Experience Osaka
Beyond the Guidebooks

Maria was an amazing tour guide. She was very flexible and catered to our preferences. We had our young kids with us who easily became tired as the heat got worse during the middle of the day. She was able to pivot and take us to an indoor museum of old Osaka. Our youngest was able to wear a kimono during that visit and she absolutely loved it. We definitely recommend this tour to anyone wanting to explore Osaka.

Maria was a great guide! Very funny and knowledgeable about all the sites! She spoke perfect English and Japanese! So impressed!

Maria was a great tour guide. She showed us exactly what we asked for. She had good knowledge and was very personable! I recommend!!

Maria was an excellent guide. Her English was perfect. She adjusted the tour to meet my kids interests (food!!!). Maria is very kind and was easy to be with for 6 hours. Tour ran on time and was well organized. We were very pleased. Would highly recommend her.

We loved the Osaka Food Tour. My son and I have serious & different food allergies, so this was a safer way to experience several of the food markets in Osaka. Fumiko, our guide, was the absolute BEST!

Our experience with Fumiko in Osaka was great. From the moment we met, she made us feel welcomed and completely at ease. Her energy, and knowledge of the city brought every place we visited to life in a personal and meaningful way. Fumiko didn’t just take us to the usual tourist spots—she introduced us to hidden gems, local eateries, and cultural insights we might have not discovered on our own. We explored historic temples, the longest market in Japan, and even some quiet backstreet eateriesand coffee houses. She always had fascinating stories and local tips to share. Fumiko customized the tour to our interests. She paid close attention to what we said we liked and adjusted the pace and activities perfectly. It felt more like exploring the city with a friend than being on a tour. If you're visiting Osaka and want a truly authentic and engaging experience, I recommend Fumiko vety highly. She made our time in the city unforgettable, and my family and I would definitely be reaching out to her again on our next trip!

Excellent recommendations and very good service. If we ever needed something the restaurant didn't provide Fumiko jumped up to get it. We had great service at every restaurant picked and wonderful food, and she was understanding of our dietary needs.

Fumiko was amazing. I lost count of how many great places we stoped for food & drink. Delicious! She had to take extra care with us because I have a gluten allergy and my son is allergic to shellfish, peanuts & nuts. We are so grateful to her. She is a wonderful ambassador for Osaka and City Unscripted!

We had an amazing tour with Khalid, who is an extremely knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide. An immigrant, whose love of Japan is palpable, he provides an interesting perspective. His itinerary included a diversity of sites from cultural to artistic to off the beaten path. He adjusted the pace to fit our needs and is a very smart and kind person. We got a great sense of the city thanks to Khalid. We highly recommend him!

Khalid shared his love of his adopted country of Japan and specifically, Osaka. He put together a diverse and interesting itinerary and was flexible with our group of four women as to quick photo and shopping stops. He is very knowledgeable, personable and kind. We highly recommend Khalid!

Khalid was an amazing guide on our tour of Osaka. He’s very knowledgeable, personable and flexible. He made our experience very special. We highly recommend him!

Loys was fantastic. He took both of our unique and individual preferences into account when selecting stops on the tour. The conversion was great and so was the food. He even took extra time to help us find a store we had been looking for. It was a wonderful experience and he is an awesome guide. Thank you Loys!

Our guide Loys was terrific. The two types of food we tried were excellent.

Excellent knowledge and good at keeping us at pace through the busy streets. Was really good use of time.

We wanted to start our first day in Osaka with a guided tour to make sure we could get our bearings. We met up with Harhui at 10 am and had such an amazing time! She showed us the small out of the way places that had the most delightful foods and drinks. She also advised us on the best tea to purchase and helped us with finding different places we were told we must visit. Harhui was an amazing host and we would highly recommend her to anyone. Thank you, Harhui for being a part of our day today. ❤️

Haruhi listened to what we were interested in and planned out a wonderful 3 hour tour of Osaka. We highly recommend her as a tour guide.

