From the city’s and region’s best chefs and up-and-coming restaurants to much loved eateries: Time Out Market Osaka will showcase a curated mix of Kansai’s best culinary and cultural talents
Scheduled to open on March 21, 2025 as part of the Grand Green Osaka development, Time Out Market Osaka is a food and culture market that brings the best of the city together under one roof: a curated mix of the best local chefs, restaurateurs and cultural experiences. As the first of its kind in Asia, Time Out Market Osaka is set to be a new must-visit destination for all those who want to get a true taste of Osaka and the Kansai region.
Time Out Market Osaka will feature 17 kitchens and 2 bars in a unique space totaling over 3,000 square meters. Guests will be able to experience some of the city’s very best food from a variety of concepts while coming together with family and friends to enjoy their meals at communal tables while also being immersed in local culture.
Today, the first seven local chefs and restaurateurs have been revealed to be part of Time Out Market Osaka’s all-star lineup. These hand-picked talents will represent the diverse and rich culinary culture of their hometown Osaka and the Kansai region – with more vendors announced in the lead up to the opening of Time Out Market Osaka.
KUSHIAGE001 Produced by kushiage010: A casual taste of rich and creative shish-kebabs
Winner of consecutive Bib Gourmand awards in the Michelin Guide, KUSHIAGE 001 (Zero Zero One) – a sister restaurant of the creative shish-kebab restaurant Kushiage 010 (Zero One Zero) – will join Time Out Market Osaka. KUSHIAGE 001 will offer the best combination of Japanese seasonal ingredients and shish-kebabs alongside which "we also offer creative skewers inspired by cuisines from around the world,'' says talented Chef Ryo Takamura.
KOALA SHOKUDO: A new type of okonomiyaki, yakisoba and takoyaki
Koala Shokudo, a restaurant located in a traditional Japanese row house at Tenjinbashisuji 6-chome, will join Time Out Market Osaka where owner Mitsuru Terada will offer okonomiyaki and teppanyaki menus using carefully selected ingredients such as black pork, wagyu beef tendon and a variety of vegetables. Popular specialties such as "Kurobuta pork belly yakisoba" and "Tonpeiyaki" made with pork wrapped in a fluffy egg omelet will be served as well as “takoyaki” which is a new menu item.
JULIAN♡SUCRÉ♡ACID: Three popular stores collaborate to create ice cream
Masuhiro Yokota – owner of Julian Ice Cream – has teamed up with Osaka’s leading bakery Le Sucre Coeur and patisserie Acid Racine for his new concept at Time Out Market Osaka. Here, he will create a store with a strong focus on “pastries unique to Osaka”. The signature menu item will be a modern version of a well known dish served in Japanese coffee shops that combines pie crust with ice cream, soft-serve ice cream, and sweet sauces. Yokota says, “I want people to experience the wonders of Osaka’s pastries. We hope you will enjoy this collaboration between three of Osaka’s most popular pastry shops”.
SEIICHIRO,NISHIZONO: Unforgettable desserts created by a top patissier
Seiichiro,NISHIZONO was founded in Osaka in 2014. Ever since, Chef Seiichiro Nishizono has been creating innovative and heartwarming sweets and desserts with the ambition to create "a scent that leaves a deeper memory than the taste”. At Time Out Market Osaka, he will offer a new parfait specialty using the exquisite flavours of flowers, herbs, spices, and Japanese ingredients representing the country’s four seasons.
CRITTERS BURGER: A hamburger restaurant much loved by locals in Osaka
Starting from a food truck in 2008, the much-loved hamburger restaurant in Osaka’s Amerikamura neighbourhood will open its first sister restaurant at Time Out Market Osaka. Founder and Chef Kenjiro Kurita creates hamburgers that are “not just meat and vegetables sandwiched between buns” – instead, all burgers are made with homemade buns baked with Hokkaido wheat and natural yeast. The "Premier Wagyu Beef Burger" is made with carefully selected Wagyu beef patties that are 1.5 times the size of a regular burger. Chef Kurita says, "I want to make this a restaurant that people want to tell their friends and colleagues about”.
ZAGIN DIVERSITY: Creative ramen made for the age of diversity
Zagin Diversity, a ramen restaurant that focuses on high quality, will be a restaurant at Time Out Market Osaka people want to take their loved ones to. Zagin Diversity’s concept is to embrace diversity by offering the best ramen for guests from various countries, such as "Beef Hakubutsu soba" based on beef bone broth, and "Vegan Soy Sauce soba". Zagin Diversity manager Kazumasa Takeda says, "We want people who have never had ramen before to enjoy it”. During his career, Takeda went to culinary school, joined Michelin-starred Kitcho which is known as one of Japan’s best restaurants, went on to work for a variety of restaurants and in 2020 joined Silver Grape Co which operates Zagin Diversity.
