These are the exact addresses from Netflix Street Food Japan
After binge-watching Netflix’s Street Food in one sitting, I immediately started searching for plane tickets. Here. I. Must. Go. But where exactly is ‘here’? Netflix does mention the names and cities, but not the addresses. I looked them up for you, made a map and am sharing it here. Long live the internet.
Izakaya Toyo
When he was 15, Toyo moved to Osaka to work as a dishwasher in his aunt’s bar. After two years of hard work, the chefs taught him how to cook. Ten years later, Toyo opened his own izakaya. At first, he ran the place from his truck. Toyo soon became known for his sense of humor and the way he prepares his tuna (quickly): with a blowtorch and his bare (!) hands. His izakaya has now been around for 26 years. Must try? The roasted tuna cheek.
3 Chome-2-26 Higashinodamachi, Miyakojima Ward
Osaka, Japan
+81 6-6882-5768
Umai-Ya
You can’t leave Japan without eating takoyaki. The balls filled with octopus and tempura flakes are a true street-food classic. Umai-Ya is the second-oldest takoyaki shop in Japan. Taizo Kit’s great-grandmother started the Umai-Ya food stall, and the takoyaki recipe has never changed since. And if we can believe food historian Mana Kumagai, that’s a good thing. Umai-Ya’s takoyaki has no fewer than five different textures, making it her absolute favorite.
4-21 Naniwacho, Kita Ward
Osaka, Japan
+81 6-6373-2929
Fue
Another lovely family business: Fue. They specialize in okonomiyaki, a kind of savory pizza/pancake made with cabbage, spring onion, tempura flakes, ginger and Goshi Yusuke’s grandmother’s special batter. Yusuke’s grandparents started the shop, and he now runs the place with his father.
5-2-7 Higashinodamachi
Osaka, Japan
+81 6-6351-5616
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