Itineraries

Shin Umeda City, full of greenery between the buildings. Climbing up the elevators from the entrance of Umeda Sky Building among them, reaching Floating Garden Observatory on the 39th floor aboveground. As the photo shows, the center of the connecting part is a kind of open "stairwell", enabling you to enjoy views of Osaka while walking around. The view extends as far as Awaji Island and Mt. Ikoma on a fine day, and the sunset is also spectacular.

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Yodobashi Umeda Tower, the new symbol of Osaka Station North Gate, opened in the fall of 2019. LINKS UMEDA consisting of approx. 200 shops and HOTEL HANKYU RESPIRE OSAKA with approx. 1,000 rooms is linked to the popular Yodobashi Camera Multimedia Umeda Store. The refurbished food facilities include Eat & Walk, the largest Marche in Umeda area under the theme of “Lively Marche” as well as Oishimono Yokocho (Tasty Alley). This is a convenient fun place to find anything that takes your fancy.

5-6 min. walk to northeast from JR Umeda. Lined with Umeda Loft with sundry goods, Umeda Arts Theater, and MBS Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. Building, etc. Small and stylish cafés and imported goods shops, galleries, etc. throng the area. NU chayamachi, a trendy building of fashion and gourmet opened recently. One of the information dispatching areas in KITA.

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The second aerial walk after Umeda Sky Building. This huge Ferris Wheel accessible from the 7th floor of HEP FIVE, a bright red fashion and amusement building, is a "must" date spot for couples. The view from the top, 106m above ground, is magnificent. About 15 minutes for one revolution. Enjoy a walk in the sky in an air-conditioned gondola.

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Grand opening in 2005 as a new landmark of Osaka Station. Luxurious vaulted ceiling elevator hall. Taste of petit celebrity with the intricate lighting stage. There are stores of skin care products, sundry goods, and natural food in addition to prominent brand shops, crowded with couples and lady shoppers. Also jazz live house "Billboard Live Osaka" and "Osaka Shiki Theater".

Among the flourishing areas in Kita, Kita Shinchi caters to company presidents, while Hankyu Higashidori Shopping Street attracts ordinary salaried workers. Moderately priced restaurants of sushi, Japanese cooking, taverns, and oden line this street, east of Hankyu Umeda station. With Karaoke, sauna, and game centers, young and matured alike can enjoy a comfy evening.

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Go south along Ohatsu-Tenjin Shopping Street from Higashidori Shopping Street, an outdoor shrine at the end among buildings. "Ohatsu", a harlot of Dojima Shinchi Tenmaya, and "Tokubei", a clerk of Uchihonmachi Hiranoya, committed a double suicide at "Tenjin Forest". Since a playwright Monzaemon Chikamatsu produced a joruri play "Sonezaki Shinju" based on this incident, this shrine has been called "Ohatsu-Tenjin". There are stone statues of Ohatsu and Tokubei in the precincts. Some couples wish for successful love trying to share the luck of Ohatsu who kept her love.

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