Osaka may or may not have been Satoshi’s home, Binance has moved in, the city hosted Devcon 5, and there’s finally a Bitcoin ATM again!

If you want to understand just how revered beer is in Japan, then head to Osaka. The nation’s party city positively effervesces with new craft breweries, old izakayas and cosy hole-in-the-wall bars.

Osaka’s personality aligns with hosting an IR, gaming sources say, describing Japan’s third-largest city as more entrepreneurial, risk-taking, friendly and relaxed than Tokyo.

This near-impenetrability is partly why the sprawling, glowing, street-food hub is on the rise for travelers. Inbound tourism to Osaka surged fivefold between 2012 and 2017 and is now outpacing ...