Spots in Umeda Area

  • Hanadako
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Kakudachou 9-16 Shin Umeda Esophagus Street 1F
    Hanadako located in Shin-Umeda Shokudogai (food arcade) right next to Umeda Station is known as a takoyaki (octopus dumpling) restaurant where there is always a queue. A largish takoyaki fried on a high flame is attractive with a springy texture. It has the taste of a main Osaka dish with the soft, fragrant flavor of the stock, and the standard sauce as well as Negimayo topped with heaped spring onions are also popular. In the eating area, there is only seating for six with a standing-bar style. It is a popular restaurant with many visitors including regular local customers, shoppers and tourists.
  • Kitashinchi
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    3.0
    17 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Osaka Osaka-shi Kita-ku Umeda Sonezakishinchi Hoka

    There is a Doutor in Dichika underground shopping street (near Kintetsu Building and Avanza). As in downtown, the shop is small and seating is not really comfortable, but just to take a cup of...

  • BW STATION (Subway Shin-Osaka Station Store)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Yodogawa-ku Nishinakajima 5-15-5 Subway Shin-Osaka Station North Concourse 'New Naniwa Diner'
    A beer and wine bar in the new Naniwa dining hall inside Shin-Osaka Station. Enjoy three extra cold chilled craft beers by TOKYO Sumidagawa Brewing; a Weizen, Amber, and Kolsch. The lunch menu offers rice with hashed meat, curry, and huge beef rice bowls. In the evening they offer meals such as deep fried Bicchu chicken thighs, and Australian wheat-reared sirloin steak to enjoy with your drinks.
  • Hotel Hanshin, Hanshin Sauna Tefu
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    4.0
    13 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Osaka Osakashi Fukushima-ku Fukushima 5-6-16 Hotel Hanshin 7F
    This is a spa and esthetic salon for women incorporating the concept of a day of beauty and health and is located on the sixth floor of the Hotel Hanshin near Fukushima Station. The attraction of this store is the hot spring where customers can enjoy the jet bath using the natural water that springs from 1,000 meters underground. The water of the hot spring Tokujiro. The hot spring is simple with weak alkaline water good for neuralgia, muscle pains, joint pains, and to help recover from fatigue. In addition, there is a bath to stretch out in, a high temperature dry sauna and cold water bath as well as esthetic & aromatherapy performed by professionals for customers to enjoy.

    JR福島駅近くにある、ホテル阪神大阪の7階にある、リラクゼーションスペース。入浴料は2800円で、ホテルカードの会員は1800円。ホテル併設ということもあり、料金は高めです。入浴スペースには、温泉が内湯と露天があります。加温加水循環塩素ありで、ほとんど温泉という感じはありません。サウナもありますが、サウナの中はかなり傷んでいて、いまひとつ。休憩スペースはリクライニングシートが並んでいて寛げます。オ...

