OSAKA
Osaka’s best days out.
The 15 most popular things to do in Osaka. Food crawls, the castle, cooking classes, the bars of Namba and the day trips to Kyoto and Nara, all in one place.
Drive a go-kart through Osaka in a funny costume, hitting Namba and Dotonbori with insurance and fuel included.
Most Popular“It was an amazing and fun experience. Our guide likes to have fun on straight aways if you know what i mean and so do we. Only thing is that it was only 1 hour but yeah we had soooooooo much fun..”
Skip the line to Osaka Castle’s Main Tower museum and Toyotomi Ishigaki stone walls, with QR entry and top-floor views.
“but the ticket online, so the 20 minute queue to buy a ticket in person”
Osaka’s Shinsekai food crawl packs 13 dishes across five local spots, with two drinks and an English guide in 3 hours.
“It's the first tour I've ever taken like this. So I thought it was very nice. Lots of good info given by the guide and she was extremely friendly, willing to answer questions about anything.”
Osaka Shinsekai food tour with 13 dishes at 5 local eateries, 2 drinks, and a small-group guide over about 3 hours.
“Love this food tour! We were able to go to five different restaurants and try different Japanese cuisine paired with traditional Japanese drinks. They even accommodated my pescatarian diet! Highly recommend.”
Hungry Osaka Street Food Tour through Shinsekai: 15+ tastings, 3 drinks, and local neighborhood stories in about 3 hours.
“Great night with Andy, great food, atmosphere and a guide who makes you enjoy every minute with his honest narration and take on Osaka nightlife and food”
teamLab Botanical Garden in Osaka turns Nagai Botanical Garden into a nighttime light-and-sound art walk among 1,200 plant species.
“This was such a fun experience. At first, the exhibit seems underwhelming with the bubbles of light. But wait - there's more. It's a bit of a wait from the subway station but it's not too bad. Highly recommended.”
45-minute Osaka tea ceremony with kimono instructors: learn matcha, make your own bowl, and enjoy seasonal sweets in a calm tatami room.
“Very informative. Great experience. Learned to make matcha. Thank you.”
Walk Osaka’s top streets and lesser-known lanes with a local guide, street food stop, and options up to Osaka Castle and more.
“This was a great introduction to seeing the city. Our tour guide, Dom was an amazing guide who provided us with a lot of the insight in the city, its history, cool parts of the town, but most importantly showed us the local cultures and was overall the great guy. Would highly recommend this tour…”
Osaka backstreet food tour with street tastings, alleys, and red-light history. Add dinner at an izakaya with vegetarian options.
“Great tour, really got to see some unique places. It is a lot of walking over about 3 hours. Rat, our tour guide, was a lot of fun.”
Hands-on Osaka sushi class near Dotonbori: make nigiri and maki with English instructors, prepped ingredients, and a meal you eat.
“High energy, and super interactive. Also a good amount of food as well! Had lots of fun and would definitely recommend to anyone looking for something interesting to do while in Osaka”
Umeda Sky Building e-ticket for 40th-floor 360-degree Osaka views and Sky Walk night sparkle. Flexible 1-day entry.
“Experience of this was very good. Much better than my experience on the 2-day Metro pass for which I have also left a review. This pass worked fine and got entry to the building without any issues or delays.”
Osaka’s Shinsekai to Dotonbori food walk with kushikatsu, takoyaki, and okonomiyaki plus temple stops and iconic neon photo spots.
“We were very disappointed by this tour. The guide was clearly knowledgeable, but we only got information in response to questions. There was no guiding to speak of. The walks from restaurant to restaurant were fast-paced with no narration or explanation of the areas were walking through.”
Night bar hopping in Osaka’s Namba: 3 izakaya stops, 6 tastes, Hozenji Temple, and Hozenji Yokocho lanes with a local guide and small-group vibe.
“The local guide, Reo, is very familiar to the place and we have a great time during this tour. He is friendly and talkative. 😊 The food and the drink is wonderful.”
Universal Studios Japan E-ticket for one action-packed day, with direct entry near Universal City Station and major hits like Harry Potter and Nintendo World.
“Amazing so many things to see and do truly mesmerising!”
Osaka backstreets after dark: retro streets, two side-dish tastings, Taisho-era red light district, taboo stories, and optional dinner.
“We highly recommend this tour to everyone, who likes to travel deeper! We learned so much on this evening about the red light district, a lot of it secrets, how things are organised there and how society treats its minorities. Tim was just a natural as a host. You could really feel, that he loved,…”
The whole city and the Kansai day trips, by neighbourhood and by craving.
