Yacipoci

Famous for treating its draft beer the way a third-wave coffee shop treats espresso, and spinning records while that happens, Yacipoci is one of Osaka’s more stylish standing bars.

Its single tap of Asahi’s Maruefu gets poured seven different ways – including a foam-focused ‘Mirko’ and a house-named ‘Yacipoci-tsugi’ – using a technique inherited from the legendary Hiroshima beer stand Shigetomi. This means that the same beer can taste like four different ones, depending on how they pour it.

You’ll find the bar just off the Higashi-Yokobori canal, making the most of a renovated building with vaulted ceilings to offer an open but sheltered space flush with plants, driftwood, dried flowers, white walls and warm lighting. 

Yacipoci fills up after 5pm with regulars who come for a snack just as much as for a drink and a tune. There’s braised ribs cooked in Maruefu, Japanese-style keema curry, fried tofu stuffed with ground chicken, and quiches and Basque cheesecakes from Nakatsu’s Oeuf.