Umeda

Umeda is a commercial and business district in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. Umeda is best known as the city’s main northern railway terminus (Osaka Station, Umeda Station). Umeda (梅田) is a large traffic hub, as well as the principal office and hotel district. It is especially a street lined with large buildings at West-Umeda, Dojima and Nakanoshima, with over 40 skyscrapers in the district. Umeda is also known for shopping: three of the city’s largest department stores (Hanshin, Hankyu, and Daimaru) are located there, as well as several shopping malls, such as Diamor Osaka, HEP Five, HEP Navio, and Whity Osaka. The district’s name means “ume field”. It was originally written as “buried field” (埋田), because the area had been agricultural and was filled in to accommodate the new train station in the 1870s. Umeda Landmark Buildings Umeda Sky BuildingUmeda Sky Building The 170 metre high building provides 360 degree views from its public observatory. Also know as the Floating Garden Observatory it has a very distinct architecture. Osaka Central Post Office Gate Tower Building, which features the Hanshin Expressway passing directly through the 5th-7th floors of the building the headquarters of Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. Umeda Shopping Daimaru Hankyu Department Store Hanshin Department Store Herbis ENT: BVLGARI, Gucci, Coach, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany & Co. Yodobashi Camera Books Kinokuniya: Over 3,000 m2 Books Asahiya: Over 2,000 m2 Diamor Osaka: 42,977 m2 but it is coupled on another mall, total area is over 80,000 m2 Pokemon Center Osaka (in the Umeda Center Building) Umeda Amusement Umeda Koma theater HEP Five Shiki Theatre Company Blue Note Osaka→Billboard-Live Osaka Umeda Sky Building Umeda Train Stations JR West  - Osaka Station (Has over 600,000 passengers a day) (●JR Kobe Line, ●JR Kyoto Line, ●JR Takarazuka Line, ●Osaka Loop Line, ●JR Yumesaki Line, ●Yamatoji Line, ●Hanwa Line, ●Kansai Airport Line) Kita Shinchi Station ●JR Tozai Line Hankyu Railway ●Kyoto Line, ●Kobe Line, ●Takarazuka Line Umeda Station (Has over 550,000 passengers a day) Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line Umeda Station Osaka Municipal Subway Umeda Station (Midosuji Line, M16) Nishi-Umeda Station (Yotsubashi Line, Y11) Higashi-Umeda Station (Tanimachi Line, T20) There are over 2.3 million passengers a day at these stations. They rank fourth busiest in Japan. Article based on Wikipedia article and used under the GNU Free Documentation License) |