Reimagining the Acai Bowl with Japanese Ingredients: Try a New Summer Sweet Featuring Haskap Berries and Seasonal Fruits
This summer, THE LIVELY OSAKA HONMACHI will begin offering a new seasonal sweet called “Wasaii,” starting Sunday, June 1, 2025. It will be available as part of a limited-time stay plan and at the hotel’s rooftop bar, THE LIVELY BAR OSAKA HONMACHI.
The First Chapter of Our New Concept: “Wasaii” — A Japanese Take on the Acai Bowl
THE LIVELY OSAKA HONMACHI has been offering French-Japanese hybrid desserts crafted by a French-trained chef, under the concept of “Emotion × Mode (Emode).” Now, the hotel is launching a bold new direction for its sweets program. Rather than focusing solely on taste and beauty, the new concept introduces desserts full of surprises and discovery — ones that make you think, “I’ve never seen anything like this” or “Is this really a dessert?”
These new creations continue to be crafted by the hotel’s chef, blending refined skills and aesthetics developed over a professional career with a free-spirited, outside-the-box approach. The result is a lineup of one-of-a-kind sweets you can only enjoy at THE LIVELY OSAKA HONMACHI — the kind of desserts you’ll want to be the first to try, going beyond just being “Instagrammable.” More sweets under this new concept will be released regularly in the future.
The first item in this renewed lineup is “Wasaii,” a reinvention of the acai bowl — originally from Brazil — made using Japanese ingredients.
Instead of acai, “Wasaii” features haskap, a native superfruit from Hokkaido. Known for its tart flavor and rich nutrients like vitamin C, anthocyanins, iron, calcium, and dietary fiber, haskap is combined with other Japanese ingredients: Okinawan purple sweet potato and brown sugar, kabosu citrus from Kyushu, and blueberries from the Shinshu and Tohoku regions. The result is a perfectly balanced sweet that highlights Japan’s unique ingredients and tastes.
The bowl is topped with generous amounts of seasonal fruits like peach, melon, fig, cherry, and watermelon, along with Japanese barley cereal, multigrain puffs, and organic black sesame for extra texture. Acacia honey adds natural sweetness and brings the dish together. Served in Shigaraki-yaki pottery, the presentation reflects traditional Japanese beauty and creates a rich moment of enjoyment.
This summer, we invite you to experience a completely new kind of dessert at THE LIVELY OSAKA HONMACHI.
[Product Overview]
Availability: June 1 (Sun) – August 31 (Sun), 2025
Price: ¥1,800 (tax included)
Location: THE LIVELY BAR OSAKA HONMACHI
Café Hours: 5:00 PM – 11:00 PM (Last Order 10:30 PM)
Fridays and Saturdays: 5:00 PM – 12:00 AM (Last Order 11:30 PM)
[Stay Plan Overview]
Availability: June 1 (Sun) – August 31 (Sun), 2025
Plan Name: Limited-Time Only: “Wasaii” — A Japanese-Inspired Reinvention of the Acai Bowl with Breakfast Included
Price: From ¥14,050 per night for two guests (tax included)
Guests can choose to enjoy their “Wasaii” in their room or at the bar.
Please select your desired dates after June 1 to check availability.
Night Café in a Unique Rooftop Setting
Located on the top floor of the hotel, THE LIVELY BAR OSAKA HONMACHI offers a “night café” experience from 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM. Alongside limited-time sweets like “Wasaii,” guests can enjoy a wide variety of menu items such as “Pudim” (a traditional Brazilian dessert), tea cocktails, and cream sodas. The spacious, glass-walled bar provides stunning views of Osaka’s skyline, allowing guests to enjoy a changing landscape from dusk through nightfall. In this refined and extraordinary space, guests can unwind and indulge in a luxurious nighttime café experience. The bar is open to non-hotel guests as well, so feel free to stop by.
Chef Kohei Nishiura
After training in restaurants in Kobe, Osaka, and France, Chef Kohei Nishiura served as head chef at several modern French restaurants in Osaka, including “La Chic” in Yodoyabashi. He became executive chef at THE LIVELY KITCHEN OSAKA HONMACHI in December 2019. Known for presenting French hors d’oeuvres in a deli style, his cooking is rooted in classical French techniques while embracing modern elements. He focuses on using seasonal Japanese ingredients and strives to bring out the vibrant life of each ingredient in a way that excites the heart. Using the skills and knowledge he has gained over the years, he shares the charm of THE LIVELY OSAKA HONMACHI’s unique take on “casual French” cuisine.
THE LIVELY OSAKA HONMACHI is a lifestyle hotel known for its sophisticated design. With a restaurant, bar, and working space, it fits a variety of guest needs.
Hotel Information
THE LIVELY OSAKA HONMACHI
1-5-11 Minami-Honmachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka, 541-0054
1-minute walk from Sakaisuji-Hommachi Station (Chuo Line, Sakaisuji Line)
10-minute walk from Honmachi Station (Chuo Line, Midosuji Line, Yotsubashi Line)
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