One of Osaka’s leading department stores, Hankyu Umeda Main Store has 13 floors above ground and two basement levels, bringing together specialty shops offering food, fashion, lifestyle products, art, sports goods, and more. The Festival Plaza, a vast 52-foot-high atrium spanning four floors from the 9th to the 12th floor, hosts limited-time markets and events. The displays along the north and south concourses on the 1st floor are also popular, attracting the attention of shoppers and passersby alike.
Founded in 1929, its combination of a railway station and department store in a single building was rare even by global standards at the time. At Chandelier Table on the 13th-floor restaurant level, visitors can see restored mosaic murals of a dragon and heavenly horse, and a lion and phoenix. Designed by Chuta Ito, the murals once adorned the concourse of the former Hankyu Umeda Station.
The store also offers a range of services unique to Hankyu Umeda Main Store. In the women’s clothing department on the 6th floor, the Personal Styling Service provides comprehensive assistance from knowledgeable professionals, including styling, hair, and makeup advice. Guests staying at designated hotels in Osaka City can also have purchases totaling at least ¥10,000 before tax on the same day delivered to their hotel’s front desk. Other helpful services include shopping assistance for seniors and people with disabilities, interpreter-assisted shopping, and temporary childcare at the Kids’ Room.
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Specialty shops offering food, fashion, lifestyle products, art, sports goods, and more are spread across 13 floors above ground and two basement levels.
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The Festival Plaza on the 9th floor hosts limited-time markets and events.
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The displays along the north and south concourses on the 1st floor are popular attractions.