandcards]

The restaurant chain you had the Japanese breakfast was my go to place when I was completing my undergrad degree in Japan. I love their set meals and all you can eat rice deal!

[eclecticclash]

The best travel vlogs I’ve seen on japan so far!! Heading over in June next year and you guys have given me so many places I can’t wait to see! I love how you have prices for everything and I especially love the food clips! 😍 One question I did have was, is it easy enough to find your way around and communicate with limited Japanese? The one thing I’m a little nervous about!
Keep up the great vlogs! xx

[biancavieira]

Thank you for this informative video. I am busy planning my Osaka itinerary and was trying to figure out how to fill my days but your video has given me some great ideas. Osaka has a lot to offer.

[baderkw]

Im goin to Osaka in a couple of months so ive been watching videos about it all day long and this one is by far my favorite awesome video thinks for all the places you guys showed

[naturegirl]

Beautiful Osaka. Thank you for this well-filmed, well-edited video.

[theniloschoice]

i love the video! you two look so kind-hearted and so appreciative about everything. i have been to Osaka too and I really love the place. I miss Osaka that is why I fall into your video. :)

[michellecsiernyik]

Not to mention I love watching the spanish version to keep it fresh and current with it. Unfortch I dont have my dad around anymore to speak to. Such an awesone 💡 idea!!

[GoldenEyes]

Hey guys. I’m going to Osaka tomorrow! Thank you so much for the awesome tips! The list in the description was great with all the prices along with the video was super helpful! Thank you both so much!!!!

[gustavotolaba]

Another wonderful video about a lovely city. Every city becomes better because of the way that you present that city and how you show what is the best quality, images, narration, and how you both make people want to visit those places.😊📹 Wonderful travel!