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NAMBA Dotonbori Food & Sake Tour Excursion
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Joined 2018
As an ex-Assistant Food & Beverage Manager/Director for various prominant Hotels & Restaurants here in Japan and having been here since 1983, I kind of know my way around Japanese food and sake.
Let me give you a tour that you not soon forget. Be ready.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
CROSS Hotel Lobby in Namba
- I will pick you up at your Hotel if it close or on the way.
Cross Hotel Lobby Namba
We will meet to discuss what you have done so far in Japan and I will make an assessment as to where we will go on our excursion that evening.
Cross Hotel Lobby in Namba
We will set off and hit four or five amazing food establishments that will not only give you a sense of what local Osakans are munching on, but I throw in all the history of food, sake and the surrounding area also.
I will provide you with good food and good sake as we rub some elbows with locals along the way.
Ending point
I will get you headed in the direction of where you need to end up.
Ending Point
I will get you headed in the direction of where you need to end up.
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 ¥38,000 flat
An extra ¥3000pp from the fifth person. Please understand it is more difficult to do a Street Tour in Osaka with larger groups.
¥10,000 per person for your food and you and the guides drinks.
Transport not included so I ask you to make your way to the CROSS Hotel Osaka Lobby or if your Hotel is close to Namba Station, all is good.
Those coming from Kyoto for the tour, I can meet you at the CENTRAL EXIT for the bullet train at SHIN OSAKA station.
Those that wish me to pick them up at an out-of-the-way Hotel like Marriot Miyako, Conrad, Hilton and so forth please add an extra ¥2,000 to the GUIDE FEE please.
Thank you guys for your understanding.
Tour Important Information
My GUIDE FEE is a flat ¥38,000
This Price is for a maximum of four (04) persons.
This fee must be paid in advance to secure the day.
Clients are requested to bring ¥10000 on the day of the tour, per person, for the evening. I will throw those funds in an envelope and collect receipts along the way and give you back the envelope at the end of the evening.
I will collect the funds at the beginning of the tour and collect receipts as we make our way from place to place. I will return whatever change and the receipts in an envelope at the end of our excursion.
I do not eat on the tour. I will drink sake as we go but the designated funds I spoke of above will cover your food and our drinks.
NOTE: Those of you requesting to include a whisky tasting at my friends Whisky Bar, that will be an extra ¥3,500 per person for three glasses. Note that our pick up time may change to 6:00pm to accomodate this extra stop.
Important message from the supplier
Always let me know your likes and dislikes concerning food and of course any allergies. Japan is not vegan or vegetarian friendly but I will do my best to accommodate you.
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 2018
About Tour Guide Richard 'hawk' H.
I have been an Interpretive Tour Guide for over 20 years. I landed in Japan with the United States Air Force in 1983 and have been learning, tasting and enjoying Japanese food all this time! Woohhoooo!!
As an ex-Executive Assistant Food and Beverage Manager/Director, I know food, most of all Japanese food, and I want to show you how fun and incredible it is! I promise your time with me will be fruitful, (get the pun?) making some amazing memories along the way.
I used to do daytime cultural tours until the pandemic left us out in the cold for three years so I had to switch over and do something else in which now I run a food tent and a food truck, making delicious smash burgers and tacos.
Even though I was number one on a renowned travel platform for a while, I have selected to only do evening food and sake tours now. I also run a children's food bag program three days a week that we started about a year and a half ago.
So if you would like me to take you around, I will still give you cultural and historical information, feed you amazing food and create some great memories for you to take home.
Reviews
Oleg V.
“A perfect mix of true fun and great authentic experience”
Japan is a totally unique country in most aspects - history, culture, nature, lifestyle, technology...and serving/eating of course. Without this Food & Sake tour, our experience of Japan would've been sorely lacking both pleasure and comprehension. Richard, being such a juicy personality and perfectly professional as a guide, was the best choice we could hope for. The evening was unforgettable and fun-fun-fun! Never in our life would we been able to discover and experience similar outlets and variety of flavors to which Richard has introduced us. And even though by the end of the tour most of us (especially ladies) were quite happily drunk, the next day brought no hangover suffering whatsoever! Such is the magic of carefully selected and properly enjoyed quality SAKE!!!
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Richard 'hawk' H.
I am so happy that you guys had such a great time. Like I said when I picked you up, I’m gonna treat you like you’re not part of my family because I don’t really like my family ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha… Safe travels back home and again thank you so much for coming!
Christin M.
“Excellent Night Out ! ”
Had a great evening with little bites and tastes of Saki along the way! Can’t recommend this tour enough!
Richard 'hawk' H.
Thank you guys so much for letting me take you around.
Joseph B.
“Returning Tourist”
This is my second time touring with Richard. Super knoweldgeable and knows his stuff. If I had to, I'd tour a third time. Richard, Thank you for a wonderful tour of Osaka. Hopefully we will be back in a few years.
Richard 'hawk' H.
Thank you Joseph. It’s fun watching your family grow! Hope to see you again!
$250/ per group
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