Trying Takoyaki and a NAKED Onsen in Osaka, Japan 🇯🇵

I arrived in Osaka following a brilliant few days in Toyko, eager to continue my adventure through Japan.

Having seen just how popular Osaka Castle is with the tourists, I instead headed down to check out Dotobori market in search of the legendary local dishes of octopus balls (Takoyaki) and Okomomiyaki.

Within minutes of exiting the subway at Namba outside of Takashimaya mall, I entered the market and found the first of these two delicacies… and it wasn’t long before I also had the opportunity to try the octopus balls from Takoyaki Wanaka Dotonbori with a rather nice beer alongside them.

As I continued to explore the market and indulge in a further couple of beers, I found the third thing on my hitlist in the form of a ‘Black Boss’ from a Suntory vending machine (according to the slogan, the boss of all bosses, since 1992).

Suitably energised, I headed towards the J-Ship Namba Hostel where I was staying in my capsule room – but there was still time for ‘one for the road’.

I immediately realised that this local bar wasn’t going to let me go after only one beer, so I settled in and ordered successive large Asahi beers as the Japanese patrons welcomed me to drink with them (and try their steaming bowls of pork trotters – which I politely declined!).

As the beer flowed, and sake followed, I headed back to the hotel where I would try out the onsen – a local thermal bath, or type of spa – where the typically stringent rules dictated that I must get naked.

After a bath in the onsen, and struggling to erase the image of a naked local businessman from my brain, I headed to my capsule to showcase its facilities before the night was over…

📖 CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro from Osaka Castle
02:15 Dotonbori Food Market
04:55 Ordering Okomomiyaki
09:03 Trying Takoyaki (Octopus Balls)
13:01 Finding My Black Boss
16:28 Arriving at the Local’s Bar
26:46 Midnight Snacks at 7-Eleven
29:19 Getting Naked in the Onsen
32:32 Welcome to My Capsule

#japan #japanvlog #japantravel #osaka

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