Osaka oden (Kanto-daki) is a signature dish of Japan; we have verified places to eat it in Osaka. Daikon, eggs, konnyaku, fishcakes and beef tendon slow-simmered in a light dashi-soy broth. Start with where to eat Osaka oden (Kanto-daki) in Osaka.

Osaka oden (Kanto-daki) · Osaka

Daikon, eggs, konnyaku, fishcakes and beef tendon slow-simmered in a light dashi-soy broth. Osakans call it kanto-daki to acknowledge the Tokyo origin while serving a lighter Kansai version.

Oden arrived in Osaka from Tokyo in the Edo era; Osakans renamed it kanto-daki (cooked-in-the-Kanto-style) and over a century thinned the broth to the lighter dashi-soy base canonical to Kansai. Takoume Honten in Dotonbori, founded 1844, is Japan's oldest oden restaurant and is widely cited as the city's defining shop.

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