3-Hour Dotonbori Area Walking Tour
Dotonbori is perhaps the most famous place in Osaka and as such contains atmosphere unlike any other place. Always busy and vibrating. I’ll customize this tour for your needs, going more historic or gourmet way, showing hidden alleys and explaining about food and importance of local venues, restaurants and markets, mentioning local habits and ways and embedding these into a wider picture of Osaka’s background.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Don Quijote Dotonbori River-side entrance
- Meeting right at the heart of the district - next to the main canal itself. From here, you can start absorbing the atmosphere with me and we decide which exact way to go according to your wish.
Ebisu Bridge and Glico Man Sign
Both dominants of the area, taking us further to the edge between Dotonbori itself and shopping arcades on the other side, drawing more lines to the picture of this place.
Shinsaibashi-Suji Street
Premier retail paradise, 600m of 400 years old covered shopping street that stores uniqueness, specialty, craftsmanship and arts of not only cuisine-type.
Hozenji Temple and Backalleys of Dotonbori
Delving into the backstreets and possibly absorbing their quiet charm, learning a little about local roots and origins, observing thus a calmer current within otherwise loud landscape. Restaurants, pubs and a temple that contains rare statues and lanterns.
Kuromon Market
Also known as Osaka’s Kitchen, covered public market with about 200 stalls, dating back to about year 1700. Offering premier-quality delicacies, seasonal fruits, fresh fish dishes and many more. Please finish your tour with me here and enjoy more time after its end.
Ending Point
Kuromon Market
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This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Inclusions & Exclusions
Guide fee is included in the fee.
Transportation to the place of meeting or transportation from the end point is not included in the price. The only way of transport during the tour is walking. Expenses for subway ticket range from 200¥-2000¥ (app.) depending on distance. Taxi fares range from about 600-3000¥ depending on distance.
Lunch or food bought by customer are not included in the tour fee. Snacks range from 200¥-1500¥, lunch price ranges from 1000¥-2000¥.
Tour Important Information
This tour involves moderate amount of walking, comfortable shoes recommended.
This tour is wheelchair accessible.
Please let me know if you have any food allergies.
Important message from the supplier
Hello everyone! Please feel free to send me requests with dates and your travel schedules. I’ll do my best to accommodate your wishes.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
About Tour Guide Ondrej R.
Dear Travellers! My name is Ondrej and I have been living in Kyoto for six years. I’m currently conducting tours in English and Czech languages.
My hometown is Prague, Czech Republic, but I have left it behind years ago to live in Japan forever.
In my young years, I did a wide portfolio of various sports including soccer, futsal, skateboarding, cycling, boxing and athletics (both competition/ hobby level), so I can say that I am a sportsman. However, I reached my biggest successes at chessboard - playing the highest youth chess league of my country and finally attaining a chess coach licence.
At the academic level, I studied Human Sciences combined with Natural Sciences at University.
My primary goal is to satisfy your needs in a new city as for what you’d like to see. Based on a given venue, I focus on incorporating its meaning into a complete/ bigger picture of the whole culture and historical system.
If you’re not sure, I’m always happy to build a convenient tour plan involving appropriate amount of walking and transfers.
I have been raising my children in Kyoto for six years and realizing that traveling with children may sometimes be a challenge, I invite tours with children as well.
I have experience working with and guiding people from all over the world. Kyoto is a precious Japanese artifact and it is filled with unique places and cultural values and heritages.
Osaka offers a wide array of cultural meanings and cuisine delicacies, as well as hidden corners and pleasurable views.
I also love to take my clients to cities of Nara and Uji as they are so important for understanding the core of Japanese soul.
Please contact me to book, customize or just inquire regarding tours.
Once you are ready, we can discuss which of yours or mines favorite places we visit. Until then, have a good day and travel safe wherever you go.
$89/ per person
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