Things to do in  Osaka

I really felt the spirit of Osaka, which is no mean feat considering it's a tour done with slideshows and videos! Akie and Minako were very friendly and engaging, and they had lots of fun and simple quizzes to make the tour more interactive. It was a great overview of Osaka's culture, history, and cuisine, and it made me really want to visit Osaka once travel is possible again. Thank you All Star Osaka!

This was an awesome tour and I highly recommend this to anyone that is wanting to see Osaka! The tour guide was very knowledgeable and targeted what your interest were.

Great way to see Osaka. Kevin was great and the three of us had a great personal tour. Worth it to have the small group experience. Kevin is very knowledgeable and did a great job tailoring the tour to our needs.

Our guide was so nice and friendly. She had told all about Osaka and the foods. We’re really enjoy the takoyaki, oden and sweet dessert. She takes us walking around the market, buying sushi and souvenirs, and also recommended us another interesting place to visit.

My guide Yosu was very friendly and funny. He was very knowledgeable on the history and layout of Osaka. We went around Osaka station, kuromon market, Ebisucho and dotonbori. He was able to recommend places to see and sites to see while in Osaka. We tried a few local dishes on the tour. I would definitely recommend this tour to anyone new to Osaka.

My mother needed and private guide for a tour in Osaka. The guide was simply excellent. He picked up my mom in Kobe and showed her all places of her interest in Osaka. Adopted the tour to a senior person for whom is English a second language. Thanks to him my mom has great memories about this tour and about Japan in general.

It was good to be able to see the other sides of Osaka. Our guide was cheery and the tour itself was informal. Recommended.

We enjoyed our ride with Remi K and it was her first time as a guide. It is a good way to see the Osaka Castle area and some temples, not to mention a close up view of Osaka traffic. Bicycles were dated but as they are reconditioned to support the homeless they were acceptable.

A great tour with so much food we were bursting at the end.. interesting to see a different part of Osaka to the main tourist spots and everything we tried was excellent! Was also an opportunity to do some shopping, learn about Japan and even play pachinko..! Could not recommend this tour enough and Saori was a perfect guide

It's a great tour! An amazing way to know Osaka if you don't have to much time. The guide was very funny and speak a perfect English.

It was very good. They make sure that the English speaking tour guide comes with you on the train from Osaka and back. The tour in Kyoto was very informative.

Nice 1 day tour of Kyoto and Nara from Osaka. Well organized with good English speaking guide is helpful. The lunch period was a rush, otherwise, it was a great value for money trip. A point to note, Japan's public facilities are not very friendly to children stroller if you are traveling with one!

I was met at the agreed upon time by a fantastic tour escort, who looked after me from Osaka to Kyoto. In Kyoto, the group was about 20-25 people, and we were all well looked after. Nara was fantastic, and I highly recommend this tour if you are short on time and want to see as much as possible.

We had a lot of fun and it was a great way to see Osaka. You’re driving on the roads, at full speed with other cars and it is a bit of an adrenaline rush too! Be aware that it might actually just be you and the tour guide - when we went, we were the only ones on the tour. I wouldn’t recommend going in winter if you can avoid it - it was very cold. If you do go, don’t forget gloves!

really enjoyed this tour. Lots of walking but that's what you need to do to get to see these places. Guide gave a perspective from some one who is studying in Japan so gave us the gritty information along with insights into owning property in Osaka, what Pachinco is and its addictive nature, and showed us the unofficial red light district. If you want to know about the other side of the clean, seemingly crime free Osaka do this tour. Not a tour for children.

My family and I visited Osaka and were looking for fun activities that we could do in addition to sightseeing. This class was the perfect experience for learning more about culture and history of sushi in Japan, and specifically in Osaka! We made takoyaki, matcha green tea, and tamagoyaki in addition to a sushi platter that we ate afterwards. I would highly recommend visiting and taking this class!

This is a definite experience for those who want a leisurely tour of Osaka. Shoji ( the best tour guide ever!) easily adapted to our needs. He was warm and sincere, friendly, and very good in English. We can feel his reverence for his country and the Japanese culture. My kids love him. He did not hurry us about, but instead let us choose places we wanted. We covered a lot in just a day! Best experience was the Kuromon market. He showed us the best tuna sushi...and helped us get a good price. He also showed us how to manage the subway and even emailed us directions. He exceeded our expectations of a private tour. Thank you, Shoji for the beautiful day.

This walking tour requires some stamina. The experience was amazing, fresh food, clean, efficient & a great insight into the local food scene. A stop was made for breakfast in a recommended Osaka eatery. The tour finished with a cool ale in a wonderfully air-conditioned & modern restaurant (36c outside). Our guide Oshi was excellent, pleasant & knowledgeable. I highly recommend this tour to anyone that wants to see the real Osaka behind the scenes food ingredients experience.

really good day in Miyajima and Hiroshima. All the Japanese guides spoke clear english. One guide will meet you at Osaka station and walk you to the shinkansen platform where you'll jump on the train and head for Hiroshima station, where another guide will meet you and take you to the bus. The only thing i didn't like was the amount of time left to see the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. By the time we got there, it was around 4pm and closes at 5, which is no where enough time to explore this moving place.

Very good tour. A guide met us at a hotel in Osaka and accompanied us on the JR Special Rapid train to Kyoto Station. At Kyoto Station we joined up with the tour guide and more participants in the Kyoto Morning Tour. The tour bus left from Kyoto Station. We took the morning tour on a Sunday morning. This was good as we were able to avoid the crowds at the three major attractions.