We really appreciate you going out to the ledge just to get a nice view for us even though you have your fear of heights. That was really nice. The view was amazing! Definitely going to check it out while I'm there as well as the south part of Osaka. I really like old style shops and foods. And yes, I remember those coin machines (where the coin rolls down the "funnel"). I don't see them much anymore but I loved them as a kid! They used to be all over malls, museums, aquariums, ect. Pretty sure they were a way to collect donations. My brother and I would drop our coins in at the same time to see which one of our coins "won". Very 'natsukashi' :) Hope I spelled that right. Glad you got to try your Ise shrimp and it was yummy! Now to try one in Ise! Let's keep walking and will definitely Gaaoo to you if I see you on my upcoming trip!

Flew into Tokyo, spent 2 days there before going to Osaka for the last 8 days, tonight is our last night here before heading back to Tokyo. The vibe here is definitely more friendly and laid back, people are more loud and less serious than Tokyo, we are definitely going to miss Osaka but will definitely be back!

“Symbol for the Osaka old ladies” LMAOO LOVE IT, RION SAN 🤣

@16:10 Rion describing the uniform of the infamous Osaka obatarians 😂Watching this video makes me look forward to my trip next year, I will probably stay in Osaka for about 4 days and will explore the Namba and Naniwa areas covered in this video.

Thanks!

@RionIshida

10 ай бұрын

Arigatoooo Cheng for the Pink Superthanks!😆 My biiiiig pleasure, and Ganbarimaaasu, Let's keep walking!😊🦁

Arigatougozaimasu, Rion, for brightening my day with your visit to Osaka. 👍

@sushisushi_915

10 ай бұрын

Hi Rion San, is the 24degree wind chilly or not? is it cold? i willvisit Osaka in a few dats do i need to bring trench coat no?

I just arrived in Osaka to spend my last week and im in love, I feel less tensed up and everyone seems to enjoy their nights,enjoying food,the attractions, the booze...it's just so nice being here

Thank you for the updated videos! We will be there next week!

Wow I will be in Osaka for the whole month of November to visit my in-laws. Always excited to visit there.

We were there and we agree it’s very very busy. Thank you for all you do with your videos because now it’s bringing back memories to when we were there and we can’t wait to come next year and when we do we want to meet you.

The view of Osaka from the observatory was so beautiful. I want to visit there one day.

i used to live just nex to to shin imamiya and dobutsen mae stations, i really love Osaka, my favorite city from Japan

It is always so nice to visit the most popular places of your hometown with you dear Rion. It is never boring to revisit there because there is always a special vibe. Yes, at least South Osaka has more traditional local atmosphere and it is obvious that even you probably used to it also enjoy that frandly spirit of the place. Thanks so much for showing the renewed Tsutenkaku Tower and its Observatory. Your commenting of the views has been so interesting in spite the fact that you were as usually scared of high places. I appriciate so much your effort to do your best even under for you such unpleasant circumstances. The food you enjoyed especially seemed nostalgic for there are less such local shops than before. The gachapone prize is not worth the money but as you often say it is worth the excitement/experience. That shrimp looked really inviting before you have "distroyed" it, but I am glad the Mickey Mouse voiced better part of the shrimp had nothing against it. Dotombori again traditionally crowded. Obviously a lot of tourists again there. The street performers added to the vivid atmosphere, for sure. The tighny alley and the shrine at night such a nice Japanese vibe. In the end your beloved peaceful Namba Parks to be partly renewed. Listerning to your mentioning Christmas while still wearing your white T-shirt reminds me how time is flying. But still, looking forward to next adventures with you before the winter. Just stay safe, healthy and happy. God bless!!

Ahhhh can't watch and catch up with the update anytime soon. Life is crazy busy, but gambate!!! 😊

The view from observatory is gorgeous and thank you for braving it 😅Also everytime I see the mystery kachapon I start to laugh! Oh good price point for the shrimp! Always love Osaka food street. Thank you for the lovely video and can't wait for USJ video.

