Hep Five

Building a Ferris wheel into the upper floors of a shopping mall in the middle of an enormous city was a bold and brilliant idea. The Hep...

This is really a hometown kind of bar. The atmosphere is warm and casual, and besides a standard selection of cocktails and other alcohol...

Explosion is a popular dance club for mainly gay men located in Osaka's gay area, Doyama. This small, no-frills, underground bar, with it...

This high-class live house and restaurant hosts bands that play a selection of excellent Latin, blues and Jazz. The bands are good, the s...

This eclectic cafe in the Umeda district serves a fine selection of imported teas and is a great place to relax or chat when you have ple...

Although music groups are the predominant live act here, you should expect just about anything - dance, one-man comedy shows and performa...

Although the accent is heavily on jazz, the Blue Note does present a wide range of acts from many other genres of modern music, including...

This is one of the largest "live houses" in Osaka, with a standing capacity of around 1,000. The sound equipment and quality are also amo...

For the best view of Osaka, head to the Floating Garden Observatory (Kuchu Teien Tenbodai). At 557ft it offers a complete 360-degree view...

This is one of the nicer establishments on the Hep Navio shopping center's restaurant floors, and is an excellent Japanese restaurant reg...

Kineya is located on the seventh floor in the food center. There is a great view of Osaka here, so try to get a seat by the window. At ni...

Surya is a small, inviting Indian restaurant in the Hep Navio shopping center. The seating is limited, and as the place is popular, you m...

Bruno, located in the Hep Navio shopping center, is a curry restaurant whose dark, intimate interior is not brooding but more reminiscent...

For the best in Latin American cuisine, especially Mexican and Peruvian, Los Inkas is hard to beat. Prices are reasonable —cerviche, the...

Herradura is an all-encompassing Mexican experience. Mexican sarongs adorn the walls, salsa music reverberates, and the tang of tomatoes,...

Northern Indian curry recipes are recreated at this warm-atmosphered chain restaurant. Several dozen spices are used in the curry, making...

Although this bright, spacious restaurant makes only a vague attempt with its hues and limited pictures to suggest Russia, the food itsel...

Banjara is more than merely an Indian restaurant; it is an institution. Patrons come back to this restaurant for more and more. The reaso...

Ashoka is a fairly popular and quickly growing Indian chain restaurant in Japan. There are numerous varieties of curry whose spiciness gu...