Dōguya-suji Arcade

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This long arcade sells just about anything related to the preparation, consumption and selling of Osaka's principal passion: food. There's everything from bamboo steamers and lacquer miso soup bowls to shopfront lanterns, plastic food models and, of course, moulded hotplates for making tako-yaki (octopus dumplings). Hours vary by store.


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