Japanese listening diary · Day 290

Dad's Favorite Osaka Pub for 50 Years

父が50年通い続ける大阪の居酒屋
October 23, 2026
About a minuteSlow, natural Japanese
Real JapaneseN5–N3 friendly
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While I was in Osaka on a business trip, I also enjoyed delicious food and drinks with my dad from back home. This place is an izakaya (a Japanese pub) that my dad has been going to after work since he was young. According to my dad, he has been coming to this place for about 50 years now. The current owner-chef is the second generation, and the owner's son is helping out at the restaurant so that he can become the third generation. No matter what you eat here, it's really delicious, so every time I go to Osaka, I invite my dad, saying I'd like to go to this place. This time too, everything I ate was delicious beyond my imagination. There's nothing that's just ordinarily good; everything is very delicious. I'm already looking forward to the next time I can go to this place.

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No. 290Tokyo · morning
日本語 — Japanese
ひらがな — Hiragana
しゅっちょうでおおさかにきたついでに、じっかのちちといっしょに、おいしいごはんとおさけをたのしんできました。このおみせは、ちちがわかいころからしごとがえりにかよっているいざかやさんです。ちちがいうには、もうごじゅうねんぐらい、このおみせにかよいつづけているそうです。
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実家じっか(one's) parents' home; family home

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