Udon in Osaka
Osaka is an udon city: soft noodles in a golden kombu dashi, and the home of kitsune udon, topped with sweet fried tofu.
Soupmap lists 285 udon places in Osaka. Most are in Chuo and Kita.
In Osaka, udon comes before ramen. The local style is soft noodles in a pale, golden broth made from kombu and bonito, seasoned with light soy so the dashi does the talking. The city's signature is kitsune udon: noodles topped with a pocket of fried tofu (aburaage) simmered sweet, said to be a fox's favourite food, hence the name. It's usually credited to Usami-tei Matsuba-ya, an udon shop in the Senba business district that has served it since the late 1800s.
Osaka also shuffles the names. Ask for tanuki here and you'll usually get soba with fried tofu, not the tempura-scrap bowl Tokyo calls tanuki. From the city's southern suburbs comes kasu udon, topped with crisp fried beef intestine. Udon shops cluster around Umeda, Namba and the old business districts, and many also serve curry udon and seasonal bowls. Make it at home with our kitsune udon recipe, and read about the broth in Dashi: the quiet stock behind almost everything.
By the Soupmap editors · Updated 29 October 2026
About udon
Thick wheat noodles, soft or springy depending on the region, served in a light dashi-and-soy broth or chilled with a dipping sauce.
Read in the journalJapan's three great udon, and the fight for third place Sanuki udon: a whole prefecture built on a bite
- Where
- Chuo 52 · Kita 52 · Yodogawa 22 · Nishi 15 · Tennoji 15 · Abeno 11
- Chains
- Hanamaru Udon 12 · Tsurumaru Udon 4 · Sukesan Udon 2 · Kineya 1
- How we matched
- The record's category or name says udon. Not a menu check.
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Soft Osaka udon in a clear, deeply savoury kombu dashi, crowned with sweet simmered fried tofu.
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