Shinsekai street at night, with lit restaurants, pedestrians and the purple Tsutenkaku tower behind.

Shinsekai

Under the Tsutenkaku tower, streets of big signs and the Janjan Yokocho alley invite you to explore the neighborhood and sit down for kushikatsu skewers.

  • Neighborhoods
  • Suggested time:1.5 to 2 h, including a meal
  • Area:Ebisu-higashi, Naniwa

About Shinsekai

The Tsutenkaku tower rises above the signs and works as a landmark for strolling around Shinsekai. On the surrounding streets, façades compete for space with food ads. Enter through Janjan Yokocho, a shopping lane whose kushikatsu restaurants give you a reason to forget the clock.

This outing is about the neighborhood, with no need for one more observation deck. Adding the tower means a ticket and extra time. For the meal, compare menus: choosing by the size of the sign is a fun method, just not a budget.

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  • In Shinsekai, the lit-up Tsutenkaku appears at the end of a street advertising dinner from every side.Photo: Dick Thomas Johnson · CC BY 2.0 · original

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