Osaka: Food Tour with 15 Dishes & 3 drinks With Local Expert
The most popular food tour in Osaka 7 years straight! Discover 15 dishes at 5 local eateries & 3 drinks. Local foodie experts will take you to the whole range: Tachino...
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.
2 editor picks for Osaka oden (Kanto-daki) in Osaka, ranked by editorial score. All Osaka signature dishes · Osaka oden (Kanto-daki) across every city.
Takoume Honten ★ 4.4
Dotonbori and Namba · 1-1-8 Dotonbori, Chuo-ku, Osaka 542-0071
Operating since 1844, this Dotonbori landmark serves Osaka's most storied oden: simmered daikon, octopus, and tako kanroni in ancient dashi.
Hozenji Yokocho Izakaya Strip ★ 4.3
Dotonbori and Namba · 1-8 Namba, Chuo-ku, Osaka 542-0076
The lantern-lit stone alley parallel to Dotonbori: moss-covered walls, traditional izakayas, and the Fudo-son temple giving the alley its resonance.
Learn to cook it, or eat it with a guide
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