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The Ultraman Shopping District spreads through the everyday streets around Soshigaya-Okura Station. Hero statues, themed streetlights and character details celebrate the area’s connection with Tsuburaya Productions, turning a neighbourhood walk into a trail of tokusatsu references among local shops and places to eat.
Ura-Namba is a loose network of small restaurants and bars behind Namba’s larger shopping frontages. Counter dining, standing bars and narrow lanes give it an intimate scale, with the pleasure coming from choosing a meal or moving between a few different places as the evening develops.
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