Izakaya · Umeda

Shin-Umeda Shokudogai 新梅田食道街

A warren of around 100 tiny eateries and bars squeezed under the JR tracks by Osaka Station since 1950: kushikatsu, takoyaki, oden and standing bars for after-work Osaka.

About

Shin-Umeda Shokudogai started as a market of food stalls for post-war railway workers and is now a two-storey maze of small counters beneath the elevated JR line. It is the best place in Umeda for cheap, quick, old-fashioned food and drink: standing kushikatsu at Matsuba, takoyaki stands, oden, yakitori and tiny whisky bars. The lighting, menus and patrons all feel decades old. It gets packed after 18:00 with salarymen stopping for a drink before their train.

Highlights

• Around 100 tiny bars and eateries
• Under the JR tracks since 1950
• Standing kushikatsu, oden and takoyaki
• Cheap drinks steps from Osaka Station
• Retro Showa atmosphere

Tips

• Go early evening for the full after-work buzz
• Walk both floors: the second floor hides quieter bars
• Great last stop before catching a train from Umeda

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