Haruhi gave us a wonderful introduction to "Japan's Kitchen" on our recent trip to Osaka. Our afternoon was well planned offering us chances to sample several of Osaka's most interesting specialty flavors while enjoying the street scene that makes this city unique. Pace was perfectly casual.....and flexible enough for us to stop as we wished. Haruhi is an absolute delight to be with. Eat as much as or little as you like...and enjoy every morsel. We did!!!

At a casual pace, Haruhi introduced us to a delicious variety of specialty foods as we walked thru Kuromon Market and around Namba, Dotonbori and Shinsaibashi areas. It was a great introduction to the city.

It is 100% recommended, Taku is a very professional and pleasant person. Unforgettable market, really a good place to visit in Osaka.

Taku was a wonderful guide- we will request him again when we come back next year!

Taku was a fantastic guide in introducing us to his favorite food and places. We enjoyed every minute of it! Highly recommend. Big thank you!

Taku was an amazing guide who showed us sights outside of the main tourist spots per our request after already having an eight hour Osaka tour the day before. We were able to see more of an authentic Osaka lifestyle and see areas normal tourists would not be aware of. From a fish market to underground shopping, we saw a wide variety and enjoyed every minute.

Thank you Alex! I had an excellent day touring Osaka with you. I loved the historical components and the sites we visited. It would’ve been fun to eat at a few more places but our time was still well spent. It was easy to meet Alex for the tour. He messaged me the day before which I found helpful and appreciate because I know I’d have a hard time planning that. Alex was very knowledgeable and engaged; he checked in with me often to personalize our tour and was very enthusiastic and energetic about sharing his unique knowledge and experiences on Japan. I could tell he was invested in me having the best experience possible which I so appreciate.

Tour was awesome and Alex was great. He took us to all the sights he had planned and we didn’t feel like we were rushed. Definitely our best tour yet.

Alex was fantastic. Very good with the kids and super flexible to their ever changing needs. Also had lots of knowledge of locations and culture which made for some great conversation for the Adults.

With a very indecisive 11yo and 1 super energetic 8yo, doing guided tours can be a challenge. Alex almost immediately put that at ease with his warm and welcoming personality. He was very accomodating of the children’s needs and had some great idea’s for things to do with them that they enjoyed very much. That alone was more than enough, however his knowledge of the area and its culture made for some very interesting conversation for the adults as well. It was an absolute pleasure and I highly recommend Alex as a guide.

We have the best tour guides all over Japan. They were all very friendly and all fabulous. Rei in Himeji was exceptional. Helpful. Planned and booked a fantastic lunch and had extra little videos to show us at assorted locations. She was perfection. She arranged our tour such that we would get to each of the different locations with less crowds, and in the least hot part of the day. She took us to locations that other people might’ve bypassed. Marie in Tokyo was SO COOL! She was knowledgeable and friendly and amazing! She had a lot of knowledge about the city and really got along with my daughter when they realize they shared an interest in the same music. We Have a great time with her. Eugene, and Kyoto was wonderful. We opted for the night tour, so even though a lot of the shrines were closed, we got to see them just not enter them, which was OK because we didn’t need to enter every single shrine in Kyoto. He told us all about Guyon and the history and the architecture And what they do to the cedar on the buildings. He told us the history of the place he told us some pop culture about the place. And he took us to an incredible Ramen place. He also took us in and around the different areas where there were less crowds, but more beauties than We even expected. In Osaka,, Kanna Took us on a food tour that was exceptional. She also managed to get us a tea room excursion after our event because a friend she had in town. Everything we tried to book was sold out, and she made one phone call and we were in by 4:30. she was incredibly funny, very helpful and oh my gosh, the food in Osaka! I can’t even. Our final Tori, Nora, with the peaceful, playful deer, ha ha, was really wonderful. Our tour guide, Eugene was fantastic. He took us first, up to the top of the building so we can see the whole city. He then took us in and around and through all of the most important parts of Nora. And he was wonderful to talk to you. Thank you so much for your incredible staff and all of your incredible tours.

