Similar to a communal hot pot party, during a tako-pa everyone gathers around a takoyaki maker and a spread of various ...

Forty Years in the Birthplace of Takoyaki From okonomiyaki to yakisoba, takoyaki to gyoza, even udon and ramen . . . To the people of Naniwa, an old name for the Osaka region, these wheat-flour ...

Osaka’s street food district, Dotonbori, is overrun with octopuses. Look in any direction as you wander the overwhelming, neon-lit area and you’ll surely lay eyes on a giant red cephalopod.