Shopping Street Spots in Osaka Area

  • Tenjinbashi-suji Shopping Street
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    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Tenjimbashi
    This covered shopping street is centered on the road approaching Osaka Tenmangu Shrine. Running north to south for 2.6 kilometers from Tenjinbashi 1-chome to Tenjinbashi 6-chome, it is famous as Japan's longest shopping street. There are approx. 600 stores along the street. During the Edo period (1603-1868), the Tenman vegetable market was located nearby, and the street developed around the market as the main approach to the shrine. Many events are held centered on the shrine to this day. The stores sell everything from clothing to food, and include cafes, restaurants and izakaya bars.
  • Shinsaibashi-suji shopping street
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    Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Shinsaibashisuji 2-2-22
    "Shinsaibashi-suji is a shopping street located in Chuo Ward, Osaka City. The street has a long history; in the Edo period (1603-1868), it flourished as a route leading to the Dotonbori theater district, and there was a popular saying: ""Ginza in the East, Shinsaibashi in the West."" Today, Shinsaibashi-suji is lined by around 180 businesses, including fashion boutiques, lifestyle stores, specialty stores and gourmet restaurants. The area to the north of Nagabori street has always had many textile wholesalers located there, and is known as the ""Senba Shinsaibashi-suji shopping street""; for a fashion-related business in Osaka, opening a store there is a mark of success and status."
  • Osaka Ikuno Korea Town, Miyuki Shopping Street
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Ikuno-ku Momodani Hoka
  • Ohatsu Tenjin-dori Shopping Street
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    Osaka prefecture Osaka city Kita-ku
    This shopping street is centered on the approach to Tsuyu Tenjinsha Shrine, known as Ohatsujinja Shrine. That shrine is famous for a double suicide that occurred there that became the basis for the Bunraku puppet play The Love Suicides at Sonezaki. That is how the shopping street got its name. The entrance of the covered street is decorated with a giant female doll face. There are many different shops of mostly eateries, and it is crowded throughout the day, with families during the day and drinking party guests at night.
  • Ishikiri Sando Shopping street
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    Osaka Higashiosaka-shi Higashiishikiricho
  • Tsutenkaku Hondori Shotenkai
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Naniwa-ku Ebisuhigashi
  • Fukushima Shotendori Shopping Street
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Fukushima-ku Fukushima
    "A place where you can go shopping and get your fortune told, in Japanese it is nicknamed the ""Urete mo Uranai Shotengai,"" a pun based on the similar pronunciations of the worlds ""to sell"" and ""fortune telling"" which roughly means ""The Shopping Street Where Even If Sales Are Good You'll Get Your Fortune Told/Things Won't Sell."" The Shoten Ryotokuin Temple, from which the shopping street takes its name, is connected to Mizuno Nanboku (1760-1837), a master phrenologist well-known to those interested in the subject. The shopping street developed and grew as the approach to the temple from ancient times; today, it is a novel new destination where designer buildings, ethnic food restaurants, a Latin club, and other stylish food and drink establishments are opening up one after another."
  • Tobita Hondori Shopping street (Dobutsuen Mae 1 Bangai)
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Nishinari-ku

    地下鉄の動物園前駅からすぐのところにあるアーケード。近くのビジネスホテルを予約していたので、チェックイン前に夕食をとれる店を探していて入り込んだのがここ。普通の商店街かと思いきや、両側にずらっと並んでいるのは「カラオケ居酒屋」。いったい何十件あるのであろうか。色々な意味で怪しさを感じる店ばかりで、近寄りがたい雰囲気の人も歩いている。よほどの強心臓でない限り旅行者が入れるような店はない。さすが西成区...

  • Tsuruhashi Shopping street
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Higashinari-ku
  • Komagawa Shopping street
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Higashisumiyoshi-ku Komagawa
  • Tamade Shopping street Shinko Union
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Nishinari-ku Tamade Naka 2-2-2

    日本全国の商店街のほとんどは元気が無く寂れる一方なのだがここもご多分に漏れず暗く活気が無い。 シャッター商店街の見本の様に成っている。一発逆転の秘策が無いと終了間近の匂いも漂う。本来商店街って地元密着型なのだが他の成功している商店街を見習って観光目玉を作ってやればそれなりの立地なので上手く行きそう。

  • Ebisubashi Suji Shopping street
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Chuo-ku
  • Ishikiri Sando Shopping street
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    Osaka Higashiosaka-shi
  • Nihonbashi Suji Shopping street Shinko Union
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Naniwa-ku Nipponbashi 4-5-20
  • Ura Nanba (Ura Nanba Shopping street)
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Chuo-ku Sennichimae
  • Awaji Honmachi Shopping street
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    Osaka Osaka Higashiyodogawa Awaji 4
  • Kintetsu Imazato Ekimae Shopping street
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Ikuno-ku Shinimazato 4-13-21
  • Kuromon Market Shopping street
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Chuo-ku
  • Mitsuya Shopping street
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    Osaka Osaka-shi Yodogawa-ku
  • Shonai Hondori Shopping street
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    Osaka Toyonaka-shi

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While Osaka prefecture is the country's second smallest prefecture, its capital, Osaka City, is the country’s third-largest and arguably one of the most popular in the Kansai region thanks to its vibrant nightlife, the Osaka people’s openness, and its much-loved cuisine, which has earned it the nickname "the nation’s kitchen."

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