Osaka-Umeda Station — Attraction in Osaka

Umeda: Shopping Hub and Train Hub

Picture don’t do justice as to how impressive this connection hub is. Shopping malls like Daimaru, Lucua, Hanshin, Hankyu, Whity etc are all within walking distance to the station.

The architecture of the station and all the shopping malls are breathtaking. You can get hypnotised by simply overlooking all the platforms and see how quickly everything moves :)

Because of the interconnectedness, I doubted if you will get wet as everywhere is sheltered in the area. If you are hungry and have a finite budget for dining, do consider grabbing bentos or express foods from boutiques by the supermarket in the department stores! (My family sat in the platform to quickly eat as we couldn’t find anywhere to sit; but don’t know if this is considered disrespectful :/ — the locals may find it disgraceful for people to dine on...

Today 12 Nov. around 11.30am a station officer broke up into the bathroom near the Midosuji line entrance shouting and accusing me of pressing some kind of SOS button screaming "YOU PUSH THE BUTTON", I was literally speechless. When I entered the bathroom I noticed there ALREADY was an alarm going on but the locals were ignoring it so did I. Of course I didn't push any SOS button (why would I? You can check by the security cameras that when I entered the bathroom the alarm was already on, I was wearing totally black clothes, Grey backpack and white shoes) but the officer carried on accusing me of something I never did just because I was the only non Japanese person in that bathroom. Her behavior was not only extremely rude with no reason but was most of all racist. You...

I grew up in Osaka and I’d say grew up with this Hankyu train. For me as a kid, this Umeda station was like my dream and coming here was like a big adventure! First of all, it’s always full of people. And this is a great hub station in Osaka, you can go anywhere, literary anywhere, such as Namba, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Shiga, ShinOsaka, which is a station where you can take a bullet train or Shinkansen. A lot of department stores, so you won’t need to shop where. Lots of places to eat, so you’ll taste real Osaka. Drinking places as well. There is a huge book store called Kinokuniya. They have books in English too, so you can just try the book store. As you can see, it has EVERYTHING. Just visit and prepare to be amazed!! Welcome...