  • Shin-Umeda Shokudogai
    Travel / Tourism
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Kakudachou 9-26
    This restaurant quarter is located under the railway girders between Hankyu Department Store on the east side of JR Osaka Station and Hankyu Umeda Station. 18 shops were opened in 1950 as a relief project for retirees of facilities related to the former Japanese National Railways. There are now approx. 100 restaurants including Japanese cuisine, western cuisine, Chinese cuisine, standing bars and fast food restaurants that are bustling with customers every day.
  • Rikuro-Ojisan no Mise (Eki Marche Shin-Osaka Store)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Yodogawa-ku Nishinakajima 5-16-1 JR Shin-Osaka Station prefix Conventional Line Ticket Gate Exchache Shin-Osaka
    This shop found in Shin-Osaka Station's Eki Marche Shin-Osaka sells Japanese and Western confections and pastries, with a focus on cheesecake. Their flagship product is also their most well-known, a fresh baked cheesecake branded with the logo of the shop. Their cheesecake is distinguished by the cream cheese imported directly from the factory in Denmark and the homemade base inset with syrup-soaked raisins. Other standard products include their smiling roll cake and thick custard flan. Home delivery options are also available.
  • The Hilton Plaza West (Daini Yoshimoto Building)
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Osaka Osaka-shi Kita-ku Umeda 2-2-2
    A shopping mall adjoining the Hilton Osaka hotel in front of Nishi-Umeda Station in Umeda, Kita Ward, Osaka City. Consisting of six aboveground floors and two below, the mall hosts a variety of tenants, including restaurants, fashionable apparel shops, boutiques, jewelry stores, international brand stores, clinics, and beauty salons. Floors eight through 20 of the building are occupied by offices and rentable conference rooms.
  • Whity Umeda
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Osaka Osaka-shi Kita-ku Komatsubara Cho Umeda Underground shopping center
    An underground shopping mall connected directly to Umeda Station and Higashi-Umeda Station in Komatsubara-cho, Kita Ward, Osaka City. The mall first opened in 1963. Stretching north, south, and east from Umeda Station, the mall is occupied by around 190 establishments, including restaurants, fashionable apparel shops, and boutiques.
  • Mimiu Shin-Osaka Branch
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Yodogawa-ku Nishinakajima 5-16-1 Shin-Osaka Station Building 1F/2F
    Mimiu is a Japanese cuisine restaurant that has inherited the traditions of restaurants in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture with a history going back 200 years. Mimiu's signature dish is udon suki (seafood and vegetable hotpot served with udon noodles) made using a special Kansai-style broth. To ensure that diners can enjoy the scent of freshly-sliced Sodabushi (dried Bullet Mackerel), every day just the amount of Sodabushi needed for that day is sliced up and delivered to each branch of the restaurant. Besides luxurious banquet-style dishes, Mimiu also offers a reasonably-priced lunch menu, including a Hina Suki set meal that combines Udon Suki with snacks. Mimiu (Shin-Osaka Branch) has a Draft Beer Set Meal not available at any other branch, which combines food options with draft beer.
  • Hankyu Men's Osaka
    Shopping
    Osaka Osaka-shi Kita-ku Kakudacho 7-10
    This dedicated men's department store is operated by the Hankyu Department Store chain, which currently has 16 locations primarily concentrated in the Kansai region. The store's floors are divided by category, making it easy to find what you're looking for: Cool Casual Style, Authentic Style, Gentlemen's Style, International Style, Men's Accessories, and Contemporary Style/Men's Beauty. The store also offers a buying agent service and a service in which you can be accompanied by a dedicated stylist who will give you advice on style coordination (paid membership system).
  • Stardust (Umeda Sky Building)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Oyodonaka 1-1-88 Umeda Sky Building Tower East 39F
    This bar and lounge are found on the 39th floor of the Umeda Sky Building Tower East. In the evening look through the round windows over the city lights of Umeda. The Italian style pastas and main courses come with tickets to the hanging gardens, which are popular worldwide. This bar is perfect for a birthday or anniversary. Chinese cuisine is also available with all-you-can-drink party options, or an a la carte menu with mixed pizzas that go well with alcohol, and slowly stewed locally made Japanese Wagyu beef stew.
  • Sweets Paradise Umeda Branch
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    3.5
    18 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Kakudachou 5-1 Umeda Rakuten building 2F
    This is a cafe focusing mainly on sweets on the second floor of the Umeda Rakutenchi Building. The poppy, cute shop interior hosts an all-you-can-eat menu of about 30 different sweets (including some seasonal varieties). The shop's most popular item, Fluffy Shortcake, uses 17.7% fat cream from Hokkaido in their whipped cream in an exquisite pairing with strawberries. Apart from cakes, they also serve pasta, salads, snacks and drinks for a fully stocked menu. Take as much as you like of whatever you like!

    とても美味しいケーキやスイーツをたくさん食べられます。非常に充実した時間を過ごすことが出来ます。友達も満足していました。

  • Takonotetsu Kakuta Store
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    4.0
    21 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Kakudachou 1-10
    A takoyaki (octopus dumpling) restaurant first opened in 1979 which gives diners the chance to make their own takoyaki using the iron takoyaki frying molds installed in each of the tables. The batter and fillings all make use of carefully selected ingredients, including a secret dashi stock and fresh raw octopus, as well as kujo negi spring onions and other vegetables stocked from specially contracted farms. The shop also offers a variety of sauces for topping your takoyaki with, from a special house sauce to an Akashiyaki-style tsuyu sauce. In addition to takoyaki, the restaurant offers a variety of Kansai favorites, including okonomiyaki and yakisoba. Don't be worried if this is your first time making takoyaki; the staff are there to help anyone having difficulty getting their takoyaki right.

    Last thing you’d expect from a small Japanese store. The service is terrible. I waited at the front and no one greeted me for 30 minutes - it was packed but they kept walking past me without a quick...

