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A mid-sized theater with 898 seats in the aprase tower, which will also stage performances of popular theater troupes, Takarazuka-ka-ka, and musicals, mainly for straight play.

Located on the upper floor of a high-rise building in Umeda, the center of Osaka, a museum where you can feel like you are in the sky. The centerpiece is a powerful 3D video experience like a theme park attraction. A 180-degree round screen with a height of 3m and a width of 14m allows you to enter the world of colorful and energetic paintings unique to Koji Silkaya with music. Because it is an experiential museum, it is also attractive that you can easily enjoy even if you are not familiar with art. The sky gallery (observation space) is an excellent view spot overlooking the city of Osaka, where you can enjoy both paintings and views.

Hankyu Kappa Yokocho is an eatery district with a wide variety of easy-to-use restaurants such as ramen, izakaya, Italian, kushikatsu, and okonomiyaki.

The eatery area is located under an overpass on the east side of JR Osaka Station. About 100 stores are gathered on the first and second floors of a small space, and there are shops with a friendly atmosphere of oden, okonomiyaki, Chinese cuisine and Western food, mainly in izakaya. There are many drinking-style shops, and in the evening, salaried workers return home to work.

The collective name for the area with the Umeda Sky Building and the Westin Hotel Osaka, which is 173m above ground and 40 stories, spread on the west side of Umekita. It is an oasis in the city, including the aerial garden observation deck, the Takimi-koji, the middle nature forest, and the Shin-Satoyama. The use of credit cards varies depending on the store.

Located on the first floor of the basement of the Umeda Sky Building in Shin-Umeda City, a dining hall with the image of the lower town of Osaka in the Showa era. Around 20 eateries worthy of "Kuidaore no Machi Osaka" are lined up along the narrow cobblestone alleys, retro streets with bomp-pumping wells, Inari Shrine, and post offices. The use of credit cards varies depending on the store.

The third building, which is one of the largest buildings in Osaka Ekimae Building, has four observation decks at the east end and west end of the 32nd and 33rd floors. In the middle of Umeda, you can enjoy the gorgeous night view of the city center.

"Umeda Sky Building", a two-building, connected near-futuristic skyscraper, rising in the middle of Kita, Osaka. At the top of that, Japan's leading 360-degree rooftop-open-type observatory was opened to the sky. With a pleasant breeze of 173m above the ground, you can enjoy wonderful views such as the beautiful sunset selected for the "Japanese 100 Yoyo" and the night view selected for the "Night View Heritage". On the 40th floor there is a cafe where you can relax while enjoying the scenery, and on the 39th floor there is a shop where Osaka souvenirs are abundant.

The two buildings, connected by aerial gardens, are distinctive forms that stand out even from a distance. On the 40th floor, the rooftop observation deck has a 360-degree view, and on the rooftop you can overlook Osaka while taking in the air of 173m above the ground. At night, the rooftop "Rumi Skywalk" is full of mood with sparkling phosphorescent stones scattered under its feet. Credit cards vary by store.

A souvenir shop attached to "Roadside Station Funaya no Sato Ine", which offers a panoramic view of Ine Bay in the Sea of Japan. It sells souvenirs with plenty of Ine's specialty products, including handmade processed products using fish from its own fish.