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There’s something about food on a stick that is just so satisfying to eat. Meanwhile, fried foods also somehow manage to both be delicious and offer comfort. Leave it to Japan’s Kitchen, Osaka, to combine these two ideas into one filling, affordable and delicious dish called kushikatsu.

The Osakan people take their food seriously and always has. This means that Osaka has tons of delicious food in the city and is even the birthplace of Japanese food favorites like okonomiyaki and takoyaki.

Tokyo is known internationally as a food capital, but most Japanese people know Osaka as “Japan’s Kitchen.” This is because Osaka has an amazing food scene, including street food favorites like takoyaki. However, its most famous dish that everyone in Japan recognizes is the iconic Osaka original, okonomiyaki.

Did you know that people generally don’t walk around and eat at the same time in Japan? For many, it’s about properly savoring the food and keeping the streets clean, making restaurants the go-to option for food. However, Japanese street...

Have you always wanted to visit a Shinto shrine but are too nervous you’ll make a cultural faux pas? What are some of the fun things to do at a Shinto shrine? Read on for all you need to know...

Buddhism and Shinto are the two most practiced religions in Japan, with 80,000 Shinto shrines and 75,000 Buddhist temples across the country. Shinto is associated with the worship of kami, deities associated with natural phenomena, while Buddhism is associated with...