Amerikamura

Amerikamura is popular with Japanese youth. Amerikamura features many fashion shops and bars. Amerikamura (アメリカ村, American Village) is usually referred to by locals as “Ame-mura.” It is a sizable retail and entertainment area near Shinsaibashi in the Minami district of Osaka, Japan. Amerikamura Amerikamura is identifiable by a small-scale reproduction of the Statue of Liberty that peers down on the streets. Amerikamura centres on Triangle Park, a concrete rest area surrounded by retail outlets which historically had Western style fashion. In the post World War II period much of latest fashion in Japan came from America (USA), which lead to the area being referred to as Amerikamura. In the past there were bars and nightclubs, some of which are run by Westerners or had a Western bias with many Western patrons. Today most of the Amerikamura theme bars and retail outlets have gone or converted to selling the same Japanese fashion as the stores in Namba. |