TO DO

• Shinsaibashi - a 600m strip of shopping and restaurants. from here, you’ll intersect with the famous Dotonbori billboard.
• Amerika-mura - for vintage clothes and homewares shopping.
• Universal Studios - a train ride away for a day out, full of rides, average food and wishing you had the stomach to go on roller coasters backwards. 
• Shinsekai - a quick trip from Shinsaibashi to see the retro district. 
• Osaka Castle - a popular tourist attraction for a fix of culture.  
• Katsuoji Temple - venture out for a half day to the temple home to the daruma dolls.
• Kuromon Ichiba Market - food market full of street food and fresh seafood. 

TO EAT

• Wagyu Idaten - this was highly recommended and definitely lived up to the hype. cooked and raw wagyu that literally melts in your mouth.
• Kobe Beef Wanomiya Dotonbori - I had to sell everything I own to pay for it, but worth it for the teppanyaki experience and top tier wagyu.
• Daiki Susan Sushi Train Station Dotonbori -  sushi trains are harder to come by, and this was that delicious we visited a few times. 
• Not a place in particular, but try local street food such as takoyaki, okonomiyaki and yakitori. When in Rome (Japan)!