TABLE 1.

Cuisines and consumption rates in Osaka, Japan.

Categories	Description	n	%	Japanese luxury cuisine	Japanese daily cuisine	Total cuisines
Ramen	Japanese noodle	3062	67		✓	✓
Sushi	It is made of raw fish, shrimp, shell, etc., combined with rice, and pressed by hand	2462	54	✓		✓
Takoyaki	Osaka fast food and sold at roadside stalls	2329	51		✓	✓
Udon, Soba	Japanese noodle. Udon is made of thick wheat flour; Soba is made of buckwheat	1830	40		✓	✓
Tempura	Battered and deep-fried vegetables and seafood	1476	33		✓	✓
Okonomiyaki	Japanese savory pancake or Japanese pizza	1298	29		✓	✓
Yakiniku	Luxury beef, including Kobe beef and Matsuzaka beef	1278	28	✓		✓
Seafood	Japanese style seafood including Fugu (blowfish), crab, sashimi	1084	24	✓		✓
Bento	It is a common ingle-portion take-out meal	1004	22		✓	✓
Yakitori	Skewered chicken, sometimes offering chicken sashimi	810	18		✓	✓
Izakaya food	Informal Japanese bar that serves simple food and alcoholic drinks	601	14		✓	✓
Kushikatsu	Deep-fried panko crusted meat and vegetable	577	13		✓	✓
Sukiyaki	Luxury Japanese hotpot, usually served with rare egg and sweet sauce	431	9	✓		✓
Shabushabu	Japanese hotpot served with dipping sauces, which is more savorer and less sweet compared with Sukiyaki	364	8	✓		✓
Kaiseki	The sophisticated way of Japanese dining, usually elaborately prepared cuisines served artistically in a formal dining room	305	7	✓		✓
Kappo	Multi-coursed high-end Japanese cuisine	122	3	✓		✓

Respondents reported the categories among the above 16 listed restaurants (1 = yes, 0 = no) of dining during their stay in Osaka. The source of description: Osaka Convention and Tourism Bureau and Japan National Tourism Organization.