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[ANIME, MANGA] Pop culture tour
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Joined 2024
*[LIMITED TIME DISCOUNT]
Anime, manga merchandise places hopping.
You can shop around for anime, merchandise, manga, figurings, retro games, etc. Also, you can go to a Japanese arcade, maid cafe, have street food, etc.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
JR Osaka station
- at JR Osaka station Chūō exit If we don't have enough time, we can meet at Nipponbashi station (subway).
Umeda Pop culture tour
We're going to
●Nintendo Osaka
●Pokemon center
●Capcom store
We can also go to
●a huge capsule toy place
●Ghibli store
●another anime merchandise store
●Japanese photo sticker booths
●shopping for general merchandise, home appliances
etc if we have time.
Otaroad for anime merchandise, manga, maid cafe, arcade
It takes around 30 minutes from Umeda area to Otaroad(close to Nipponbashi station).
We can explore Otaroad area.
It has
●manga bookstores
●retro game shops
●anime merchandise stores
●figuring shops
●arcades
●maid cafe
●computer and its parts shops
etc
Ending Point
At Nipponbashi station
Want to personalize this tour?
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
●Transportation fee 240 yen(from Umeda to Nipponbashi) or more
●Your food, drink fee
Tour Important Information
●Feel free to ask me if you want a personalized tour.
●Many stores in Otaroad close at 8 pm or 9 pm.
●My schedule isn't fixed because of my work, so sometimes I can't begin at 2 pm.
●Please let me know if you want to begin the tour earlier or later.
●You can have food or drink during the tour if you want to.
●Costs for your group(travel, food, and drink costs, etc) are not included in the guide fee.
on Tuesday this tour only starts from around 5 pm.
on Satuday this tour can start from 12 pm as well.
Important message from the supplier
I have another job and I'm usually not available in the morning.
I could make time in the morning if you book my tour a month before the date or earlier.
The schedule below is my usual available time but my work schedule is different every week, so feel free to contact me if you are interested in my tours!
I need 1-1.5 hours more to go to Kyoto. If you would like a tour guide in Kyoto, an additional fee of 3,000 yen will be added to the listed price
-Tuesday：from around 6 pm
-Wednesday：from around 7:30 pm
-Friday：from around 7 pm
-Saturday：from around 5 pm
-Sunday：from around 7 pm
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
Joined 2024
About Tour Guide Kazu Y.
Please check "IMPORTANT".
Hi, I’m Kazuto! Please call me “Kazu”! I was born and raised in Osaka.
I’ve been working as a Japanese tutor and sometimes show my students around Osaka.
My students sometimes feel stressed in Japan due to the language barrier even though they study Japanese and I’ve decided to become a tour guide in Kansai to help tourists!
DO YOU WANT A STRESS-FREE TRIP?
I can be your private concierge for your trip.
Let me know if you need any help!
By the way, I like anime, manga, video games, I’m an Otaku :)
There are a lot of “otaku” places in Osaka like “Nintendo Osaka”, “Pokemon Center”, “Shonen-JUMP store”, “Universal Studio Japan” and so on.
I want to show impressive Japanese Pop Culture so much!!
Japan has limited-time anime, game or manga-collab cafes. You have to book for many of them and I can help you with the booking!
Also, I like eating out! I can offer bar-hopping tours, share good ramen restaurants, and so on!
I’m looking forward to seeing you! Let’s explore deep Osaka!
Reviews
Cynthia L.
“Pop Culture Tour”
Kazu was fantastic to spend time with and made sure my teenage son saw everything he wanted to see. We had a great time and enjoyed a good meal too! Thank you for everything!!!
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Kazu Y.
Thank you so much for joining the tour! If you ever come back to Osaka and want help shopping for anime goods or anything similar, feel free to contact me!
Marta M.
“Fun time in ”
From the beginning of our interaction Kazu was very attentive to detail making sure we got the most of time together. We had a great time chatting with him throughout our tour. He found the best places to get some sailor moon and ghibli merchandise. We also asked to visit less touristy places in Osaka to eat or drink and try unique foods that we would never order on our own. First time trying seared raw chicken and it was delicious! Having Kazu with us, helped interact with the restaurant chefs in a more casual way which even got us some extra unique dishes. Thanks for taking us around, we had a great time!
Kazu Y.
Thank you so much for joining the tour! Since it was a short tour, we didn’t have quite enough time, but I’m glad I was still able to show you a variety of places. Japan has many more unique foods, so I hope you’ll try some others next time you visit!
Brady L.
“Great time ”
We had the pleasure of having Kazu show us around for 2 days. I think we might have scared him a little with some bold questions and loud voices but we had a great time and appreciate all his kindness. We would gladly do it again.
Kazu Y.
Thank you so much for joining my tour! Your questions weren’t scary at all. We enjoyed lots of different foods over the two days! I hope you can come again and enjoy even more next time!
$125/ per group
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