Nice place for a break at Umeda

If you are in Umeda around Osaka Station (the busiest area in Osaka) and wondering where you can have a short break by yourself or feel like having a picnic with your friends...

I definitely recommend you one of my favorite place in Osaka.

It's called Kaze-no-hiroba Plaza (means Plaza of Wind).

It is located on the 11th floor of North building of Osaka Station City.
You can get there from JR Osaka Station by the escalator,
or from the 10F of ISETAN department store or LUCUA.

On the top of the building, there are small gardens and some benches you can sit and relax.

I called this place "the Oasis in Umeda".

The reason why I like this place so much is you can sit there for free with a nice view of north side of Osaka city.

As the name of this place (Plaza of Wind), the wind feel great.

Freezing in winter, but it is good season to be here.

 

Grand Front Osaka- new shopping building

Floating garden- Umeda Sky Building

And the BEST thing is ....

you can buy your food and drink at the convenience store (Family Mart) on the same floor and have a picnic!!

How convenient and the reasonable choice!

There is Seattle's Best coffee shop as well on the same floor

I often go there by myself and sometime bring my friends to this place when we want to have a coffee (and sometime beer..:-)

They were impressed that there is a nice place like this in the center of Umeda area.

It used be less people 2years ago, but it becomes quite popular.

Some people is having a coffee, eating lunch, chatting with friends, reading books and so on.

During lunch time, it's hard to find a place to sit... but it is still my favorite place♪

You can see the guests from all of ages.

If you want to have a short break in Umeda,

please visit this place.

I hope you like here too(^^♪

Osaka shopping arcade =the longest one in Japan=

I got some questions from the guests
"I want to go somewhere today, but not so much touristy place, is there anywhere you recommend?"

I recommend “Tenjimbashi-Suji Shopping Street”.
If you want to see everyday life in Osaka.

It is the longest roofed shopping street in Japan
- about 2.6km (1.6miles)!!!


This is the beginning of arcade at 6chome area.

It runs from Tenjinbashi-suji 1chome to 7chome (chome is a kind of district) and you can find so many small shops and restaurants.

The reason why I recommend this place is that’s where I have been living this area for 16years!!

Each district has different atmosphere and I love specially around 5-6chome area.
The street is narrow from 6chome and 5chome and crowded with people and bicycle (people need to push their bike on this street, but not really....)

I will introduce some shops around this area.


Famous takoyaki shop "Wanaka". They serve fancy Takoyaki with beer or wine!

Reasonable price shop everywhere.
But if you go back there few days later, the shop is not there anymore because they rent a place temporally.

100yen shop and next door is the arcade(game center).

Shoes shop- any shoes 2000yen in this shop!
When I took my friend here, she found the shoes she wants but took long time to find her size, because there are shoes everywhere!
It was like a treasure hunting!!

 

Very famous Kushikatsu (Osaka food) restaurant



Popular Sushi restaurants
on the left is "Harukoma" and on the right "Sushi-Masa"at night you can see people line up.
They have a English menu.

When you get to 4chome you feel you have more space to walk.

This is just a beginning of the arcade, so you can spend a day to walk around.

Open hours :Different by each shop
Holiday: Some shops close on Tuesday

How to get there
Subway:
Sakaisuji Line: Tenjinbashi-Suji 6chome , Ogimachi
Tanimachi Line: Tenjinbashi-Suji 6chome, Minami morimachi
JR: Temma Station

 

Please walk this street and experience Osaka local life!!

 

The art exhibition of Yayoi Kusama 　

～Eternity of Eternal Eternity～

Time :10am ～5ｐｍ
Place:The national museum of are in Osaka
Closed:Monday

Yayoi Kusama（83years old)

She has been drawing pretty unique and fantastic pictures since she was 10 years.
She was in America in 1957, she created sculptures with mirror and electricity.
Since she is back to Japan, she writeｓ a novels and poems while she
is creating some arts.　
She has held a big art exhibition in New York, Madrid、Paris, London.


She is talented and has distinctive style,
Please check and feel her arts !!!