  • Okonomiyaki Yukari restaurant (Sonezaki flagship store)
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    4.0
    101 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Sonezaki 2-14-13
    Okonomiyaki Yukari is a long-established Okonomiyaki (Japanese savory pancake) restaurant that opened in 1950. The Sonezaki flagship store is located in the Ohatsutenjindori Shotengai shopping arcade in the Kita Ward of Osaka City. Okonomiyaki Yukari achieved fame and lasting popularity by being a pioneer in the development of innovative Okonomiyaki recipes that feature ingredients such as Mochi rice cakes, cheese, etc. With a soft, sticky pancake base covered with a wide variety of toppings (including meat, fish, seafood, etc.), the restaurant’s Okonomiyaki are both delicious and filling.

    Coming to Osaka we were so excited to try okonomiyaki and this place had such great reviews. We arrived and had a short wait as the place was quite busy. We were pretty excited because the atmosphere...

  • DIAMOR OSAKA
    Shopping
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Umeda 1 Osaka Station front diamond underground shopping area 1
    This is a bright and spacious underground mall in Umeda, Kita Ward, Osaka City with a European street corner feel. It is made of four streets each with a different theme of casual, fashionable, variety and market. There are approximately 100 shops mainly selling items for women such as sundries and cosmetics. It is also connected to other underground stations such as Umeda Station on the Hanshin Electric Line, Kitashinchi Station on the JR Tozai Line as well as provides access to another underground shopping mall, Whity Umeda, and the Osaka Ekimae Building, Shin-Hankyu Building and Osaka Maru Building.
  • Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
    Life / Living / Hospital
    Osaka Osaka-shi Fukushima-ku Fukushima 1-1-30
    "This authorized broadcasting company was established in 1951. Founded as a radio station, the company later expanded into television broadcasting as well. The company also holds events for listeners and viewers, and is famous for sponsoring golf championships; an art aquarium; and Food Sonic 2019 in Nakanoshima, one of the largest food festivals in the Kansai region. In addition, the company holds tours for elementary and junior high school students; and conducts the ""ABC Classroom ABC In-House Lessons"" program which allows students to view studio areas and learn about what's involved in television and radio broadcasting."
  • Negiyaki Yamamoto Umeda EST Branch
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    4.0
    121 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Kakudachou 3-25ESTE27
    Negiyaki (green onion pancake) Yamamoto Umeda EST Branch, established in Jyuso, Higashiyodogawa Ward in 1965, is a famous restaurant as the birthplace of the negiyaki (spring onion pancake). The staff meals that the owner made for children became famous and the negiyaki, an okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake) with plenty of spring onions, has become the signature dish. A popular menu item is sujinegi with beef sinew and konjac paste. It goes well with the special soy-based sauce. The restaurant is located in the corner of “EST”, a shopping complex, and is known as a restaurant where there is a queue. The closest station is Umeda Station.

    We came all the way to this restaurant to try the hyped delicacies, having queued 30mins with my friends going to washroom intermittently. The staff came and told us to start from scratch and queue...

  • EST
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Kakudachou 3-25
    This shopping mall is located in JR Osaka Station under the eastern girder bridge and features several shops targeted at females in their teens and early 20s. There are nearly 100 shops in total, including those selling clothing, general goods, and accessories, not to mention a café merged with a store, modern Japanese restaurants, a popular negiyaki restaurant that always has a line, and more. Along with the shopping building next door, “HEP FIVE,” this place has everything a young person could want.
  • The Hilton Plaza East (Yoshimoto Building)
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Osaka Osaka-shi Kita-ku Umeda 1-8-16
    A shopping mall adjoining the Hilton Osaka hotel in front of Nishi-Umeda Station in Umeda, Kita Ward, Osaka City. Consisting of nine aboveground floors and two below, the mall hosts a variety of tenants, including restaurants, fashionable apparel shops, boutiques, jewelry stores, international brand stores, a wedding ceremony hall, fitness club, and clinics.
  • THE CITY BAKERY Grand Front Osaka
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osaka-shi Kita-ku Ofukacho 4-1 GRAND FRONT Osaka Umekita Hiroba B1F
    THE CITY BAKERY located on the first floor below ground of Umekita Square in Grand Front Osaka, a shopping complex right next to JR Osaka Station, is a popular bakery with a café which originated in New York. In the shop, there is a full lineup of fresh breads every morning, and you can enjoy them with a coffee or a fresh juice in the café area as well as take-out. There are menu items which are also popular in New York including the Pretzel Croissant which perfectly combining savory saltiness and sweetness, as well as cookies. It also sells a range of new products such as baguettes in pursuit of the original flavor of wheat for the Japanese store opening.

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