Wagyu Idaten
Wagyu Idaten is a small wagyu box place in Namba, a minute from the station and on the way to Dotonbori. We came back from the onsen hungry and it turned into one of our better meals of the trip.
The menu
Everything comes as a “jyu”, a lacquer box of wagyu over rice. The Osaka tataki box is thin slices of seared A5 thigh, there’s a Kobe beef sukiyaki box, a half-and-half of the two, and seared meat sushi if you’d rather not commit to a box.
We both went for the Osaka tataki box, around ¥2,300 each. It comes with a raw egg yolk and condiments on the side, and the menu tells you how to eat it in three steps: first as it is, then with the yolk mixed and poured over, then with their own chili oil.
There’s samurai armour standing in the corner, and a sword on the wall.
Dotonbori at night
Then Dotonbori again, now all lit up. The giant crab of Kani Doraku, the gyoza of Osaka Ohsho, and Kushikatsu Daruma’s angry chef.
The Daruma chef looks furious about something. We posed anyway.
Glico Man again, lit up this time, and a souvenir shop with a little three-wheeler truck parked inside.
The canal at night:
Back at Hotel The Flag Shinsaibashi, the lobby spells out FLAG in giant bookshelves. The room was compact but comfortable. Onward to Shinsekai!
Postcard from Namba, Osaka
A small wagyu box restaurant a minute from Namba Station (exit 14), on the way to Dotonbori. No reservations, so expect a short wait.