Dotombori is a district in Osaka, Japan. The area runs along the Dotonbori canal from Dotonboribashi Bridge to Nipponbashi Bridge. Dotonbori is famous for its glittering signage and billboards with a giant pufferfish, an octopus, a clown, the Kani Douraku crab all vying for your attention and creating an amusement park-like atmosphere. Of all these signs however, the most famous is that of the Glico running man above Ebisubashi Bridge.