Thank you so much!! We LOVED our tour guide and our tour! Kanna/Candy was utterly delightful! She knew so many great places and she even managed to get us into a last minute traditional tea ceremony!!

Kanna was excellent, friendly, and pleasant. I enjoyed my tour.

Fantastic! One of the best tours I’ve had! Kanna was amazing and fit everything I wanted to see and do into the schedule. There wasn’t a question she didn’t know the answer to. Great experience!

Interesting tour of local spots and food with great explanations of the history behind what we saw. Thanks Kieran for a lovely informative afternoon!

Kieran was able to answer all question we had about history and current topics such as the economy and various other more present day topics. We never stopped talking. We very much enjoyed our time together.

He was a great guide. Knew his stuff, and was fun and friendly!

Kieran is an exceptional tour guide. I have been on many tours around the world and this was the best one I have been on. There was a mixup on where we were supposed to meet and he made the effort to go out of his way about 25 minutes to find me. We then spent almost 8 hours together, and I learned so much about the history and culture of both Osaka and Japan. Kieran is Canadian so the conversation in English was easy and understandable. He is also a foodie which helped make our day enjoyable. He is really a nice enjoyable guy.

Our experience with Max was fun and informative! He was a great host, and knew a lot about the area and history. We enjoyed his suggestions and had a great time exploring parts of the city we wouldn’t have found without him! So glad we booked this experience and would highly recommend a tour with Max!

Max was incredible! He took us all over Osaka, showed us the best sights and listened to our requests to see what we wanted to see. He found such amazing spots for shopping and eating, and we saw the best sights. He is also fun to hang out with so it was a great day! Thank you max!

Max was fantastic! Like seeing the city with your good friend that happens to live there! Just what we were looking for!

We had a fabulous morning with Max our guide. Was a challenge due to lots of rain but we found it interesting and really enjoyed!

Great tour. Miki was very pleasant and entertaining. She did a great job of taking us around. We had some rain and wind and she adjusted to make the best of things!

Hello! My husband and I enjoyed our time with Miki in Osaka. She met us at the cruise ship and we started our day riding the subway to the Osaka station and visited the castle. We did a lot of walking that day and the day flew by. Miki is very responsive ahead of the tour, she’s extremely personable & provided us with a nice overview of Osaka, where she has lived her entire life. We got hungry so Miki took us to the Dotonburi area where we found a great place to eat. The rest of our time was spent having lunch and then Miki took us to the correct train and stayed with us until ours came. We didn’t get to see much but that was probably mostly our fault because we chose to walk our way to the castle instead of catching the little train and the walk took up a lot of our time. Something to note - be sure to bring enough money to pay for Miki’s transportation expense over the course of the day. I was not aware that we had to do that because I didn’t see it noted on the tour description. I didn’t mind - it was less than 1,000¥ - and I was glad I had the cash with me. Just sharing so you know in advance! We recommend and think you will enjoy your time with Miki!

Hello! My husband and I enjoyed our time with Miki in Osaka. She met us at the cruise ship and we started our day riding the subway to the Osaka station and visited the castle. We did a lot of walking that day and the day flew by. Miki is very responsive ahead of the tour, she’s extremely personable & provided us with a nice overview of Osaka, where she has lived her entire life. We got hungry so Miki took us to the Dotonburi area where we found a great place to eat. The rest of our time was spent having lunch and then Miki took us to the correct train and stayed with us until ours came. We didn’t get to see much but that was probably mostly our fault because we chose to walk our way to the castle instead of catching the little train and the walk took up a lot of our time. A few things to note - be sure to bring enough money to pay for Miki’s transportation expense over the course of the day. I was not aware that we had to do that because I didn’t see it noted on the tour description. I didn’t mind - it was less than 1,000¥ - and I was glad I had the cash with me. Just sharing so you know in advance! We recommend and think you will enjoy your time with Miki!

