Kuidaore

The sweet smell of fried, matcha-dusted pastries permeates the narrow, colorful, neon-lit alleyways of Dotonbori—Osaka's bizarre and whimsical food district. In Osaka, "kuidaore" is a playful phrase that literally means "to eat oneself into ruin," but it characterizes the self-indulgent, food-loving experience that is quintessential to Japan's sometimes gruff, but most eclectic city.