Umeda

Umeda
梅田
Umeda
Coordinates: 34°42′0″N 135°29′49.2″E
Country	Japan
Prefecture	Osaka Prefecture
City	Osaka
Ward	Kita-ku
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Umeda (梅田) is the main commercial and central 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 prominent skyscrapers in the district. Umeda is also known for shopping: four of the city's largest department stores (Hanshin, Hankyu, Daimaru, and Isetan) 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 "plum 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 seem to believe that the old characters merely carried a negative connotation.^{[citation needed]}

Economy

Air France has an office on the third and sixth floors of the Shin-Sakurabashi Building in Umeda. The office handles Aircalin-related inquiries.

The Consulate-General of Belgium in Osaka is located on the twelfth floor of the Snow Crystal Building in Umeda.

Japan Airlines at one time operated a ticketing facility on the first floor of the Daiichi Seimei Building in Umeda.

Train stations

Near Ōsaka Station - Hilton Hotel Osaka and Osaka Station Building I

Hankyu Umeda Station

See also: Umeda Station, Ōsaka Station, and Kitashinchi Station

JR West

• Ōsaka Station (over 600,000 passengers a day) (●JR Kobe Line, ●JR Kyoto Line, ●JR Takarazuka Line, ●Osaka Loop Line)
• Kitashinchi Station (JR Tōzai Line)

Hankyu Railway

• Umeda Station (over 550,000 passengers a day) (Kyoto Line, Kobe Line, Takarazuka Line)

Hanshin Railway

• Umeda Station (Main Line)

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.

Establishments around Umeda

Umeda area is not only a business area but also an amusement area—there are many restaurants, live spots and amusement spots.

Osaka Station City

Osaka Station City

• South Gate Building
  • Daimaru
    • Pokémon Center Osaka
    • Tokyu Hands
    • Uniqlo
  • Hotel Granvia Osaka
  • Umaimono Plaza
• North Gate Building
  • JR Osaka Isetan-Mitsukoshi
  • Lucua
  • Osaka Station JR Expressway Bus Terminal
  • Osaka Station City Cinema
  • Offices (ITOCHU, etc.)
• ALBi
• Umesankoji

Diamond district

Diamond district

• Hanshin Department Store
• Osaka Marubiru
  • Osaka Daiichi Hotel
• Umeda DT Tower
• E-MA
  • Umeda Burg 7
• Shin-Hankyu Building
  • Shin-Hankyu Hachi-Bangai
• Osaka Ekimae Buildings
  • Osaka Central Post Office
• Hilton Osaka
  • The Hilton Plaza East
    • Junkudo Umeda
    • Chanel
    • Hermès
• Osaka Daiichi Seimei Building
• Umeda Square Building

Hankyu Umeda East district

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.

Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. (MBS)

• Hankyu Umeda Station
  • Hankyu San-bangai
    • Books Kinokuniya: Over 3,000 m²
• Hankyu Terminal Building
  • Hankyu 17 bangai
• Hankyu Grand Building
  • Hankyu 32 bangai
• Hankyu Department Store
• Osaka Fukoku Seimei Building
• Hotel New Hankyu Osaka
• Kitano Hankyu Building
  • Hotel New Hankyu Annex
  • DD House
• HEP Navio
  • Hankyu Men's
  • TOHO Cinemas Umeda (Theater 1-8)
• HEP Five
• NU Chayamachi
• NU Chayamachi Plus
• Chayamachi Applause
  • Umeda Arts Theater
  • Hotel Hankyu International
• Chaska Chayamachi
  • Maruzen & Junkudo Umeda
• Pias Tower
• Umeda Center Building
  • Daikin Industries, Ltd.
  • NTT Data Sekisui Systems Corporation
  • Animate Umeda
• AIG Umeda Building
  • Hankyu Department Store Ings Annex
• Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. & Hankyu Corporation
• Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc.
• Umeda Loft
• Yanmar Co., Ltd.
• EST
• Shin Umeda Shokudogai

North Umeda district, Shin Umeda City

North Umeda district (Umeda Sky Building)

• Yodobashi Umeda
  • Yodobashi Camera
  • Comme Ça Store
  • Fashion Zone
  • Restaurant Floor
• Shin Umeda City
  • Umeda Sky Building
  • the Westin Osaka

West Umeda district (Osaka Garden City, etc.)

West Umeda district at night

The Hilton Plaza West and Herbis ENT

• Herbis ENT
  • Bulgari, Gucci, Coach, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany & Co.
  • Shiki Theatre Company
  • Billboard-Live Osaka
• Herbis Osaka
  • The Ritz Carlton Osaka
• The Hilton Plaza West
• The Mainichi Shimbun Building
  • The Mainichi Shimbun Osaka Head Office
  • Sports Nippon
• Mainichi Intecio
• Daiwa House Osaka Building (headquarters)
• Breezé Tower
  • Sankei Hall Breezé
• Gate Tower Building, which features the Hanshin Expressway passing directly through the 5th-7th floors of the building

East of JR Osaka Station (Doyamacho, Komatsubaracho, Sonezaki Nichome and Taiyujicho)

• Hankyu Higashidori
• OS Rakutenchi Building
  • Toho Cinemas Umeda Annex (Theater 9, 10)
• Sonezaki Ohatsu Tenjin-dori
  • Ohatsu Tenjin
• Sonezaki Police Station
• Umeda Club Quattro (opening on April 14, 2012)

Underground malls

• Whity Umeda
• Diamor Osaka: 42,977 m² but it is coupled on another mall, total area is over 80,000 m²

See also

• Tourism in Japan

External links

• Osaka InfoGuide