Eel Nakasho Shinsaibashi store

Unagi no Nakasho Shinsaibashi is an eel restaurant a three-minute walk from Shinsaibashi Station, run by a wholesaler with more than 90 years in the trade. Its main dish, hitsumabushi, is eaten three ways: the eel plain, with condiments, or with broth added. The eel is grilled over charcoal so the outside is crisp and the inside moist. Umaki is a rolled omelette with eel inside, with almost no fishy smell.