Country Japan Ward Kita-ku | City Osaka Prefecture Osaka Prefecture | |
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Time zone Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | ||
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Umeda (梅田) is a major commercial and business district in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, and the city's main northern railway terminus (Ōsaka Station, Umeda Station).
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- Japan adventure umeda osaka umeda sky building
- Map of Umeda Kita Ward Osaka Osaka Prefecture 530 0001 Japan
- Day 1 in osaka japan exploring umeda at night
- JR West
- Hankyu Railway
- Hanshin Railway
- Osaka Municipal Subway
- Establishments around Umeda
- Osaka Station City
- Diamond district
- Hankyu Umeda East district
- North Umeda district Shin Umeda City
- West Umeda district Osaka Garden City etc
- East of JR Osaka Station Komatsubaracho Doyamacho Sonezaki Nichome Taiyujicho and Toganocho
- Underground malls
- References
Map of Umeda, Kita Ward, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture 530-0001, Japan
The area is notable for its comparatively high concentration of tall buildings, of which those in Nishi-Umeda, Dojima and Nakanoshima form a prominent skyscraper district. Four of the city's largest department stores (Hanshin, Hankyu, Daimaru, and Isetan) are located here, as well as popular shopping and tourist areas such as HEP Five, Osaka Grand Front, and Umeda Sky Building.
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.
Day 1 in osaka japan exploring umeda at night
JR West
Hankyu Railway
Hanshin Railway
Osaka Municipal Subway
There are over 2.3 million passengers a day at these stations. They rank fourth busiest in Japan.
Establishments around Umeda
Aside from being a major business district in Osaka, Umeda offers a large selection of shopping, entertainment, and nightlife venues.