As a first timer in Osaka. I think the hardest part of being in Dotonbori is deciding where to eat.
There is something hypnotic about Dotonbori. The endless grumbling of the empty stomach I was carrying magically stopped as soon as I set foot on the famed street. Perhaps it was the blinding neon lights. Or the inviting calls of the hawkers. Or the overwhelming crowd. Or perhaps it was the powerful combination of all those that makes a walk here engaging, that makes everything else fade away.
As I walked down the street, squeezing my way through the movement of tourists, nothing else mattered. It was just me and a never ending of lights, colors, and food. All the things I love.
Dotonbori, also called Dotonbori, is the center of food culture in Osaka, Japan. You don’t need to look at the numbers to see that it is one of the most visited tourist attractions in the city. It used to be a “pleasure district,” but the theaters and the geishas can no longer be found here. It is now most famous for the food and shopping.
Running parallel the Dotonbori Canal, it stretches from the Dotonbori Bridge to the Nipponbashi Bridge in the Namba ward. It is a single street surrounded with shops and restaurants, whose facades are decorated with massive, electronic displays. The narrower alleys that stem from it are also packed with dining places and souvenir stores.
here were just too many to choose from. As we ran circles on its stone-paved alleys, we could not decide whether to have ramen, Kobe beef, crabs, sushi, or okonomiyaki. The many billboards that brightly illuminated the area were not helping, either. They were so magnetic and distracting. Every time we thought we had made up our minds, our attention would be stolen by another picture-worthy signage and we would forget what we had agreed upon. Blame the hunger. Blame Dotonbori.
At one point, we gave up and decided to just have a serving of Takoyaki after walking the entire length of the street, and then decide where to eat.
JOHN 
