Smoke-Filled Tsuruhashi: Korean-Japanese Market and Charcoal Yakiniku Home Base

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Tsuruhashi, where the smell of grilling meat spreads even to the station platform. Walk the yakiniku streets built by first-generation Korean-Japanese residents and the Miyukidori Koreatown to experience a unique food culture where Korea and Japan mix. The most exotic neighborhood in Osaka.

Evening4 stopsEst. budget 50,000 KRW

Itinerary

1
Tsuruhashi Market (Station-Front Arcade)鶴橋市場
Market · 40 min stay
A maze-like narrow arcade right beside the station where JR, Kintetsu, and the subway meet. Traces of the postwar black market remain intact, kimchi, dried seafood, Korean groceries, and hotteok all mixed. The perfect alley to get lost in is itself the sight.
Walk 3 min
2
Yakiniku Tsuruichi Main Store鶴橋鶴一本店
Grill · 70 min stay
A long-established shop representing Tsuruhashi yakiniku. Quality charcoal-grilled horumon (offal) and ribs are its specialty, with the smoke-filled old-style atmosphere as its core. The shop that sets the standard for Tsuruhashi meat.
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Walk 15 min
3
Osaka Koreatown (Miyukidori)大阪コリアタウン(御幸通商店街)
50 min stay
One of Japan's largest Koreatowns formed on Miyukidori in Ikuno Ward. Hanbok, K-food, hotteok, and cheese-hotdog stalls line up, full of mixed Korea-Japan youth-culture energy. A street steeped in Korean-Japanese history.
Walk 3 min
4
Miyukimori Tenjingu Shrine御幸森天神宮
Shrine · History · 20 min stay
An old shrine at the edge of Koreatown. Deeply connected with ancient Baekje immigrants, a good finishing point to quietly reflect on 1,500 years of exchange between the Korean Peninsula and Osaka.