Shinsaibashi
Osaka's most famous shopping district is Shinsaibashi å¿ææ©, which offers a mix of huge department stores, high-end Western designer stores, and independent boutiques ranging from very cheap to very expensive. Within Shinsaibashi, the Amerika-mura ã¢ã¡ãªã«æ, often shortened to "Amemura" or "American Village" area is particularly popular among young people, and is often said to be the source of most youth fashion trends in Japan. Near Amerika-mura,Horie å æ± is shopping street of mainly Japanese brands shops. The many shops in Umeda are also popular among trendy locals, particularly in the Hep Five and Hep Navio buildings adjacent to Hankyu Umeda Station, although these shops tend to be too expensive to captivate most tourists' interest. In this area, new shopping buildings have been constructed recently. For example, theâE-maâ buildings next to Hanshin department store, and âNu-Chayamachiâ Nu è¶å±çº, opened in October 2005 near Hankyu Umeda station.
Nipponbashi
For electronics, the Nipponbashi æ¥æ¬æ© area southeast of Namba, and particularly the "Den-Den Town" shopping street (http://denden-town.or.jp/), was once regarded as the Akihabara of western Japan; nowadays, more people would rather shop at the new, enormous Yodobashi Camera ã¨ããã·ã«ã¡ã© in Umeda or BicCamera ããã¯ã«ã¡ã© and LABI1 in Namba, although Nippombashi still offers good deals on many gadgets, PC components and used/new industrial electronics.
Kinokuniya
For Japanese and foreign books, try Kinokuniya in Hankyu Umeda Station, or Junkudo south of Osaka Station.
Hanshin Tigers
The Official Hanshin Tigers baseball team Shop is located on 8th floor of Hanshin Department Store at Umeda.
Tenjinbashi-suji
Shopping street 天ç¥æ©çååºè¡ tenjinbashi-suji shåtengai is said to be the longest straight and covered shopping arcade in japan at approx. 2.6km length. the arcade is running north-south along tenjinbashi-suji street, and is accessible from multiple subway and/or jr stations, eg. tenma, minami-morimachi, tenjinbashi-suji 6-chome, etc. nothing meant for sightseeing, the arcade is a live exhibition of osaka's daily life, open since edo period.