OSAKA -- As soon as you exit the station wickets, sometimes even before that, the aroma hits you.
Welcome to Tsuruhashi, it says, the town of yakiniku.
Located on the border of Tennoji and Ikuno wards in eastern Osaka, Tsuruhashi, for locals, has become almost synonymous with Korean barbecue because of the abundance of restaurants and shops here specializing in it and other Korean cuisine.