Namba (難波) as one of the district at Osaka, is best known as the city's main south-central terminal. Due to its easy access to public transportation, Namba has become a happening area of entertainment and shopping. It hosts many popular bars, restaurants, nightclubs, arcades, and pachinko(gambling arcade) parlours.
Takashimaya Osaka Department Store
Located next to Dotonburi and Shinsaibashi, Ebisubashi-suji Shopping Mall is an arcade that runs between Ebisubashi and Takashimaya of about 90 commercial establishments including department stores, cinema and fashion shops.
北極回転焼 Hokkyoku Kaiten Yaki 100yen
(つぶあん Red Bean, クリームチーズ Cream Cheese & カスタード Custard)
Though their ice-cream is more popular than their Kaiten Yaki, we needed some warm snack during the autumn season. Tasted like Dorayaki, Doraemon's favourite snack.
ほっぷしゅうくりーむ Hop Chou A La Creme (Custard) 140yen
Though directly translated as cream puff or cream-filled pastry, Chou à la crème is more widely known as Shuu Cream (シュークリーム) among Japanese as a remake from standard French confectionery.
Textured and hard (like a rock) pastry on the outside filled with custard cream as the inner, this is quite a good exercise for the gum.
Dōtonbori (道頓堀) is a single street overlooking Dōtonbori Canal and is now one of the principal tourist destinations in Osaka. Served as a pleasure district in the olden days, Dōtonbori is famous for its shops and restaurants, along with the many neon and mechanized signs. Snack manufacturer Glico's electronic display of a runner crossing the finish line and Kani Doraku Mechanized Crab, two of which are now landmarks to the area.
Huge display of Fukuyama Masaharu 福山雅治 of Regza and Lana del Ray of H&M
Things can got a little out of control when there were red banners with the dangerous word of "sale". Bet you'll go crazy when I said my sister got her top at H&M for 100yen (RM4) only. That was only the price of a Kaiten Yaki!
Ending this post with a famous Japanese proverb of 京の着倒れ、大阪の食い倒れ which means "Dress (in Kimono) till you drop in Kyoto, eat till you drop in Osaka", describing the rich traditional culture at Kyoto and amount of eateries at Osaka.