Rather cannibalistically, their eight legs beckon diners inside their respective establishments to eat takoyaki, a snack that’s not only the soul food of Japan’s third-largest city ...

Forty Years in the Birthplace of Takoyaki From okonomiyaki to yakisoba, takoyaki to gyoza, even udon and ramen . . . To the people of Naniwa, an old name for the Osaka region, these wheat-flour ...

You’ve heard of takoyaki, octopus pieces in doughy balls of batter grilled on a hot plate, but have you heard of Unagi Takoyaki? This version of “octopus balls ...