Our guide, Miki, is from Osaka where our tour was. She showed us some areas and shared what she loves about her city. She makes friends wherever she goes. We felt like we were connected to the people and the sites we seen. Thank you for a great day.

Hiroki was a great guide. Friendly and a pleasure to spend the day with.

Hiroki took us on a food tour through the highlights is Osakas most famous treats. We had a wonderful evening enjoying the sites and sounds of Osaka while also experiencing the great food it had to offer.

Despite a non-stop tour schedule and almost no sleep, Hiroki was wonderful and we enjoyed the sights around Nara, particularly the "Giant Buddha" temple, Nara deer park, and the (exhausting) climb and views from Mount Wakakusayama. It was a jam-packed day but highly enjoyable!

We enjoyed this tour although we ran out of time to go to the castle. Ryan was a very friendly and informative tour guide. Highly recommend!

Our guide Ryan was American and very friendly had a lot of knowledge about Osaka and the area took us on subway.

EXCELENT VERY NICE GUY PERFECT ENGLISH GAVE US MANY INSITES. No stingy on time. Tour was beyond expectations. Well worth value for your money.

Ryan was not only knowledgeable and informative, he was easy to talk to and made for a wonderful enjoyable experience!

Mayu was amazing! She was fun, knowledgeable, and great to hang out with. She speaks English very well, which made for a great conversation. She went the extra mile, staying past our ending time to ensure I got the perfect final thing I wanted to purchase. Thank you so much, Mayu!!

Really enjoyed the tour. Mayu did a great job creating a tour that fit our interests and made everything personable. We got a taste of Osaka from a true local point of view.

Excellent luncheon at a local Tempura restaurant.

We recently completed a half-day walking tour of Osaka with our guide, Shingo, and it truly exceeded our expectations. The tour was jam-packed from start to finish, allowing us to see an incredible variety of sights, including a stunning castle, beautiful temples, and shrines, as well as two vibrant city markets. Shingo was a wealth of knowledge, sharing fascinating insights about each location we visited. He had a remarkable way of engaging with everyone in our group, which included our kids, making the tour enjoyable for all ages. His sense of humor added an extra layer of fun to the experience, turning what could have been a simple sightseeing tour into a memorable adventure. This tour was an excellent way to get a real feel for Osaka, its culture, and its history. Shingo’s enthusiasm for the city was contagious, and we left feeling like we had not only seen the sights but also gained a deeper understanding of the local way of life. If you're looking for a fantastic way to explore Osaka, I highly recommend this walking tour with Shingo. It’s perfect for families and anyone wanting to experience the city in a fun and engaging manner!

SHINGO is The Man ! we had a fantastic time, or guide was very informative, attentive and knowledgeable. would highly recommend this tour for first timers or repeat travellers.

From the start this tour was amazing. Shingo was very communicative from the start, asking what we wanted to see and go. He planned it according to what we wanted. He was flexible with the itinerary, made suggestions and kept lines of communication open from the moment I booked the tour. Being from Osaka he’s very knowledgeable in the history of Osaka and Japan in general. He’s the kind of guide that you’d love to have through out your stay in Japan. We had such a fun time with him, we asked him to join us for dinner to celebrate my husband’s birthday. We would definitely book him again the next time we return to Japan.

We had a spectacular visit to the Shitennouji Buddhist temple where we witnessed and participated in a chanting ceremony led by the head monk. This was quite serendipitous and a lovely experience. Shingo introduced us to a fantastic knife store in the Douguyasuji arcade where we bought five beautiful additions to our kitchen collection. We had lunch in the Green Earth vegan restaurant and saw gorgeous cherry blossoms in the grounds of the Osaka castle. Altogether a very lovely day. Thank you Shingo.