OSAKA Japan Street Food Tour! Takoyaki, Yakitori Skewers & Desserts | Dotonbori Nightlife & Airbnb
[Applause] [Music] [Music] Hey guys, John here. Just want to give a quick shout out for our second channel, Kanto House. There we do a lot of home vlogs, tech content. I do a lot of guides on the Nintendo Switch, too, as well as house DIY setups, and Sarah also posts her cooking shorts on there. Please give us a subscribe. We’re trying to grow the second channel. And yeah, thanks again for watching. We’re heading to our Airbnb near Namba Station. We’re staying right next to Kromon Market down the street a little bit. staying Airbnb at this apartment. Oh, they have a poster for the guest house right out here. Whoa. I’ve never been on like this small of a floor entrance. Wa. Love my vibe. All right, we have a mini bedet toilet. I have a combined dryer washer. Oh, we have like sinks on the outside. That’s so interesting. And then this is the western style room they have. So now I’ll be staying here for a bit. And they have wo Japanese fridge compartment. Oh, there’s just a separate ice box. Freezer. Bigger freezer. So many freezer space fridge. That’s like normal fridge thing. Got a microwave. Rice cooker, induction, stove top, sink. Nice. You can cook something here, too. Little bench area, table. They provided us with some teas or coffees, living room area. They have a kotatsu, which is a kind of like a heating seat, and you it’s actually indented into the floor, so it’s kind of nice for like the winter time sit around. And then here is a giant tatami room. Yeah, there’s another here. Then here is the shower. Western style shower. Wow. Our bath. We have another bath in here. Is that TV? It’s one of those Japanese TVs. It’s combined shower and bathroom. We actually have two. That’s good. Oh, it’s really small. Oh, get a little view of the outside though. Right, we’re going to be staying here for about 5 days in Osaka as we use this as our base city. So, we’re going to get unpacked and get ready to explore. Heading to Dan Buri for some night life and street food. The crab because if you fall, you will not recover. Big crab. We’re at Sarah. It’s the crab. Don’t don’t worry. I’m loving all the neon signs here. Reminds me of Hong Kong. Look at that. Only the true taco yaki, guys. It’s the true taco. So cool. Street food galore. the Ichigo store. Strawberry store. The long line for the strawberries. Oh my god. There it is. The river by Dolan Bury Ferris wheel. And the running man is all the way over there. Taco yaki. That’s what that wants to try. Some long lines. [Music] Oh, that looks good. Wow. Anywhere on this. The takoyaki oi number one in the world. A chichi. A chi. Chi, you remember Shinichi the game? They say it’s their favorite takoyaki ever. And it’s right here. Why is this green onion stuck? It’s really, really hot. That’s how it’s supposed to be. Yeah. Let’s give it a shot. All right. Be careful. Don’t burn your mouth. It’s going to burn me. All right. Give it a shot. Bite a bit. Bite a little bit. It’s like soup dumplings. You got to let it Let the steam out. Let the steam out. [Music] How is it? Very good. All right. Wow. That sauce is good. The number one brown sauce. Yes. It’s like a full. [Music] That’s good. Takoyaki. Definitely come here. Von Kyote Ferris wheels of the Schmitzki photo shoot. Isn’t that very Kawaii? Look at them looking off into the Doonbari distance. That’s so cute. Oh my goodness. I can’t. All right, there it is. Oh boy. Is this a hidden spot? No, they blocked it. No way. No, that was the secret spot. I do the pose. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Go. Three, two, one. One. We’re at the GCO sign. Look at him. He’s doing the running man. Yeah, it’s pretty crowded like by the bridge, but then you just walk like further onto the boardwalk area then it does across from it, not under and then you get this amazing view. Mhm. Mhm. BTS the photographer is getting photograph photograph photography. [Music] There’s a boat that just came by. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah. You should do one like that. One like that. There we go. There it is. The classic tourist. A pleasant surprise is right here. Lord Stow’s Bakery. Dude, no one’s in line. No one’s in line. No one’s in. No one knows how good this is. So good. So good. Looks like they have a green tea. Yeah, they have green tea. Looks like they have a strawberry. Yeah. He got Lord Stow’s Bakery in Osaka Japan. Yeah. Apparently, this is like the first one they opened in Japan, I believe. And they have actually like exclusive flavors cuz we got the green tea and the Sakura. Mhm. In addition to the original. Yeah. Excited. We’re going to bring this back. All right. Sarah and I found the 10 yen cheese coin. Also, some Oreo McFlurry looking thing, but most importantly, the 10 cheese cone, which is not 10 yen, but we just want to try it since we’re here. Yeah. Hopefully, it’s good. All right. 