I will travel to Japan the next week for the first time in my life. And I am really grateful for your videos. You are so funny and your content it's so interesting. Thank you so much for your videos.

@annettemorrissey8485

9 ай бұрын

Agree I plan to do this walk so arigato xx

Hi Rion, found your channel as I started researching for my upcoming trip to Osaka at the end of this year. Your videos are so informative and entertaining, loving it! Thank you so much, you've given us so many ideas on places to visit, things to do and food to eat. Hopefully I will have the opportunity to gaoooo to you in the street. Keep up the good work, saiko! :)

Thank you so much for taking us to Osaka! Some weeks ago, I walked the streets in Shin Sekai, which is one of my favorite places in Kansai. I am always happy when show you us around Osaka, love to see the world through your eyes 😊

We will be in Osaka Oct 31 cannot wait. This video has been a great help!.

いやぁ、あのタワーの🗼先端は相当キツかったと思います💦まさか行くとは思いませんでした😭グッジョブ👍通天閣美しいですね😊大阪食べ物安いですね🦐ビックリです素晴らしい👍お客さん戻って本当に良かったです🙏串カツ美味しそうでした🍖なんとなく千円の伊勢エビより100円の串カツの方が美味しかったんじゃないかなって密かに思ってます😂謎ガチャポン、何気に大好きなのですね🤣道頓堀も活気が凄いですね！インフルエンザめっちゃ流行ってるので気をつけてください💦ありがとうございました🙏

I admired you for going up and taking courage to walk around the tower knowing that you have a phobia to high places 😂your dedication to show the viewers is highly appreciated 🎉 just be careful

Great video again! ❤

@17:59 I love them old simple Japanese places too!!!! Let keep them alive!!!!!🙌🏻👍🏻

Tsutenkaku observatory is nice place. If I go to Osaka again I'll visit tsutenkaku. Thank you for the video, Rion san. Have a nice day.

Oh, nice to be strolling around the streets of Osaka. How I wish to go up the Tsutenkaku observatory someday, even if, I'm also scared of heights just like you!😊 Would I eat a "talking shrimp" for real?😅

Been watching your videos for a while and we were in Osaka in early October (we are from Canada!). Thank you for always sharing your videos! Your previous travel tips were so helpful and watching this video makes me miss Osaka even more now since I walked through all those places in your video. Definitely miss those Osaka vibes and food!!

hello Riion, your videos were helpful for my japan trip. I watch both your vlogs and livestreams. I'm young, love travelling and Shopping in Japan. One thing I just learnt was that elder Osaka woman wears tiger stripes. Elder woman here wears Tees much like your senior American viewer with black tee and baseball cap calling Osaka older woman Obachan. Different culture huh? Japanese ppl are so healthy esp the food you eat. Take care! Thanks 👍

Thanks for all your informative and entertaining videos! We’ll be visiting Japan for the first time next week. Hope to run into you. 🦁

How beautiful Osaka looks! 😍

We were just in Osaka! We are in Tokyo until Monday

Thank you Ron, I will be there in Mid Nov, I hope I can see you.

19:00 Part 1 done and back to Part 2!

nice video!! the weather looks great compared to few months 😅 will be checking these places on my next Osaka trip

Thank you from Australia. Planing our itinirary for Autumn 2024 and your vlog is helpful. Will follow your route.

Excited to visit Osaka in 3 weeks! We will certainly gaoooo if we see you!

Wow I’m glad you went up top so I don’t have to. I don’t think it’s for me. I always enjoy your travels.

I love it when you say "Welcome to Osaka" after getting the 100 yen gochapan. I am looking forward for another trip to Osaka. I like the vibe there better than Tokyo (Shinjuku). Thanks so much for the video. Exited to finish watching!

Nice video footage about tour, Rion.

