Don't just go to Crabtree in Osaka! Try these restaurants!

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🤗 01 かに道楽

KANIDORAKE is one of the most representative restaurants in Japan, and it has become very popular among Japanese people. After more than a year of being closed since the establishment of Chishibune in 1960, KANI SUKI was born in Dotonbori, Osaka in 1962 and became a popular restaurant.

The huge crab sign has become a symbol of Osaka and one of the most popular tourist attractions. Inside the Dotonbori restaurant, you can see fresh crabs in fish cages, and enjoy seasonal kaiseki cuisine, signature crab sukiyaki, oden cuisine, sushi, special souvenirs, and a la carte dishes, and the crab sukiyaki finishing porridge is to die for!

Address: 1-6-18, Dotonbori, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Tel：06-6211-8975 Office hours：11:00 - 22:00 Price: 10,000 - 14,999 yen

🤗 02 Osaka Kanigen

If you want to enjoy all-you-can-eat snow crabs at an affordable price, go to Kani Gen. You can also add a drink set, and you can enjoy crab sukiyaki, seafood teriyaki, tempura, sushi, and more in each set, which is a great value!

The recommended dish is “Kani Miso Koshiro-yaki”, where you can savor the taste of crab, and the flavor of sake goes well with it, so you can try pouring sake on the leftover crab shells to taste it. Kani no Sashimi, a luxurious dish of raw snow crab, is also very popular, so if you want to try it, go early as quantities are limited.

Address: 2F Nakaza Kuidaore Building, 1-7-21 Dotonbori, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Phone: 06-6213-3339 business hours：12:00~/17:00-23:00 Price：5,000-5,999 yuan

🤗 03 Hareya Villa

If you want to enjoy crab cuisine in a more luxurious way, come to Hareya Beidi, a Japanese restaurant where you can enjoy fresh crabs and seafood from a collection of Echizen cuisine in Hokuriku. When in season, they offer live golden crabs delivered directly from the Echizen fishing port, and abalone is prepared fresh from the tank for excellent freshness.

You can choose from a selection of kaiseki dishes to suit your purpose and budget, and enjoy the seasonal flavors. In addition, the store has a collection of “Nizaemon” and “Ishidaya” brand local sake, which are hard to get hold of in Fukui Prefecture, and the seats in the deepest part of the store have a night view of the outside, so you need to make a reservation in advance.

Address: Matsuki Kosei Bldg. 5F, 1-5-21 Sonezaki Shinchi, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Tel：050-5590-9187 Office Hours: 18:00 - 23:00 Price：20,000～29,999yen

🤗 04 Crab Matsubatei

“Kani no Matsuba-tei” is a very sophisticated restaurant that delivers ingredients directly from the production area of its proprietor in the Sanin area. Starting from October, we offer Kasumi crab, and from November, you can enjoy Matsuba crab, which is only available in winter. The golden crab, which is a hybrid of the kozo crab and the matsuba crab, is only available in a few dozen out of thousands, and is therefore a limited ingredient in April every year.

Not only the crab and sake, but also the rice is very carefully selected, using high quality “Koshihikari rice from Tajima” in Hyogo Prefecture. You can also enjoy “Kasumizuru”, a traditional sake fermented with natural lactic acid bacteria, and enjoy fresh and delicious crab, rice and sake in a completely separate room!

Address：4-16-10 Higashi Toyonaka-cho, Toyonaka-shi, Osaka-fu Tel：06-6152-8389 Opening hours：17:00 - 22:00 Price：20,000～29,999yen

🤗 05 Live Crab and Sea Chestnut Crab Giennets

Kanijinou is popular for its live crabs that are handled in front of the customer, and for the sense of immediacy in the cooking process. In the summer, we offer Hokkaido cod and hair crabs, and in the winter, we offer Matsuba crabs from the Sea of Japan, so you can enjoy the most flavorful crabs of the season, which is also a major selling point.

The restaurant offers three fully private rooms with an elegant atmosphere, perfect for celebrating anniversaries or birthdays. Shabu-shabu, sukiyaki, mizutaki, grilled, raw, and more, you can enjoy crab in a variety of ways, and the restaurant is also open for lunch, where you can enjoy a limited-edition sea urchin and pine omakase dish!

Address: 4F, 1-3-16, Dojimahama, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Tel：06-6341-3077 Office Hours: 12:00 - 14:00/18:00 - 23:00 Price：40,000～49,999yen

🤗 06 KANIFUKU

KANIFUKU is a restaurant specializing in puffer fish and crab dishes in an excellent location 3 minutes walk from the East Exit of Hankyu “13 Station”. The signature dish is the snow crab, which is cooked in an exclusive method that makes the meat sweeter and reproduces the freshness that allows it to be eaten raw. On the menu, “thick kanemiso” and “famous kanekura koboori sushi” have the best flavor!

In front of the restaurant, there is a tank where over one kilogram of tiger puffer fish is raised, so you can enjoy freshly killed and delicious, as well as sea bass, which is full of meat and can be eaten in large mouthfuls, all of which are worth trying, and are complemented by the restaurant's homemade yuzu vinegar. The restaurant offers private rooms for two to four people and group rooms for up to 28 people, where you can enjoy the extravagant combination of crab and blowfish that only this restaurant can offer!

Address: 3-26-7, Shiratou, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Tel：06-6390-0229 Office hours：17:00 - 00:00 Price：8,000～9,999yen