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Cash, IC cards, tax-free rules, the crowd calendar, and what shuts and when.
The practical things that decide whether a day in Osaka works, in roughly the order they catch people out.
Japan is more cash-reliant than most visitors expect and Osaka's small restaurants, market stalls and shrines are frequently cash only. Convenience-store ATMs generally accept foreign cards; many bank ATMs do not.
Most museums close on Monday. The New Year period closes a great deal, including markets. Individual restaurants take a fixed closing day of their own, which is why a place recommended to you may simply be shut.
Late March to May and October to early December. June is the rainy season and August is genuinely hot and humid — not merely warm. Cherry blossom and the autumn colour are worth planning around and are also the busiest weeks of the year.
No tipping. No eating while walking. Escalators in Osaka are stood on the right — the opposite of Tokyo, and one of the few things Osaka does differently on purpose.
Most Osaka museums close on Monday. Trains, shops, restaurants and markets do not. A handful of major attractions — the aquarium, the theme park, the castle keep, the city’s main observation towers — stay open every day of the week, holidays included. The pattern that actually catches visitors out is the exception list, not the … Read more
The short answer Osaka is more cash-based than visitors expect because its everyday economy runs on small, owner-operated businesses, not chains. A card terminal carries a monthly fee and a per-transaction cut. A shop doing a hundred small sales a day feels that far more than a department store does. Cash avoids the cost entirely. … Read more
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