Osaka Food Experiences(52)

With Andy, your Japanese-Australian cultural guide and interpreter, you’ll experience Osaka like a local. Hop between food stalls and eateries, drinking and eating your way through the city’s best hidden gems.

Join this food tour in Osaka, the food capital of Japan, to dine like a local at the standing bars and gastropubs of Tenma and Kyobashi. With a small, intimate tour group, you’ll visit a local shopping street, shrine, and a retro drinking spot.

Dive into the nightlife of Osaka with a local guide, hitting the best local gastropubs and hidden bars in Japan’s vibrant food capital! Explore the backstreets of Namba, the neon-lit waterside of Dotonbori, and the party hub of Shinsaibashi.

During this unfiltered tour of Osaka, get to know the cuisine of “Japan’s Kitchen,” trying 8 local dishes at authentic eateries with a Japanese-Australian guide. Between food stops, hear stories about Osaka’s retro area, yakuza presence, and more!

Discover Osaka nightlife with a bar hopping and food tour through Namba! Drink sake, visit the glowing Glico sign, feast on street food at Hozenji Yokocho, and capture sweet memories on film before saying sayonara!

Experience the culture and flavors of Kuromon Market, an authentic Japanese food market in Osaka, Japan. Your local guides will help you navigate this bustling market and take you to try some incredible dishes!

Experience a taste of Japan with a home cooking class in Osaka! Join Katsuji, a 37-year industry veteran, for a tea ceremony, hands-on sushi & ramen making, a delightful meal, & a personalized keepsake to take home.

Learn how to make soy-sauce based ramen during this cooking class in Osaka! Yoko, a certified food coordinator and licensed guide will teach you her recipe for this iconic dish, as well as how to make gyoza (pan-fried dumplings).

Join Saeko, a professional food stylist & recipe developer, for a home cooking class in Osaka! Learn how to make 3 types of sushi, tamagoyaki (Japanese rolled omelet), & miso soup. Enjoy your meal and take home an English-language recipe booklet.

Make creamy ramen and crispy gyoza from scratch! Join Saeko–a food stylist, professional chef, and recipe developer–for an authentic home cooking class in Osaka!

Learn to make ramen! Join Chef Shu in his kitchen and become a ramen chef yourself. With prepped ingredients and expert guidance, create and savor your own ramen. Uncover ramen's art, innovation, and pure deliciousness in this cooking lesson.

Fermentation specialist Yoko will teach you how to make miso—the beloved staple ingredient of Japanese cuisine. Learn about the history and regional differences of this fermented bean paste from a certified guide/interpreter, and try it for yourself!

Learn how to make ramen noodles from scratch at home, then add your finished noodles to three different ramen broths. From the classic soy sauce ramen to the delicate-tasting salt ramen and the punchier miso ramen–you’ll get to taste all three!

Visit Osaka’s bustling Kuromon Market for top-quality produce, meats, and street foods; then check out Sennichimae Doguyasuji, a.k.a. Osaka’s “Kitchen Town,” and admire the craftsmanship of kitchen items like knives, pottery, and lacquerware!

Kansai locals will guide you through the streets of Osaka, showing you all that the city has to offer. Walking, talking, and drinking alongside the locals, you will discover another side of Japan that most tourists can only dream of experiencing.

Guided by a certified craft beer server, hop between craft beer bars in downtown Osaka. Learn about the new and innovative brew culture that’s bubbling up in Osaka, while you sip half-pints of domestic beer at each location.

Join this tour in Minami Osaka, where gleaming lanterns light the path from restaurant to restaurant, and larger-than-life food signs indicate glorious gyoza and seafood within. Explore 4 food stops and a local restaurant with a knowledgable guide.

Osaka’s iconic savory pancake, okonomiyaki is calling your name! With Yoko-sensei, a certified food coordinator and licensed guide, you’ll learn how to make Osaka-style okonomiyaki along with two side dishes and the Japanese omelet, tamagoyaki.

Need a break from typical tourist activities in Osaka? Come join Yoko-sensei in her Osaka kitchen and learn how to make colorful, delicious, and fresh rolled sushi—as well as other tasty Japanese side dishes!

Join this hands-on bento making class in Osaka and learn how to prepare Japanese ingredients like fish, vegetables, and rice into an exquisite, balanced meal that’s artistically arranged in a bento box. It’s colorful, nutritious, and delicious!

Do you love Japanese food so much that you want to take it home? This family-friendly workshop in Namba, Osaka, allows you to make your own plastic food sample keychain or magnet. Choose between a takoyaki ball and sushi and get painting!

Tour a local market and learn to cook your favorite Japanese food with a friendly bilingual host! This family-friendly class is less than 30 min by train from Osaka Castle & Osaka Station. Vegan, gluten-free, vegetarian, and other options available!

A vegan ramen and gyoza cooking class in Osaka? Look no further! Join Saeko–a pro chef, food stylist, and recipe developer–for a vegan cooking class. Develop cooking skills, make ingredients from scratch, then enjoy your handmade meal.

Make sushi & kushikatsu at a home cooking class in Osaka! Guided by Katsuji (an industry pro with 37 years of experience), you’ll experience a tea ceremony, make sushi & kushikatsu from scratch, enjoy your meal, then take home a custom souvenir.

Ramen or gyoza? Why not both? In this fun class in Osaka, you'll learn to make these two cherished Japanese dishes from scratch and cook them to perfection! Once you have a taste, you'll understand why locals enjoy eating these two dishes together!

In this fun class less than 30 min by train from Osaka Castle & Osaka Station, you’ll enjoy Japanese-style fried chicken (karaage), stir-fried noodles (yakisoba) and learn to make an Osaka signature dish: octopus dumplings (takoyaki)!

Osaka’s retro Shinsekai district is designed to evoke a cross between Coney Island and Paris–and it’s truly a wonderland of street food. Get your munchies satisfied on this tour of the cheerful, bustling neighborhood.

Become a dessert-making pro at Saeko’s sweets workshop in Osaka! Learn how to make matcha ice cream and a range of Japanese desserts like warabi mochi, shiratama dango, & kuromitsu. End the experience by indulging in your handmade sweets & tea.