Sotenbori Street
is really Dotonbori-dori, Osaka, Japan
Real place, reimagined
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
The main food and shopping street along the canal, where most of Sotenbori's restaurants are.
The real place
Dotonbori-dori runs along the south bank of the canal; in the flipped game map it is on the north bank. Its moving Kani Doraku crab has been there since 1960.
Visiting
Come hungry: takoyaki and kushikatsu are cheap and quick. For the classic photo of the Glico running man, stand on Ebisu Bridge at the west end.
Pilgrim photos
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