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Osaka pubs and bars are the best places where tourists worn out by sightseeing and shopping in the city can have their drinks while listening to good music and maybe socializing with some locals who are having their after work rest in the same spot.

The list of places recommended for visiting features the following establishments: American Beauty, Bird 56, Cinquecento, Pig and Whistle, Arupamare, Burdigala, Murphy?s, Tins Hall.

American Beauty bar is not named so for nothing ? as soon as you step into this very stylish place you will find yourself in a spot thronged by American folks both living in Osaka and tourists. In this place they play hip-hop and rock-n-roll tunes all night long which in no time will transfer you to the real overseas atmosphere of Yankee world. Being comparatively a little bar, American Beauty is nevertheless a wildly popular spot among tourists and citizens of various nationalities. The bar is located in the in Shinsaibashi-suji district of Osaka, right in front of Amerika Mura.

Styled with the authentic American ambience, music, furnishing and drinks in its setting, American Beauty bar is an A1 list establishment where numerous youngsters go to chill out after work and on weekends.

If you want to go partying in a cool place and have some extravagant specialties like peach mousse to go with a glass of good wine, it is strongly recommended that you go to Arupamare pub in Tanimachi Nagai. Another point to Arupamare bar is that the place charges no admission fees and most of worldly recognized cards are acceptable here.

If you are feeling keen on having a good swing of jazz music the right place for you to spend an evening in is Bird 56, a bar run by a jazz buff. Located in Namba district of Osaka, the bar forms an intrinsic part in Osaka nightlife.

Bird 56?s décor setting is simple yet adorable: pictures adorning the walls of the bar give it a flavor of nostalgia for the bygone era of 1950s which accounts for the fact that the main clientele of the place is middle-aged crowd.

?Cinquecento? means ?five hundred? in Italian. Accordingly, you will get transferred into atmosphere of this hot Latin country as soon as you step over the threshold of the bar. And of course, here you will be treated to finest martinis in Japan. The bar offers one hundred martini concoctions plus Cinquecento Big Fives special cocktails, which are Cinquecento House Martini, Apple Martini, Chocolate Martini, Lemon Drop Martini and Zoolander cocktail. Somewhat rustic setting of Cinquecento features brickwork walls and dark wood furnishings.

Pig and Whistle is a traditional English pub in Osaka located by the Dotonbori River on Midosuji Boulevard is British-style in every little thing, starting from its name. The name of the pub derives from a common English saying. Other peculiar features of the pub include cozy atmosphere of an English country club with its rustic furniture and traditional British snacks and drinks like Fish and Chips and many sorts of ales.