551 Horai Osaka: Butaman Prices, Namba & Kansai Airport
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551 Horai at the Namba main store and at Kansai Airport, visited in person.
The Kansai Airport branch is in Terminal 1 on the second floor, in the area before security. A two-piece box of butaman goes from 460 yen to 500 yen on 1 September.
551 Horai Namba main store
The 551 Horai main store in Osaka is inside the Ebisubashi-suji shopping arcade in Namba.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | 551 Horai Namba main store (551蓬莱 本店) |
| Rating | Google 4.2 (4,480) / Tabelog 3.47 |
| Hours | 1F shop 10:00 to 21:30 2F and 3F restaurant 11:00 to last order 21:30 |
| Closed | 1st and 3rd Tuesday, 31 December |
| Payment | Credit cards accepted |
| Address | 3-6-3 Namba, Chuo-ku, Osaka 📍 View on Google Maps |
| Getting there | 🚇 1 minute on foot from exit 11, Osaka Metro Namba Station |
The first floor is the takeaway counter, and the second and third floors are the restaurant. Beyond butaman you can order yakisoba and a range of Chinese dishes there.
The Namba main store sells anman, the red bean version, from 10:00, and char siu man from 11:00, both in limited quantities. Anman is exclusive to the main store; char siu man is also available at the Umeda Hanshin branch.
551 Horai menu and prices
If you are picking one thing to try first at 551 Horai, make it the butaman. It sells about 170,000 pieces a day on average, which is why it is the item 551 Horai is known for, and it is made and sold the same day.
📌 551 Horai signature item prices
| Item | At the August visit | From 1 September |
|---|---|---|
| Butaman, 2 pieces | 460 yen | 500 yen |
| Butaman, 4 pieces | 920 yen | 1,000 yen |
| Shumai, 6 pieces | 510 yen | 570 yen |
| Shumai, 10 pieces | 850 yen | 950 yen |
| Shrimp shumai, 12 pieces | 720 yen | 780 yen |
| Yaki gyoza, 10 pieces | 400 yen | 440 yen |
※ These are takeaway prices. Eating in can cost differently.
We took ours away and ate them at the hotel as a late-night meal.
One butaman is about 130g, so it is heavier than you would expect. The dough is fluffy with a slight sweetness, and there is plenty of pork and onion inside, moist and full of juice.
The yaki gyoza were crisp outside with a chewy wrapper. The pork and vegetables go together well, and they went well with the butaman.
Where 551 Horai is at Kansai Airport
You can eat 551 Horai at Kansai Airport too.
The airport branch is in Terminal 1 on the second floor, in the area before security. There is no 551 Horai in the departure area past the security check, so if you want it as your last meal before flying, stop there and finish eating first.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | 551 Horai Kansai Airport (551蓬莱 関西空港店) |
| Rating | Google 4.1 (403) / Tabelog 3.35 |
| Hours | Takeaway 7:00 to 21:00 Restaurant 11:00 to 22:00 (L.O. 21:30) |
| Closed | Open year round |
| Payment | Credit cards accepted |
| Location | Kansai Airport Terminal 1, 2F (before security) 📍 View on Google Maps |
📌 Points to note
Between 7:00 and 10:00 the counter sells only the chilled packaged product, not hot butaman to eat straight away. Hot items go on sale from 10:00, and the restaurant opens at 11:00.
Butaman and shumai contain pork, and meat products are subject to animal quarantine when you carry them into another country. Clearing it takes paperwork such as a certificate issued by the exporting government, so at 551 Horai it is easier to buy only as much as you will eat before you fly.
On the day we flew out, at the end of the Osaka trip, we went back to 551 Horai one more time. Juicy butaman and shumai closed out the last meal of the trip, and I think I will still be thinking about them after leaving Japan.
Besides the Namba main store, 551 Horai has branches around Osaka.
If you pass a branch during an Osaka trip, the hot butaman is worth stopping for at least once. And if you are still thinking about it on the way out, the Kansai Airport branch works as the last thing you eat on the trip.
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