It’s not worth going into Osaka castle, which is actually a museum. It’s quite cramped, and I went at the same time as busloads of tourists and trainloads of students.
View from the top of Osaka castle. After walking up eight storeys.
I recommend just wandering the lovely grounds and taking photos of the moat and the castle.
Umeda
There are lots of departments stores in this area e.g. Han Kyu, Daimaru, Hep 5.
Hep 5 is one of the more fashionable shopping centers. It has a ferris wheel as well. The Japanese really love ferris wheels!
Namba
Namba is lovely!! There’s this glorious stretch of covered walkway, the Shinsaibashi Shopping Arcade (which leads to the Eibsubashi) that covers several streets. Along the stretch of shops are restaurants, cafes, accessories shops, clothes shops, Daimaru, Agnes B, Tokyu Hands etc etc.
The kitchen stretch where they sell gorgeous bowls, chopsticks etc.
H&M at Namba!
The ferris wheel is at Don Quijote, a discount chain store that sells everything. But I went to both this and the Tokyo outlet and I didn’t really like it. Found it to be too squashy and not that cheap. They sell cosplay outfits though, if you’re interested.
Luxury stores at Namba.
America Mura (America Village) at Namba… I don’t really like it…it’s full of hip-hop music and guys wearing their pants super low.
Namba Parks, a shopping center.
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