Where to eat in Osaka

Restaurants, cafés and street food in Osaka, Japan that locals actually go to — plus the local names for the chains you already know.

• Mizuno — Okonomiyaki, Dotonbori (1). Order the Yamaimo-yaki. Third-generation okonomiyaki on the strip since 1945.
• Harukoma Sushi — Sushi, Tenjinbashisuji (2). Order the Assorted nigiri. Thick-cut neta at market prices along Japan's longest shotengai.
• Takoyaki Wanaka — Takoyaki, Sennichimae / Namba (1). Order the Takoyaki, half sauce half salt. Molten takoyaki flipped at hypnotic speed.
• Rikuro's Cheesecake — Cheesecake, Namba (1). Order the Freshly baked cheesecake, whole. The jiggly cheesecake stamped fresh from the oven.
• Daruma — Kushikatsu, Shinsekai (1). Order the Kushikatsu set. The 1929 kushikatsu original — no double dipping, ever.
• Jiyuken — Curry, Namba (1). Order the Meibutsu curry. The 1910 mixed curry with a raw egg crater — Osaka's comfort bowl.

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