Let’s Warm up with Oden After Viewing Illumination in Namba! There are Various Oden Restaurants with a long history and Unique Ones

When it gets to November, Osaka, Namba comes into illumination season. Illumination arts that extend to hundreds of thousands of balls will be held at Namba Parks and Namba Carnival Mall. After enjoying the beautiful shining arts, how about having a drink with Oden for getting warm? This time, we’re going to introduce restaurants where you can enjoy delicious special Oden and Alcohol.

A Cat-Shaped Hanpen, ‘Nyanpen’ is Popular with Girls “ODEN×STAND 3TOKU6MI”

“ODEN×STAND 3TOKU6MI” is renowned for its stewed-ODEN by chicken broth stock. Oden is dozen of a variety of ingredients from the standard menu, Japanese radish, boiled eggs, konnyaku to the rare menu, dumplings and tomatoes. When you have a bite, the mild chicken broth extract spread slowly in your mouth. Among them, the most popular one like ‘cute shape!’ is a cat-shaped hanpen (fish cake), ‘Nyanpen’. It has become a symbolic existence of this restaurant. There is a variety of Sake, so please enjoy it with Oden. If you ask the staff, they will select the sake brand from ordered all over Japan that goes well with your meal. They have counter seats and table seats where you can eat comfortably, so please choose your favorite one. By the way, the stylish illustrations on the walls of the restaurant are the art artist, Nobumasa Takahashi. Let’s warm up with Oden in the wonderful atmosphere.

Opening Hours	11:00AM – 11:00PM (L.O.10:00PM) Irregular Holidays
Address	3-25 EST FOODHALL Kakudacho, Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Access	The access from Hotel Gracery Osaka Numba to ‘ODEN STAND 3TOKU6MI’ is as follows; A 6-minute walk from Umeda Station which is 8 stations away from Namba Station on the Midosuji Line
URL	https://oden-stand.com/

The Restaurant Has a History of Over 170! There are Variety of Traditional Oden ingredients and Delicacies “Takoume Main Store”

“Takoume Main Store” is a long-established Oden restaurant that has been keeping in business since 1844, and has a long history as the ‘oldest Oden restaurant in Japan’. The 5th generation owner, Tetsuo Okada is now running the shop and has been protecting the taste that isn’t changing since its founding. The most popular menu is ‘whale tongue (saezuri®(birds chirping))’. The first owner Umejiro used as the name of the restaurant was in love with the taste and seemed to register as an ingredient first. The deep taste is a special privilege only for those who have tried it! You can enjoy this meal not only in Oden but also as sashimi and grilled. Especially, the ‘Sarashi Kujira’ which is made from real whale skin, is a dish that will impress even whale lovers. It’s winter only from October to May, so please don’t miss visiting during the cold season. In addition, check out the famous menu in the restaurant, ‘octopus candied’. The one dish soaked in traditional dashi soup is addictive once you eat it. If you want to drink with your meal, it definitely recommended having sake. This restaurant offers tin cups that bring out the taste of sake. Takoume is very particular about meals and drinks, and it’s incredible. It’s recommended restaurant that we would like to visit once.

Opening Hours	4:00PM – 10:50PM（LO10:30PM）
Address	1-1-8 Dotonbori, Chuo-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Access	A 15-minute walk from Hotel Gracery Osaka Numba
URL	https://takoume.jp/

We Get a Power from the Soup of Soft-shelled Turtle and Clam Soup Stock – “Takoyaki & Oden Tomono”

“Takoyaki & Oden Tomono” is popular for Takoyaki and Oden used soft-shelled turtle and clam soup stock. The soft-shelled turtle soup is extracted from the shell only, without using the meat, so it keeps the flavor and has a light taste with less excess oil. Combined with the clam soup, collagen and taurine are really into your body! It’s the attraction that It’s not only just delicious but also healthy the more you eat. There are a lot of ingredients from the original menu to the rare menu such as the body of a soft-shelled turtle and beef shabu shabu. If you can’t make up your mind about which one to choose, please ask the owner Ryosuke Tomono, who is running the restaurant while standing at the counter. The must-order dish is ‘Dashi Tako’ which is takoyaki topped with piping hot soft-shelled turtle soup stock. The scene of melting the soup stock on the heatproof dish with special order is so exciting just only seeing it! It opens until 5:00AM in the morning, so you can use it as the 2nd and 3rd houses.

Opening Hours	6:00PM – 5:00AM(Food L.O4:00AM / Drink L.O 4:30AM)
Address	1-8-13-1F Nambanaka, Naniwa-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Access	A 2-minute walk from Hotel Gracery Osaka Namba
URL	https://sasaya-company.jp/brand/tomono