10 yen coin cheese pull. I think it’s better if you like use your hands and like try to rip it. Where’d it go? Where the cheese go? Oh, there we go. There’s the cheese. There’s the cheese. It’s not as exciting as a Korean corn dog, I’ll be honest. Oh. Oh wow. How is it? Is it worth the Tik Tok viral height? No. At least the line was like kind of fast and short. Get it out of our system in a long line for this. Yeah, he’s doing it. He’s doing it. Oh my gosh. I would have to get in the street today. Going off on the main street trying to find some more street food. So many fried foods. It looks kind of creepy. I know, right? Oh, yaki. Oh, it’s a cushy kake price. More fried Kobe beef. Spiderman movie right there. Oh my goodness. That’s where he’s been. All right. Thought we try the skewer chain tooku. Getting our reception ticket before we get in. They closed pretty late, which is nice. All right, we’re here. Nice lantern place table for four tablet ordering system. They’re known for skewers, so we’re going to eat up. Going through the different interesting skewer options here. There’s also a paper menu right there. Hi. All right, sounds good. Fen, let’s order and eat. Dang, they came out really fast. Here is my um shoe with soda. What do you get? I got orange liquor and waffle with some sauce and meat. This is such a Sarah dish. Wow. [Music] Oh, it’s so good. That doesn’t even taste like alcohol. That looks like the This is the chip. That’s the pork belly. That’s my wing. Oh, where’s there two? Oh, our skewer spread. Oh my goodness. I don’t even believe this is everything. This is not everything yet for now. All right, Sarah, go for it. My taste is skin. M. It actually is juicy. Nice. Try the Try some pork belly. There you go. Pork belly time. Heck yeah. Vegetables. Vegetables. Yeah. How’s the pork belly? Not bad. I wish it was like saucier. The leak with the chicken. Let’s go. Yeah, the thigh is good. What else do you have? Gizzard. Gizzard. One of her local favorites. And that’s the It’s good. Nice. Everything’s good. We’re all just chowing down over here. Chicken and league my game. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Their wing is pretty good, too. It’s not a skewer, but that’s just good. Their chicken, like all their chicken. Oh, yeah. All their chicken is done so well. Try a pork belly. No, papa. I don’t know how to eat this. They gave you a dipping sauce. Try not funny. Was that ulong tea with what? Some kind of liquor. So Oh, that’s so true. Oh, you taste it in this one. You taste the liquor in this one. Yeah. Oh boy. Oh boy. That was really nice. I highly recommend coming here. That was so worth it. Well, a lot of locals are here, too. Review the Oh, what is happening? Oh, I can see it. It’s going faster. It’s going so much faster. Oh my goodness. Thanks for the foot massage, Airbnb host. All right, microwaved Lord Stoves. Straight from Macau. Oh, still crunchy. That’s good. There’s a Portuguese egg tart. I got you. Nice. You can microwave the taste. Yeah. All right, Sarah. Try try the other one. Yeah, dude. We’re in Macau. Like, we’re such such long lines for this. Oh my god. We waited 30 minutes. Dang, that sounds still pretty good. Wow. I’m I’m impressed that they’re still crispy after like 3 hours. I was afraid they’ll be like soggy. Yeah. All right. Now, these dessert ones are more experimental territory. Trying the chocolate. Chocolate latte. Chocolate latte. Still a good crunch. It’s probably cold. Honestly, it’s like Oh, okay. It’s actually not bad. Nice. Again, not bad. Very cool. It’s crunchy, too. Thank you for coming to Japan, Lord Stoves. We love you. All right, I’m going to try the matcha. The top layer has kind of a a sticky texture to it. H the matcha filling is interesting. I definitely taste the matcha. I don’t know if I like matcha and that’s tart, but it’s definitely interesting. What is this one? Sakra. They just put whipped cream on the normal egg tart. Oh, Andre. Is it just normal? I was looking at this. I’m like, what is this? I mean, sure. I’ll try it. Oh, no. There’s also um some kind of filling on the inside. H. Okay. That’s That tastes like soccer. I don’t I think it’s strawberry based. Interesting. Okay. That was Lord Stones. [Music] [Music]
Hop on John and Sarah’s shoulders for the 22nd vlog in our Japan 2025 series! We explore Osaka’s famous Dotonbori district filled with neon lit signs and street food vendors! Then we finish with late night yakitori skewers and yummy egg tarts at our Airbnb!
Miwa’s Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/40046492?guests=1&adults=1&s=67&unique_share_id=32a56ecb-cd55-4286-8037-965be30e6cec
Watch our entire Japan ’25 series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5mDwydd3h9nNGAG2GQeUUGY-22FsWUZP&si=mFTbenDujmQniDMb
View our Wanderlog itinerary: https://linktr.ee/cantoexplorers
Watch our 2nd channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CantoHouse
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
0:45 Nipponbashi Airbnb Tour
3:01 Exploring Dotonbori & Takoyaki
5:56 Glico “Running Man” Sign
7:09 Lord Stow’s & 10 Yen Cheese Coin
9:14 Torikizoku Yakitori Skewer Chain
12:24 Portuguese Egg Tart Review
LOCATIONS:
π Dotonbori: https://maps.app.goo.gl/zM3YqSBGjez2zftB8
π Achichi Honpo Dotonbori: https://maps.app.goo.gl/w5dWmGhYWsgwz6TX8
π Glico Sign Dotonbori: https://maps.app.goo.gl/YCF2JZc6YakZJ6Kt6
π Lord Stowβs Bakery (Kenβs Papa Marron): https://maps.app.goo.gl/rFcaewyCpGC2HqK69
π Daiou Cheese Jyu-en Pan: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ToqsGBE5KbN4Sgb49
π ι³₯貴ζ θΏιζ₯ζ¬ζ©εΊ (Torikizoku): https://maps.app.goo.gl/hvS9CFiMYhhbYKZj9
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