
Namba
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Search complete. 8 mentions across 4 episodes found for "Namba".
Oct 19, 2026
What We DEEPLY Love (and Secretly Hate) About Japan
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4:04MisatoHOST
Last time we went to, we usually go to Kurazushi.
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4:07MisatoHOST
Oh my god, I love the one in Kurazushi in Namba.
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4:11MisatoHOST
Oh really? Like we usually go
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4:14CherineHOST
there, we sometimes go there.
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4:15CherineHOST
When the one in Shinsaib...
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4:16CherineHOST
No, no, sorry.
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4:17CherineHOST
In Namba, like Dotonbori.
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4:18CherineHOST
Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Your First 24 Hours in Japan
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11:21AriHOST
That's another option.
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11:21AriHOST
It takes you to Namba if you're staying maybe near Dotonbori in Minami, Osaka, for example.
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11:26AriHOST
The Nankai Railway is a great choice.
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11:28AriHOST
There are also airport buses.
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25:51AriHOST
And the food is really good.
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25:53AriHOST
in Osaka especially, keep your first day geographically manageable.
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25:59AriHOST
A lot of people go to Namba and Dotonbori, for example, and the surrounding streets around there.
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26:04AriHOST
It's an easy place to begin.
Japan With Kids: Updates on Family Travel, Tokyo Disney, Sumo & New Attractions (Part 1)
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20:17Jo McGregorGUEST
There's one in Shinsaibashi Central in Osaka, which is a great location.
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20:21Jo McGregorGUEST
Up until now, I've been sending mostly families out to Namba.
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20:25Jo McGregorGUEST
Namba's also great.
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20:26Jo McGregorGUEST
But if you wanted to be more near like Dotonbori and that sort of area, it's called Mimaru Shinsaibashi
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20:33Sally StantonHOST
Central.
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20:34Sally StantonHOST
Shinsaibashi Central.
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20:35Sally StantonHOST
Okay.
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20:35Sally StantonHOST
Yeah, I stayed in Namba actually when I went to Osaka last time.
Live with Ryan Dawson and Larry Johnson
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22:27Ryan DawsonHOST
Baseball is the most popular sport in Japan, hands down, although others are catching it, and the Hanshin Tigers of Osaka won, and in, like, this is kind of like, uh, very hooligan for Japan, 'cause they're pretty peaceful.
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22:43Ryan DawsonHOST
They picked up the statue of Colonel Sanders and threw it in the river of, uh, in there in Osaka City, like in Namba.
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22:52Ryan DawsonHOST
And then they couldn't get to a championship again.
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22:55Ryan DawsonHOST
They'd always call it the Colonel's Curse.