Umeda Heat Beat

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...

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 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 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 wine bar and restaurant which is located about a seven-minute walk from JR Osaka Station shares a building with several other kinds...

This is a highly recommended branch of the Japan National Tourist Organization's national network of tourist information centers. English...

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

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

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...

The name of the museum explains its general aim with no twists. The displays inside include anything from the latest gadgets to the espec...

If you want to try ramen, the ubiquitous Japanese fast food of choice, there is no better place than Kamitora. The handmade Kagoshima-sty...

Croquettes (breaded, deep-fried meat) are served in an original way at Nesupa. The owners have created a hybrid of the traditional croqu...

This restaurant characterizes its food as borderless, though it definitely has some Japanese touches, considering the abundance of vegeta...

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

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

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...

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

Udonsuki is the main Nabe (hotpot) served at this nabe shop. Udon noodles are put in at the beginning of the preparatio...

For a true Osaka taste, this restaurant claims to be the best Okonomiyaki (pancake) restaurant on the planet. The cabbage pancak...