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Kuromon Market: ~150 stalls, 600m, 190+ years old
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Nearest station to Kuromon: Nippombashi (3-5 min walk)
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Kushikatsu rule: one dip only, shared sauce
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Osaka-style okonomiyaki mixes ingredients into batter (unlike Hiroshima-style)
Osaka calls itself Japan's kitchen. Here's what that actually means on a plate — takoyaki, okonomiyaki, kushikatsu — and where locals actually eat it.
Ball-shaped batter filled with diced octopus, tempura scraps, and pickled ginger, topped with a dark savory sauce, mayo, and bonito flakes. Freshest and best straight off a street grill rather than pre-packaged.
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A cabbage, meat, and batter mix grilled on an iron plate, topped with sauce, mayo, and bonito flakes. Osaka-style mixes everything into the batter before cooking, distinct from Hiroshima's layered version.
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A 600-meter covered market with around 150 stalls near Nippombashi Station (3-5 minute walk), mixing fresh seafood, produce, and ready-to-eat stalls. Come hungry and graze rather than sit — it's built for walking and eating.
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Deep-fried skewers of meat, vegetables, and seafood, dipped once in a shared sauce (double-dipping is a real faux pas at most stalls). Shinsekai's Janjan Yokocho alley is the classic place to eat it, under the neon glow of Tsutenkaku Tower.
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Takoyaki is small ball-shaped snacks with octopus inside; okonomiyaki is a larger savory pancake with cabbage and other ingredients mixed into the batter.
It's a 3-5 minute walk from Nippombashi Station on the Sakaisuji and Sennichimae subway lines.
No — most kushikatsu stalls use a shared sauce pot and expect one dip per skewer; use the provided cabbage to scoop extra sauce instead.
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