The gleaming business and transport hub of the north — the main train stations, huge department stores, the Sky Building and the best of the city's upscale shopping and dining. Slick, convenient and endlessly connected (this is where the shinkansen and airport trains meet), a little more corporate than Namba; a comfortable, central base for shoppers and day-trippers.
A look around
What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.
€220–450
typical per night in Japan
You pay for the postcode
One of the pricier addresses in Osaka.
Where it sits
The circle is Umeda and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.
How far is everything?
From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.
- Osaka Castle10 min taxi3.2 km
- Dotonbori11 min taxi3.8 km
- Takoyaki & okonomiyaki11 min taxi3.8 km
- Kuromon Ichiba Market13 min taxi4.2 km
- Shinsekai & Tsutenkaku17 min taxi5.7 km
- Shitenno-ji Temple17 min taxi5.7 km
- Universal Studios Japan21 min taxi7.1 km
- Sumiyoshi Taisha30 min taxi10.0 km
On your doorstep
What you’re living next to if you stay here.
- 7.Umeda Sky Building — A striking twin-tower skyscraper joined at the top by a 'Floating Garden Observatory' — an open-air rooftop ring reached by a vertigo-inducing escalator through mid-air, with a 360° view over the whole city. Spectacular at sunset and after dark when Osaka glitters below; one of the most dramatic and distinctive viewpoints in Japan, right by Umeda station.
- 14.Nakanoshima & the rivers — A leafy island of parks, museums and grand old civic architecture set between two rivers in the middle of the city — a lovely place to stroll, with the striking red-brick Central Public Hall, the rose garden and the Museum of Oriental Ceramics. A calm, green breather from the neon, best on foot or by river cruise; especially pretty when the buildings are lit at night.
When are you staying?
Booking.com & Airbnb open searched to Umeda; flights via Google Flights.