We’re staying a stone’s throw from Dotonbori, a very lively Osaka street famous for its food. It’s lined with restaurants and “street food” vendors of all sorts: sushi, local Kobe beef, crab, teryaki, and a new one on me: takoyaki. These are fried octopus dumplings. Apart from their fantastic taste and texture, just watching these things being made is somewhat magical and highly entertaining. This is the best short video I could find on YouTube: