Osaka Visitors' Information Center - Umeda

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

With an open kitchen, you can watch the several chefs prepare what they describe as 'French-fusion' from your comfortable table or booth....