ATC — Local services in Osaka

Even though there is an amazing building this is NOT a place to go if you wanted something to do ! Perhaps if you had time to kill before boarding a ferry or were staying at the Hyatt Regency Hotel which is 5 minutes walk from there ! But there's nothing to do or see here ! There used to be a variety of mediocre shops in the ATC Mare Building but because of the lack of customers, due to the distance from residential areas and expensive rent, most closed and became the offices of various local government agencies. Well if you like odd semi-desserted buildings, this is the...

Went here to look around Otsuka IDC furniture. Otsuka IDC was great but the ATC is in a bad way. Most of the floors are empty space, very few shops are open. The parking is ¥1000 at weekends, even if you only go for an hour or so. They need to rethink the parking charges to get more customers into the building and attract more shops. The whole thing looks like it would go out of business overnight if it weren't for Otsuka propping it up. The whole place needs refreshing and something done to attract...

I was surprised at how empty this mall was. There were not many people here and as you make your way to the upper levels of the mall, most of the spaces they had for shops were empty. There must have been nearly 100 spaces for shops unoccupied, I almost felt like I was in a dead mall. That being said, it is in a nice location by the bay and being almost empty made a nice change from it being busy...