Night Experiences • 4 hours 5.0 (22)

Experience electric Osaka after dark

Eat, drink, shop, sing, repeat all night long - Japan’s friendliest city sure delivers!

Osaka has its own distinctive dialect so although you might've practised your

What makes this experience special

Key highlights

  • Hit the town with a host and discover how locals have fun after hours.
  • Indulge in the Osakan pastime of hashigo zake, or bar hopping, with your host leading the way.
  • Unleash your inner pop star at a karaoke bar, with a private booth to keep the haters at bay.
  • Enjoy plenty of fuel in the form of tasty street food, the perfect match for craft beer and sake.
  • Get tips from your host on the hottest nightlife spots in the city, setting you up for the rest of your stay.

What to know before you go

Here’s everything you need to know before your day unfolds.

4 hours
Fully tailored to your preferences
English Other languages may be requested

What’s included

Private and personalized itinerary
4 hours in the city with a host
Walking experience ( if required, your host can suggest public transport or private taxi options )
Authentic local knowledge and insights
2 drinks of your choice

What’s not included

Food and drinks other than the ones included above
Tickets to any attractions
Transportation costs
Gratuities (optional)

Meeting point

Starbucks Coffee - Tsutaya Ebisubashi - The host will be waiting in front of Starbucks Coffee

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience

What to bring

  • We recommend wearing comfortable shoes and carrying a light bag for your essentials.
  • Public transport may be used during the experience - please bring a travel card or small amount of cash for fares.

How your day could unfold

A flexible, unscripted experience designed entirely around your interests. Your host will adapt the day based on what excites you most

What you’ll do

For a truly authentic Osakan experience, you could kick things off with a butt-naked scrub down at a traditional sento, where locals freshen up before some well-deserved hashigo zake, or bar hopping, as we know it. Your local insider has the scoop on hideouts like Hozenji Yokocho and the maze of bars in Tenma, and will make up for any language barriers.

The local patrons of Osaka’s izakaya will happily talk to you all night - even if you don’t speak Japanese! Your host will effortlessly order plates of dishes like kushikatsu as you pour sake for one another, then feed your sake-induced insomnia with gyoza pork dumplings and some karaoke, or end your experience slurping ramen on the way home - just like a true local!

1. Select a date
2. Select start time
3. Tailor your experience
Answer a few quick questions to help your host craft the perfect day tailored to you.
1. What’s your preferred hosting style?
2. How would you like the pace of your day?
3. What’s your walking comfort level?
4. Are you celebrating something special?

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What travelers think of this experience

Suz, Jan 2025

We had Fumiko as our guide, she was very knowledgeable and accommodated to our schedule. we definitely enjoyed our time with her! thank you Fumiko!!

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Peter, Dec 2024

Fumiko was amazing! Could not have asked for a better guide! She is incredibly knowledgeable about Osaka. I highly recommend her!

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Michael, Oct 2024

Thoroughly enjoyed my time with Antoine, my guide for the evening, messaged me well in advance to set an itinerary based of my personal interests on what I wanted to see. he put some interesting stops at places and buildings with interesting histories and characters. I would definitely recommend this.

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Alexander, Jul 2024

Our guided tour with host Maria lead us to a lot of interesting and bustling places in the vicinities of Dotonbori and Shinsekai districts. Our guide was able to provide a lot of background info, e.g. on the meaning of the "Billiken" statuettes, the hidden Hozen-Ji temple and the reason why there is a sign on Ebisubashi bridge prohibiting diving. We were taken to well-known places, like the Kuromon fish market, but also to places we'd never have entered or even found on our own, like a tiny Karaoke pub (where they sold snake-flavoured booze), a Pachinko salon (a slot-machine hell, just for watching), a house with lots of awkward theme pubs (like one where you attend a funeral while eating) and a very nice conveyor sushi restaurant. We've enjoyed the tour a lot, Maria is a very sympathetic and well-informed guide, fluent in both Japanese and English. She planned the tour from the outset, but also took our interests into account while we were on the road. The only downer was the huge number of people, but that's part and parcel of this place, and it was Saturday. But since we were lead through side alleys where possible (with even more hidden gems inside), we could circumvent them here and there, which is a bonus of a tour given by a local. In a nutshell: Great tour, great guide, highly recommended.

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Barry, Jul 2024

Fumiko was a great guide during our private tour in Osaka. Me and my wife had a great night out for a nice walk with amazing food and drinks in non touristy places. Would definitely go again!

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Jeffrey, Feb 2023

Nice walk at night. very good service we enjoyed the trip and walk. looking into a different perspective

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