Been study your videos for my 17th oct osaka holiday. Thank ❤

Love it, my wife & I will be there in December... can't wait to eat all the food

I LOVE your attitude and vibe! Instant subscribe! Your English is very well too!

31:37 For those unfamiliar with it, hanbaagu (ハンバーグ) is very similar to Salisbury steak and a relative to meatloaf: ground beef + ground pork, breadcrumbs, egg, and onion

@RionIshida

10 ай бұрын

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Once again, thank you so much for showing such a wonderful adventure rion! This actually helps me a lot for my upcoming trip to Osaka!!

Glad I found your videos. Will be visiting Osaka in a few months. My hotel is near tsutenkaku and I'm glad I know now where to go.

Thank you for posting about osaka. We need more osaka vloggers. Hope to see more osaka videos concentrating on non touristic spots.

thankyou from australia, heading to osaka in december 2023 - certainly heading to Namba Parks rooftop -domo arigatou goazaimasu !

Hi Rion , I am from California USA 🇺🇸 I gonna travel to japan, I wish to meet you in Osaka or Tokyo .

Last May, I walked from Abeno Harukas to Dotonbori with a stopover at Shinsekai to get a city view from Tsutenkaku.

My heart will stop if I ever go to that viewing deck with the glass floor. 😂

Thanks for this video. We will visit Osaka soon! 😊

Your the best Rion! Appreciate the content and 4K quality a lot. We are heading for the 1st time to Japan in Nov, cannot wait

Rion l remember when you were so brave and walked the Rainbow bridge❤. We believe in you❤

Awesome👍🏻❣️ Osaka Sky high views!! Do feel like I'm walking with you.. from day to night, it so lovely to see that you are enjoy the street food kushikatsu & 🦞 always Gaooo!

3 travel situations updates in a row, wow!

@RionIshida

10 ай бұрын

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Love your content, Rion!

I miss Japan so much! I need to go back next year! ❤

Much ❤️ from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

Osaka is my favorite place in japan. The atmosphere is friendly and light, and there are more handsome guys🤭

OMG I visited Kuromon a few years ago. There was this tiny restaurant offering the best and reasonably priced CRAB BOWL! It was sooooo good~ Oh ya and Kanidoraku was wonderful as well. Thanks for the walk.

Rion, thank you for this video. I am thinking to go to Osaka/Kyoto for a few days next month and this should help a lot!!

Thanks . Im taking my parents to travel in Kansai in 2 weeks

That is one huge shrimp. It looked like a lobster and curiosity got to me so I did some digging. Ise shrimp (伊勢海老、イセエビ) is translated to spiny lobster. エビ Ebi is commonly translated to shrimp, but Jisho says shrimp, lobster, crayfish. Although it would’ve been funny if 🦐 was that big! Lol. Correct me if I’m wrong… 😅 it looked delicious either way! 😎

@RionIshida

10 ай бұрын

Ohhhh, if that’s the lobster🦞, it more makes sense to me too😂👍

@dereksbooks

10 ай бұрын

Definitely a lobster 😂

Good Content. Rion. Just visited Shinsaibashi last week. Hope to bump into you one day😊

From one fellow height phobic to another, I thought you were so brave on the observatory deck, Rion👍😊... I swear my heart rate shot up just watching you!

“Only one time for my life” hahaha thank you for taking one for the team! Regarding tattoos: Can you cover it up with a skin colored bandage and walk in? Will I get into a trouble? Mine’s not that big but I still do have one.

@RionIshida

10 ай бұрын

Most likely not with my experiences, so as long as you can cover it, no one would have realized! (Showing tattoo is the taboo there😊)

Can’t wait , will be in Osaka in few weeks for the first time

@RionIshida

10 ай бұрын

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Cool video! Can't wait to be back and bump to you again. :)

you're the most helpful vlogger for Japan. Thank you Rion! Hope to see you when we visit next year!

