Osaka Food Tour: Castle to Dotonbori

Discover Osaka’s history, flavors, and vibrant energy on a 6-hour private tour. Explore Osaka Castle, Kuromon Market, and Dotonbori with local insights.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Osaka Castle - Experience the essence of Japan’s history at Osaka Castle, a marvel of feudal architecture commissioned by the legendary Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Immerse yourself in samurai tales, explore the intricate design, and witness a symbol of power and cultural richness. Osaka Castle: Where past meets architectural brilliance If timed during the…
What's Included
  • Tuna sashimi, fresh and impressive at store specializing TUNA
  • Sushi
  • Wagyu beef bites
  • 1 drink (alcoholic or non alcoholic)
  • Miso Soup
  • Additional food/drinks (available for purchase)
  • Tacoyaki (Octopus ball) that has won Michelin award for three years
What's Not Included
  • Any transportation costs during the experience.
  • Tickets to any attractions.
Additional Information

We’ve crafted a 6-hour Osaka Private tour for you based on our extensive guiding experience, ensuring efficiency and richness. (6-hour Private tour + a delicious foods!) Starting with a morning pick-up from your hotel, we aim to provide you with a worry-free experience, allowing you to relax and anticipate a fulfilling day ahead! As you delve into the…

Location
Morinomiya Station
Morinomiya Station EXIT.3b at 10a.m.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Dec 14, 2024
Great Osaka Overview - Yoko was an energetic and wonderful guide. The Osaka Castle is not to be missed and we loved all the tasty bites and drinks along the way. Outstanding experience!
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Z8658vvlindseyd
Nov 25, 2024
Beautiful Views, Delicious Food, and Knowledgable Tour Guide! - Absolutely amazing!! This walking tour covered everything we wanted to see in Osaka. Our tour guide, Taku, first walked us around the Osaka castle grounds. We got to see the castle from different view points, the gardens, and a Shinto shrine. Taku offered to take pictures throughout and gave knowledgeable explanations of everything we saw. Taku also brought a presentation book with interesting facts and history about Osaka castle and Osaka as a city. We learned how to respectfully enter and pray at the shrines. After Osaka Castle we went to Dotonbori and walked through the seafood market, kitchenware market, and shopping center. The sights were beautiful and we especially enjoyed the Wagyu beef bites and takoyaki. Something that we really appreciated throughout the tour is that Taku was very flexible and allowed time to stop at any shops/sights that we wanted along the walk and was very kind throughout. My husband and I are visiting from the United States and we only had one day available to explore Osaka. This was the perfect tour for such a tight timeframe! We highly recommend!
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Catherine_f
Nov 16, 2024
A great day out - We took this tour with Taku as we had a free day in Osaka from our two week Tripadeal tour. Taku met us at our hotel and was flexible with his itinerary to take into account the experiences we had already seen. He brought historical fact sheets with him so we could refer to these along the way. We visited the Osaka Castle which was beautiful but we didn’t go in because we had already seen Himeji castle a couple of days before. Taku took us to the best photo spots away from the crowds. We then took the subway to the Kuromon food market where Taku helped us sample sashimi, sushi, wagyu, soy doughnuts and rice cakes. He paid for most of these for us. After that we went to the kitchen goods marketplace and Taku helped us buy some goods to take home. After that we walked through the tiny laneways to show us shrines and temples we would otherwise not have found as well as spots where Japanese puppetry used to take place and then finally finished up at the centre of Dotonbori. We enjoyed our day with Taku and would recommend.
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839nielb
Nov 10, 2024
Wonderful Osaka experience with Taku - We had a wonderful day exploring Osaka with Taku. He arrived at our hotel on time and led us off on our journey with confidence. Taku assisted us in buying our Metro tickets and led us to Osaka Castle where he shared his knowledge of this landmark. For more on what the rest of the day brought, we recommend you come to Osaka and book a tour with Taku and discover for yourself. Thank you Taku for making our stay in Osaka so memorable.
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Dream58156394088
Nov 9, 2024
Great personality and wonderful guide! - Hideki was very fun and full of personality. She was very honest in our conversations. She helped us find a souvenir we couldn't find anywhere! Thank you so much! Such a wonderful traveling companion! 😍
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Julie
Oct 30, 2024
Great tour guide - We really enjoyed our time with Kumiko as our guide. We would have never ridden the subway or found all the amazing food ourselves. With Kumiko’s help I was able to shop for souvenirs for the grandkids. Overall I would highly recommend this tour. Do keep in mind that there is a lot of walking. She also met us at the cruise docking port which was a huge plus.
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Natalie
Oct 29, 2024
Osaka superstar - Kumiko is a very knowledgeable guide and generously shared her local experiences. She shared with us her best tips and stalls to eat at the markets and other tips on how to get around and where to shop.
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Debrawu275yd
Oct 26, 2024
Fun Osaka outing! - Hideka was a wonderful host, we had a great few hours cruising around Osaka, trying some amazingly tasty local treats and exploring the best streets for shopping and interesting spots! Highly recommended. Thank you!
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496ruwand
Oct 23, 2024
Amazing Osaka Tour - Our tour guide, Taku San, collected us from our hotel bang on time and provided really superb pre-tour communication via WhatsApp asking what preferences we had for the tour, types of food, places etc. He delivered amazingly well, super friendly and polite, very knowledgable and helpful. We had a great experience and could not recommend this tour and Taku San highly enough.
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Voyage67600160144
Oct 17, 2024
Amazing foodie tour and markets - Hideka your an amazing guide and were great to deal with and you made our day in Osaka a place we want to visit again and spend more time in Wishing you all the best in your travels and look fwd to seeing you in Brisbane Australia next time you come down under Aussie Aussie Aussie …
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