OSAKA -- The one thing stereotypes have in common is that they usually contain at least a few grains of truth. Sometimes, as with the city of Osaka, they exceed reality. Osakans, you might say, have a certain reputation.
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Osaka is Japan's 'soul kitchen'
Gourmet tour of a food-obsessed city yields cultural insights and expanded waistlines
Osaka's street-food scene is bursting with flavor and variety, from motsu-nabe beef intestine hot pot, far left, to takoyaki octopus balls, far right. (All photos by Stephen Mansfield)
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