Travel Guide
Shinsaibashi is the main shopping area of Osaka. Associated with Shinsaibashi, and west of Mido-suji street, is Amerikamura, an American-themed shopping area and center of Osaka's youth culture. Major stores and boutiques concentrates are found around the area.
Shinsaibashi is famous for its Shinsaibashi-suji, the Shinsaibashi Shopping Arcade. Approximately 600m long, this arcade is unique as it combines chain retail stores and trendy boutiques with expensive department stores and top designer fashion labels.
Shinsaibashi Shopping Arcade is a shopping street with a very long history! This covered arcade, site of some of Osaka's historical bridges, has been around in some form for hundred of years, and is still one of the city's most popular and famous spots. Osaka is well known for its covered shopping streets, and the Shinsaibashi Shopping Arcade is well travelled by residents and visitors alike. Limited to pedestrians, this strip is sheltered from the elements and provides you with everything from upscale department stores to fresh-from-the-griddle crepes to kimono and tea shops that look so authentically Kyoto, you'd think you were in the old capital itself.
Travel Advice
Shinsaibashi Shopping
- Fashion: UNIQLO (Japanese)
- Fashion: ZARA (Japanese)
- Fashion: H&M (Japanese)
- Fashion: GU (Japanese)
- Young Fashion: WEGO (Japanese)
- Shoes: ABC Mart (Japanese)
Shinsaibashi Gourmet
- Cheese cake: PABLO (English)
- Croissant: LE ROISSANT (Japanese)
Visit
| Address | Shinsaibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka City, Osaka | |
| Phone | 06-6211-1114 (Shinsaibashi-suji Shopping Street Promotion Association) | |
| Admission | Free | |
| Hours | Free time | |
| Closed | Open 7 Days a Week | |
| Duration | 1 hour | |
| Getting There | By Train 2 minute walk from No.7 exit of Shinbashi Station on subway Midosuji Line or subway Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line. 1 minute walk from Yotsubashi Station on subway Yotsubashi Line. |
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| Parking | No parking available | |
Attractions in Japan