Gloria Jean's

The coffee boom in Japan these past few years has brought Starbucks, Seattle's Best Coffee and countless other competitors and imitators....

Trader Vic's exudes the exotic atmosphere of the South Pacific, and not just because of the boathouse bar that serves some of the best an...

Located within Osaka Castle, the Osaka City Museum gives a comprehensive introduction to the history, economy and culture of Osaka from t...

Located close to Osaka Castle, the Osaka International Peace Center opened on International Peace Day, September 11, 1991, with the aim o...

Located close to Osaka Castle, the Osaka International Peace Center opened on International Peace Day, September 11, 1991, with the aim o...

The Mint Bureau is an extraordinary organization operated under the Ministry of Finance and has its Head office in Osaka with branches in...

A national historic site, the Tekijuku is housed in a typical merchant's residence from the Edo Period, and is Japan's only remaining sch...

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

This is the Osaka branch of the Idemitsu Art Museum in Tokyo. Idemitsu is renowned for its outstanding collections of Japanese and Chines...

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...

Located in the basement of the Keihan Mall, the restaurant is very small, having only 12 seats lined up at a bar. There is a separate co...

This restaurant serves high-quality beef called Hida. This comes from Japanese black hida cattle and is the softest, most tender a...

Chanko Ryori is the staple fare of sumo wrestlers and is a kind of chowder. The Chanko Nabe at this restaurant contains...

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

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

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

Yoshida's policy is to serve the tenderest cuts possible. Meat is cut against the fiber to make it easier to chew. Freshness is the promi...

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

"Decadent" does not describe the cakes on offer at this up-market dessert shop. Using fresh seasonal fruits and a variety of European twi...

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