SABOTEN TAQUERIA: Authentic tacos and Mexican snacks prepared by Mexican chefs
Saboten Taqueria is a casual concept by Mexican fine dining restaurant "milpa" in Osaka's Horie district. Chef Willie Monroy, a member of Noma Kyoto kitchen since 2023, is one of Japan’s hottest chefs. He says, "I make food that Mexicans would be excited to taste. The tortillas, for example, are homemade from boiled corn, and have an exceptional flavour”. Tacos and ceviche made with seasonal Japanese ingredients are just some of the traditional and authentic Mexican dishes that can only be enjoyed in Osaka and now also at Time Out Market Osaka.
Taro Kobayashi, General Manager of Time Out Market Osaka, said: “Time Out Market is a leading food and cultural market and now we are bringing this unique experience to Osaka, the ‘City of Food and Culture’. Our philosophy is to showcase the best of the city's food and culture, and Osaka and the Kansai region are home to world-class food scenes. Today, we are proud to announce our inaugural curated lineup of award-winning chefs, local favourites, and up-and-coming restaurateurs to join Time Out Market Osaka. We will offer our guests a real taste of the city and the region together with a year-round cultural programme – all this will make Time Out Market Osaka a place to which both locals and visitors will want to come back to over and over again, as there will always be something new to experience.”
Having started in Lisbon in 2014 as the world’s first editorially-curated food and cultural market, Time Out Market has since opened in other cities around the globe and there are currently ten open Markets with more to come – and while this is a concept popular in several cities, each Market’s execution is distinctly local.
Time Out Market Osaka will open on the B1 floor of the South Wing of Grand Green Osaka, a development in front of JR Osaka Station. Grand Green Osaka will cover an area of approximately 91,000 m2 and will include an urban park of approximately 45,000 m2, offices, a hotel, commercial facilities, innovation facilities and residences – it is expected to attract a large number of visitors from both local residents and tourists.
To curate Time Out Market Osaka, the Time Out Market team created a list of cuisines that make the city and the Kansai region the vibrant culinary destination it is, to then curate a list of the leading, most exciting and most aspirational local representatives in these cuisines. However, this is not just about 'big names'; up-and-coming chefs and much-loved local gems will also be proudly featured.
Time Out Market is rooted in the heritage of Time Out – a publication created at a kitchen table in London in 1968 to help people go out better and discover the exciting new urban cultures that had started up all over the city. Today, a global team of local expert journalists are curating the best things to do, see and eat in 333 cities in 59 countries across websites, social media, video, audio, newsletters and live events; now this curation is also brought to life at Time Out Market.
Making the people of the city and its visitors feel at home and a close connection with the city is at the heart of the Time Out Market philosophy which is dedicated to working with local companies and suppliers. It will bring significant contribution to the local economy through employment across a variety of skills and new opportunities for homegrown talent.
Further information: To stay up to date with Time Out Market Osaka updates please follow Instagram @TimeOutMarketOsaka
About Time Out Market
Time Out Market is the world’s first editorially curated food and cultural market, bringing a city’s best chefs, restaurateurs, and cultural experiences together under one roof. From award-winning chefs to much-loved local gems, from cooking classes with top chefs to installations from local artists and live entertainment, Time Out Market captures and celebrates the best of the city.
The first Time Out Market opened in 2014 in a historic market hall in Lisbon, quickly turning into one of the most popular destinations in the city. The success of Lisbon brought further expansion and the portfolio currently includes ten Markets in cities such as New York, Montreal, Dubai and Cape Town, several new locations with expected opening dates in 2025 and beyond, in addition to a pipeline of further locations in advanced discussions. While this is now a concept popular across several cities, the execution of each Market is distinctly local.
Time Out Market is part of Time Out Group PLC (AIM: TMO), a brand that inspires and enables people to experience the best of the city through Time Out Media and Time Out Market. Time Out launched in London in 1968 to help people discover the exciting new urban cultures that had started up all over the city – today it is the only global brand dedicated to city life. Expert journalists curate and create content about the best things to do, see and eat across 333 cities in 59 countries, shared across a unique multi-platform model spanning both digital and physical channels including websites, mobile, social media, video, audio, newsletters, live events and Time Out Market.
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