Going to Japan from 14 to 21 march 2024, hope to meet you ishida San Thomas singapore

We just saw your video, and realised that when you were at Shinseki market~~ that same day we were at usj~~~ Hopefully we will bump into you in these days as we are going back to Tokyo next week because your video helped us a lot in our current Japan honeymoon trip and it will be great that we see you😂😂😂 Support you all the way from Australia❤❤ Sydney

I always enjoy your videos!. I really gotta try the "talking shrimp" when I get to Japan for a visit(LOL!).

@RionIshida

10 ай бұрын

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Rion this looks amazing! I can't wait till I go to Japan in Nov. I'll be in Osaka a little too!

Lol that "hambagu" mixed with bread is pretty much the same as our German "Frikadellen / Fleischpflanzerl / buletten / whatever XD" we use old hard bread put it in milk for a while then rip it into small pieces and mix it together with the ground meat. Also Dotonbori was literally HELL for me when I was there .... I was pushed around and had no chance to decide where to go myself as it was so incredibly crowded when I was there 2019

Thanks Rion and I think u r brave to get on high places ... even tho u dont like it - respect m enjoying ur videos / content as they make me excited as well as somewhat prepared for my upcoming japan trip too!

Thanks for the useful information in the updated videos. I've been following your channel and the videos helped me a lot to find out more about Osaka for my trip at the end of November. Rion, ありがとう!

Wow we were at dotenburi in that day. We missed you

I don't know if you're still in Osaka but in Hankyu Mall Umeda there is currently a British fair where you can eat many traditional British foods and buy some UK goods! It's interesting!

Shin-Imamiya was the first stay in Osaka back in 2010. I still remember the place was so dark and a little bit dirty with a lot of homeless around. But somehow you feel so safe, really out of this world. I had no idea about it because I found the cheap hotel for only 2000yen a night back in those days. I revisit back again in 2019 but stayed in different place and the place change a lot to a different town. Thank you for sharing again... I always visit Osaka at least once or twice a month when I work in Kobe for a year.

I miss Osaka and Dotonbori! T_T We discovered a nice spot in the 2nd flr of Lotteria. There are a couple of tables facing the windows, a great place to people watch :)

Greetings fromCanada.

Appreciate your work. I'd been to Osaka last year, in a hostel near shin imamiya station. Stumble upon tsutenkaku tower but stiil early morning. I have fear of heights, so I admire your work at the tower. Keep the good job. Thanks alot, I will be back in Osaka in April, will try your sugestion.

Your voice is so happy and friendly sounding :)

I just went to the tower a week before you did! It was our first trip to Japan. I took pictures on the overhang, but my husband did not. He had to get off. 😹

always enjoy your osaka vlogs! i miss japan, stayed in hotel sun plaza near shin imamiya station. theres more to explore but so little time! maybe next time! love from the philippines..❤️🇵🇭

I love Osaka and hope so will go some day, if I´ll see you, I made GAAOOO !! thanks for the video extra kudos for visit high skyline observatory !! greetings from Mexico

Thanks for showing Tsutenkaku special observatory! Last time I was there it didn`t existed. Also, funny moment, noticed APA Hotel from there. My, this chain hotels really are everythere ))

🎶 Ohhh oh it’s gonna be a good day, when I see you post a videoooooo 🎶

Hi my name is Josie. My husband and I watch your KZread channel all the time and we are coming to Japan in a week. If your in town when we are there we would love to meet you!!! We are going to be staying in Kyoto during our time there. Do you have any suggestions? And we will be there from the 27th of October to the 4th of November if your available

Wonderful Osaka 🇯🇵 my birthplace ❤ it's good to see again of course a lot more modern than when I was a child there in the 1960s My Mother was from Osaka and Father was American after my parents separated when I was around 3yrs old Dad decided to move back to the States and I've been here in Ohio for many years now I would love to visit Japan again but I have some health issues that make it almost impossible for me to travel such a distance

Okay, so I just finished watching Encountets on Netflix. Watching your vlog as we’re off to Japan in Feb. Then I noticed something that looks like UAP/UFO @9:52 to @10:01 in the sky in the middle of the clouds! The 5 round things. What’s that? 😮🤣👽

🇺🇸✌️😁Hello Rion! Good video on Osaka streets and places to go to! I was running late that day on October 10th to get to my APA Hotel in northern Osaka after midnight and Too bad I never captured you on the bridge where Spider-Man was on the 11th day of October when I was there! And I did visit the outdoor food places where octopus🐙balls are made, seeing the Giant Japanese Clown🤡Toy, and I got to go on the Giant long shaped farrier wheel, it was fun that night. Osaka was great place to be in! By the way, as your accent sounds interesting, are you Japanese-British descendent? Not personal, just a friendly question, I also been to a British and Irish Pub in both Tokyo and Nagoya.😅

kinryuu ramen is very nice. i like it. haha.

Thanks so much for this video! My hotel is in this area and I'm going to try to walk this route tomorrow. My son needs new sandals, so maybe I'll be lucky and find some on this route. He has big feet though, so we might have to wait until we get back to the U.S.😅

Hope to see you around Osaka this October, Rion san!

1:09 If the hotel is rented at Spa World Hotel & Resort, you can get what you want here👍. 5:52 Billiken with kushikatsu in hand 😄. 8:25 It’s great to be able to gacha while lining up😄👏, 10: 02 wow, what a magnificent view😍🤩👍. 12:34 😱I was scared when I saw it😮‍💨, 🫡Rion did it 😉👍👏🥳. 16:03 🤣 I also think so, maybe they want to look she 's not a woman to be trifled with😁. 😯what a crispy katsu okra, katsu egg and hamu katsu, I want to eat it😋. 20:53 100JPY worth it👌. 22:14 oden 😋👏, 23:12 perfect lobster and beer🦞🍺😋👍, 25:25 🤣 Kuromon's lobsters can even talk to each other after eating them, which scares the tourists to death🤣, it made me laugh so hard😆, Rion uses Mickey Mouse's voice again, it's so funny👏, you can be a comedian😁👍! I haven't tried Osaka's Rikuro Ojisan yet, and I must buy it when I visit Osaka🤨😋. 32:39 Cotton candy delicacies are unique and have a variety of cute flower shapes. 34:07 🫡Hozenji Temple is quietly hidden in the bustling city center, retaining its traditional charm, a touch of the charm of ancient Japan😌🙏, this is what tourists like. 35:09 Drinking a cup of warm coffee while enjoying the night view here is perfect🤨😍👍🏙️. 38:47 🤦🏻‍♀️😆😂. Thank you so much Rion, let’s keep walking in Osaka’s food street, new Tsutenkaku observation deck and the latest situation in Japan🇯🇵🤝!

My favourite onsen hotel in OSAKA 🇯🇵 😍 Have stayed SpaWorld Hotel (Japanese room) many times ♨️ which has great views of Tsūtenkaku ❤😘 Tip: Stay 2 nights, end of month to the 1st as they change between (4th European & 6th Asian) floors each month (Male ↔️ Female), so you can go each floor. Book low season to save $ plus in advance as it gets busy. You are allowed to go out during your stay to buy snacks. In SpaWorld many restaurants to choose from. Pro Tip: Day of checkout you can return to onsen after room checkout, just let them know how long you intend to stay and give them your bags. They will change your wristband in case you wish to eat at the restaurants. Also just to mention they also have a water fun park upstairs that requires swimming costumes.

What a bargain large shrimp 🦐🦐🦐 and beer for best price. Was a bit scary to see the shrimp talk to you after you ate him. Lol

@RionIshida

10 ай бұрын

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Always great videos. Do you use gimbal? Your videos are smooth.

@RionIshida

10 ай бұрын

I only use active/dynamic active mode😊

When I traveled to Japan I never gain weight even I take 5 meals or more per day lol😂because I always take walk in Osaka

I saw real fear in your eyes. Way to go Rion