Namba Hatch — Attraction in Osaka

I saw Gary Clark Jr at Namba Hatch. The sound was absolutely terrible for the first 10min... The bass was so heavy it hid all the other frequencies. Hearing the chord changes was impossible. Maybe it was my position in the room, but the sound was terrible. Fortunately the audio engineer somewhat fixed the problem by the third song by bringing down the bass in the mix, but that muffled farty bass heavy frequency crept back in towards the end of the show as they raised the volume towards the end. Maybe it's a problem of the room's design. Maybe it was that particular audio engineer.

Update: Went to see Cory Wong at Namba Hatch a few weeks later and the sound was great!... so I guess Gary Clark Jr.'s audio engineer was the source of the bass heavy mix. I upgraded my star rating for...

Change a 600yen drink coin outside before ticket check. There's usually a queue at this machine with no English instructions.

There are MANY lockers inside after ticket check and they are cheaper (300 yen, 400 yen options available depending on size)

There is no bidet or washlets in the toilets. (The only venue with no bidet in our 15 days trip in Kansai region)

You can change the coin for a drink - alcoholic or not, there are many options

Merchandise available near the staircase

After the show, exiting is a bit slow as they tend to bottleneck the exit to give out brochures for the...

Great event location in the center of the city. Holds many concerts and events such as "Craft Beer Live" has a nice restaurant called the "River Cafe" that has nice lunches and an outdoor beer garden, there's a live music bar, and in the spring /summer /fall there's an outdoor BBQ restaurant called the "Texas BBQ" that's right by the river / canal.

It also has a boat dock which many tour boats depart from and /or...