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Kaiyukan is one of Asia’s best aquariums, located in Tempozan, Osaka. Famous for displaying whale sharks, Kaiyukan is a part of the Tenpozan Harbour Village, with large shopping mall Tempozan Marketplace nearby. Here are some highlights of this fun spot with some surrounding dining recommendations!World-class Aquarium🐟！
Kaiyukan is inside a 8 storey tall building with over 15 different water tanks, displaying aquatic animals of the Pacific Rim by reproducing their natural habitats.
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Feeding Time🍴 & Guided Tours
The aquarium offers on-the-spot guide services, and shows for feeding time at various exhibits. Feeding staff inside the tank, or staff outside the tank will explain the biology of marine animals, so guests can learn more about the attractions of the underwater creatures.
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Don’t forget your souvenirs🎁
After few hours of fun, don’t forget to take home special souvenirs along with your memories! From whale shark goods to other original merchandise, there is a wide variety of goodies to choose from.
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【Tempozan Marketplace Foods🌄】
After Kaiyukan, take a quick walk over to the Tempozan Marketplace for some good food😋
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This is said to be the restaurant which invented the omurice. Their signature dish is of course, the ’Chicken Omurice’.
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Juicy Japanese pork cultlets for a fair price. This is a great place for big eaters because free refills are available for rice and shredded cabbage.
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Tsuruhashi Fugetsu uses cabbage as its main ingredient for Okonomiyaki. Crisp on the outside and soft on the inside, Osaka’s traditional dish served here are great in texture and taste.
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An all-you-can-eat ‘kushikatsu’ restaurant, lunches are just 1,580JPY and dinners 2,080JPY at Kushimaru. Select your favorite ingredient on skewers, and deep-fry it at your own table!
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An udon restaurant with Kansai style mild dashi soup. The store frequently entertains customers with their udon making demonstration. Menus include udon, soba, and some Japanese set meals.
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Famous for its original curry, Jiyuken serves curry mixed with rice. We recommend pouring a little bit of dark sauce on the topped egg before eating.
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Famous for its tuna rice bowl, the chief chef selects fresh tuna every morning to serve delicious donburi. Other than tuna, there are also salmon and yukhoe donburi which are also fantastic.
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Ikayaki is a popular local fast food, referring to a squid pancake. At Momodani, soft and sticky dough is mixed with tender squid, and fried after taking orders. This was the first place to come up with the ‘egg ikayaki’, which is a must eat for all street food lovers.
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Specializing in once-person hotpot dining, Sakuraya uses selective ingredients to offer a variety of hotpot menus including sukiyaki and shark’s fin hotpot.
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Pioneers of all takoyakis, Aizuya is a popular takoyaki shop awarded Michelin’s Bib Gourmand in 2016. Signature dish is the classic ’Ganso Takoyaki’.。