Landmark
Ebisu Bashi-Suji Shopping Street
1 Chome-5 Namba, Chuo Ward, Osaka, 542-0076
Covered pedestrian arcade tracing an old pilgrim route past long-established shops to a legendary canal-side bridge.
This guide to Ebisu Bashi-Suji Shopping Street in Osaka opens on October 16, 1985, when Hanshin Tigers fans celebrating a pennant win threw look-alikes of each player off Ebisu Bridge into the canal, then substituted a plastic Colonel Sanders statue for the one player nobody resembled. It follows the fried-chicken mascot's fate underwater and the decades fans spent blaming it for the team's fortunes, plus the shrine pilgrims who first gave this street its name. Look north to the bridge and the Glico sign as you walk.
Audio guides are written and narrated by AI.