Umeda

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Umeda (梅田) is a commercial district in Kita-ku Osaka, Japan, best known as the city's main northern railway terminus (Osaka Station, Umeda Station). Umeda is also known for shopping: Three of the city's largest department stores (Hanshin, Hankyu, and Daimaru) are located there, as well as several shopping malls such as Diamor Osaka, HEP Five, HEP Navio, and Whity Osaka. (reference "Establishments around Umeda")

The district's name means "ume field." It was originally written as "buried field" (埋田), because the area had been agricultural and was filled in to accommodate the new train station in the 1870s. There are several theories as to why the kanji changed, although most people seem to believe that the old characters merely carried a negative connotation.

Contents 1 Train Stations 2 Establishments around Umeda 3 External Links 4 Trivia

[edit] Train Stations

• JR-West
  • Osaka Station It has over 600,000 passengers a day.
  • Kitashinchi Station
• Hankyu Railway
  • Umeda Station It has over 550,000 passengers a day.
• Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line
  • Umeda Station
• Osaka Municipal Subway
  • Umeda Station (Midosuji Line, M16)
  • Nishi-Umeda Station (Yotsubashi Line, Y11)
  • Higashi-Umeda Station (Tanimachi Line, T20)

[edit] Establishments around Umeda

• Daimaru
• Hankyu Department Store
• Hanshin Department Store
• Hilton Hotel
• Herbis ENT: BVLGARI, Gucci, Coach, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany & Co.
• Yodobashi Camera
• Books Kinokuniya: Over 3,000 square meters
• Umeda Koma theater
• Books Asahiya: Over 2,000 square meters
• HEP Five
• Diamor Osaka: 42,977 m² but it is coupled on another mall, total area is over 80,000 m²
• Ritz CarltonOsaka
• Osaka Shiki musical theater: Shiki Theatre Company

[edit] External Links

• Osaka InfoGuide

[edit] Trivia

• In the videogame Shodai Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun, Umeda is the place where you start your adventure.
• In Police 911 2, players can conclude Japan's nationwide arrest plan at Umeda provided that the performance was good enough throughout the stages proceeding the final stage.
• The film Black Rain has scenes shot in Hankyu Umeda Mall.