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Being sick of a “normal” trip? Why don’t you visit Ikeda city with us!
You probably never have heard about Ikeda city, but actually, it is a city where two great inventors are from. One is the inventor of instant noodles and the other of the whole railway facilities in Osaka. Learn their entrepreneur spirit and achievement with your otomo guide, which will make you excited for sure!
You can also know how this city has thrived on this tour through visiting a shopping street, a spot that you can have a panoramic view of the whole city from a castle, an Udon(thick Japanese noodle ) restaurant popular among locals.
Let’s go on a trip to explore the history of the prosperity of Ikeda city!
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Duration: 5 to 6 hours
Starts: Osaka, Japan
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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Being sick of a “normal” trip? Why don’t you visit Ikeda city with us!
You probably never have heard about Ikeda city, but actually, it is a city where two great inventors are from. One is the inventor of instant noodles and the other of the whole railway facilities in Osaka. Learn their entrepreneur spirit and achievement with your otomo guide, which will make you excited for sure!
You can also know how this city has thrived on this tour through visiting a shopping street, a spot that you can have a panoramic view of the whole city from a castle, an Udon(thick Japanese noodle ) restaurant popular among locals.
Let’s go on a trip to explore the history of the prosperity of Ikeda city!
Itinerary
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Stop At: Cup Noodle Museum Osaka Ikeda, 8-25 Masumicho, Ikeda 563-0041 Osaka Prefecture
A museum where you can learn about the history of instant noodles and the entrepreneur spirit of Momofuku Ando, the inventor of cup noodles. Don’t forget to prepare your own cup noodle here!
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: チキチキ探検隊, 2 Masumicho, Ikeda, Osaka 563-0041, Japan
Chiki Chiki Tankentai: You will enjoy the modern cup noodle here, after learning the history of instant noodles. This spot, being the tourist information office of Ikeda city, doesn’t only give you information or sell souvenirs but it also serves creative cuisines of “Chicken Ramen” which is the first precooked noodles ever. They all taste good!
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Shoku の店, 10-7 Sugaharachō, Ikeda, Osaka 563-0055, Japan
SHOKU: A shop where you can appreciate the mix of past and modern style. This shop is dealing with cloth and merchandise made from traditional Laotian handwoven cloth. The building itself is also attractive since it is renovated from a row house so that it has a nice mix of old-fashioned and modern style.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Ichizo Kobayashi Memorial Museum, 7-17 Tateishi-cho, Ikeda 563-0053 Osaka Prefecture
A Memorial Museum of the other honored inventor from Ikeda city. Ichizo Kobayashi has invented the whole railway facilities in Osaka as well as department stores and theaters along those lines. The concept of building railway facilities alongside other facilities along those lines was so new that the concept was also adopted in the Eastern area of Japan. It is not exaggerating to say that the Osaka you see today wouldn’t have been the same without him.
You will also like the beautiful interior decoration of the museum, the former residence of Ichizo Kobayashi.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Ikeda Castle Ruins, 3-19 Shiroyamachō, Ikeda, Osaka 563-0052, Japan
A spot where you can have the whole view of Ikeda city, the city Ichizo Kobayashi had developed, and even of Hyogo prefecture across a river.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Azuma, 6-17 Nishihonmachi, 西本町 Ikeda, Osaka 563-0059, Japan
An Udon, thick Japanese noodle, the restaurant that has been running for more than 150 years. It said to be the oldest Udon restaurant in Osaka. The special dishes popular among locals are “Sasame Udon”, thin noodles with thick soup, and “Kayakugohan”, boiled rice mixed with a lot of tasty ingredients.
Duration: 50 minutes
Stop At: Billiken, 6-19 Sakaehonmachi, Ikeda, Osaka 563-0058, Japan
Honmachi shopping street: The shopping street that has thrived together with Ikeda city. There are facilities where you can feel the essence of civic culture such as “Rakugo Museum”, a theater for Japanese traditional comic storytelling, and “Ikedagofukuza”, a theater for performance for masses. Those old traditional buildings represent the history of the city’s prosperity.
Duration: 30 minutes
