anybody been?anything i should see?please,if you've been,let me know....wanna have a blast....help if you can.thanks.jared

Been there many times, including June 2009. Go to Punk & Destroy: http://punx.exblog.jp/ Time Bomb: http://www.timebomb.co.jp/ King Kong - one in Shinsaibashi and one up by the Shinkansen station. Many record shops closed in Osaka, like O-Level, a few King Kongs, Tower, Ignition, Nat. Kyoto is fairly dead for record shops these days. Beaver is good for used stuff though. Directions: http://jfgraves.tripod.com/Kansai/ Pick up the Reco-Map book while you're there. Clubs: http://king-cobra.net/osaka http://www4.ocn.ne.jp/~c.water/ http://www.namba-rockets.com/top.html http://www.arm-live.com/bigcat/ (big hall venue in Americamura) http://www.whoopees.net/ (Kyoto) Pipe 69 is closed.

Never been to Osaka yet, but if I did I'd wanna check out Time Bomb Records first thing off the bullet train. http://www.timebomb.co.jp/ The big venue I heard about cause The Go-Devils play there is Rock Rider. http://rockrider.jp/ as for touristy things, I don't have a clue... Best o' luck!

Good for comedy.

You might check with Miss Snow, our resident podcaster currently living in Japan. Also, post something on the Jet Rock'n'Roll group forum.

I've been there many years ago, but I actually don't know about famous places. I just found this site. http://www.osaka-info.jp/en/ Osaka Castle, Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan, Shinsekai etc are famous, and I think you should go to Dotombori. There're many restaurants. Also, there's America mura in Shinsaibashi, and there were some record shops around there before, and the King Kong Records are still there. http://www.kingkong-music.com/index.php?main_page=page_3