Umeda
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Umeda (梅田) is a commercial and business district in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, best known as the city's main northern railway terminus (Ōsaka Station, Umeda Station). Umeda is a large traffic hub, as well as the principal office and hotel district. It is especially a street lined with large buildings at West-Umeda, Dojima and Nakanoshima, with over 40 skyscrapers in the district. Umeda is also known for shopping: three of the city's largest department stores (Hanshin, Hankyu, and Daimaru) are located there, as well as several shopping malls, such as Diamor Osaka, HEP Five, HEP Navio, and Whity Osaka.
The district's name means "ume field". It was originally written as "buried field" (埋田), because the area had been agricultural and was filled in to accommodate the new train station in the 1870s. There are several theories as to why the kanji changed, although most people[who?] seem to believe that the old characters merely carried a negative connotation.[citation needed]
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[edit] Economy
Air France has an office on the third and sixth floors of the Shin-Sakurabashi Building in Umeda.[1] The office handles Aircalin-related inquiries.[2]
The Consulate-General of Belgium in Osaka is located on the twelfth floor of the Snow Crystal Building in Umeda.[3]
[edit] Cityscape
Umeda is known for its urban landscape in Osaka.
[edit] Train stations
- JR West
- Ōsaka Station (Has over 600,000 passengers a day)
- Hankyu Railway
- Umeda Station (Has over 550,000 passengers a day)
- Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line
- Umeda Station
- Osaka Municipal Subway
- Umeda Station (Midosuji Line, M16)
- Nishi-Umeda Station (Yotsubashi Line, Y11)
- Higashi-Umeda Station (Tanimachi Line, T20)
There are over 2.3 million passengers a day at these stations. They rank fourth busiest in Japan.
[edit] Establishments around Umeda
[edit] Shops
- Daimaru
- Hankyu Department Store
- Hanshin Department Store
- Herbis ENT: BVLGARI, Gucci, Coach, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany & Co.
- Yodobashi Camera
- Books Kinokuniya: Over 3,000 m2
- Books Asahiya: Over 2,000 m2
- Diamor Osaka: 42,977 m2 but it is coupled on another mall, total area is over 80,000 m2
- Pokemon Center Osaka (in the Umeda Center Building)
[edit] Amusement
- Umeda Arts Theater
- HEP Five
- Shiki Theatre Company
- Blue Note Osaka→Billboard-Live Osaka
- Umeda Sky Building
Umeda area is not only a business area but also an amusement area—there are many restaurants, live spots and amusement spots.
[edit] Hotels
- Hilton Hotel
- Ritz Carlton Osaka
- Westin Osaka
- New Hankyu Hotel (In Hankyu Umeda station. It has some branch hotels at another area in Japan.)
- Hotel Granvia (In JR Ōsaka station)
- Hotel Monterey
- Hearton Hotel
- ANA-Crowne Plaza Hotel Osaka
[edit] Others
- Osaka Central Post Office
- Gate Tower Building, which features the Hanshin Expressway passing directly through the 5th-7th floors of the building
- the headquarters of Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc.
[edit] References
- ^ "Contact / Air France agencies." Air France Japan. Retrieved on January 16, 2009.
- ^ "Contact Us." Aircalin. Retrieved on January 16, 2009.
- ^ "List of Consulates in Kansai Area." Creation Core Higashi Osaka. Retrieved on January 15, 2009.
[edit] Trivia
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- In the videogame Shodai Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun, Umeda is the place where the player starts the adventure.
- In Police 911 2, players can conclude Japan's nationwide arrest plan at Umeda provided that the performance was good enough throughout the stages proceeding the final stage.
- The 1989 Ridley Scott film Black Rain has scenes shot in Hankyu Umeda Mall.
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