- JR Osaka Station
- Hankyu Osaka-Umeda Station
- Hanshin Osaka-Umeda Station
- Osaka Metro Umeda Station (Midosuji Line)
- Osaka Metro Higashi-Umeda Station (Tanimachi Line)
- Osaka Metro Nishi-Umeda Station (Yotsubashi Line)
The Umeda area is the downtown business district of Osaka, and is also the area surrounding Osaka Station (JR) and Umeda Station (private railways and Osaka Metro).
Apart from the large shopping malls that cover the surface, there are many underground malls that link together the various lines and railways in the area. The underground complex is so complicated, that it has earned the area the nickname, "Umeda Dungeon" (梅田ダンジョン, Umeda Danjon). It is easy to get lost in the criss-crossing malls, loops, and messiness of this complex that you realize, it truly does deserve the nickname of being a dungeon.
The area does feature an immense amount of shops, malls, and train connections, and if you're in Osaka, you're bound to pass through the Umeda area as the central point of connectivity to other cities in Japan.
The stations and lines connected in the Umeda area are:
That being said, Shin-Osaka Station, Osaka's shinkansen (新幹線, Bullet train) stop is located a few stops away by Osaka Metro or JR. There is also the Namba (難波, Nanba) area that is the city's lifestyle downtown district, that has private railway connections to Kansai International Airport, as well as to cities like Nara.
Recommended Spots in Umeda
The Umeda Sky Building consists of two 40-story tall office buildings connected on the 39th floor as the Floating Garden Observatory. Visitors can see the surroundings of Osaka city indoors on the 40th floor, and on the open-air rooftop observatory above. Built in 1993, this 170m tall building was actually constructed as two separate towers, before the central observatory that connected the two buildings was slowly hoisted up from the ground floor all the way to the top, and then connected to the two towers.
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Fishmonger Stand Fujiko is a hidden gem located in the basement of Umeda Station. Well hidden to foreigners, but you'll definitely find a long-line of locals queueing outside even before opening hours. The shop's tagline is that "the only good thing about the shop is that the seafood is cheap" (海鮮が安いだけの店, kaisen ga yasui dake no mise), which is a really cheeky way of touting their best selling point. However, locals in the know swear by how fresh and how cheap the seafood here is.
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Sanwa Coffee Works is an Osakan homegrown coffee chain that has its origin in a kissaten (喫茶店, Traditional Japanese Cafe) that started from the Tenma area in 1959. The philosophy of Sanwa Coffee Works is to "enrich one's daily life a little with coffee". As a coffee roaster and a shop that sells coffee bean, Sanwa Coffee Works has an extensive selection of coffee beans from light roasts to dark roasts with almost 30 different beans available.
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Getting to Umeda
From
難波駅
Namba Station
NK
01
南海本線
Nankai Main Line
NK
01
高野線
Koya Line
M20
御堂筋線
Midosuji Line
S16
千日前線
Sennichimae Line
Y15
四つ橋線
Yotsubashi Line
Midosuji Line
Towards Shin-Osaka Station
Osaka Metro
Namba Station
to
Umeda Station
8 mins
¥240
From
京都駅
Kyoto Station
JR-E01
嵯峨野線
Sagano Line
JR-D01
奈良線
Nara Line
K
11
烏丸線
Karasuma Line
JR-A31
JR京都線
JR Kyōto Line
JR-A31
琵琶湖線
Biwako Line
JR Kyōto Line
Towards Sannomiya Station
JR West
Kyoto Station
to
Osaka Station
29 mins
¥580
From
大阪駅
Osaka Station
JR-A47
JR京都線
JR Kyōto Line
Take Central Exit
Walk
Directly Connected
大阪
Osaka
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