Umeda, Osaka

Staying in Hilton Osaka that is located in the heart of Osaka city, it's one the happening areas around. The Kita (North) district, also known as Umeda, is one of Osaka's two main city centers. It is located around the large station complex that comprises Osaka and Umeda Stations. Kita's counterpart is Minami (South) around Namba Station. The Umeda district is well known for it's commercial and business district.

It is also best known as the city's main northern railway terminus where the Osaka Station is located here in this area. You will definitely see plenty of people heading in and out of the station area making it the largest station in Osaka itself.

Umeda is also known for shopping where three of the city's largest department stores (The Hanshin, Hankyu and Daimaru) is located here. Around the area where I stayed, there's plenty of restaurants, bars and offices surrounding the hotel. Looking for food around this area is considered easy.

From the last post where I had sushi, the area was called the Kitashinchi. It's an entertainment district where you will find hundreds of restaurants, bars and night clubs that suits from the young to the old. The area only comes to life in the evenings and during the day, it's practically a quiet area.

I did some walking around in the late evening (although the area that I've covered was little because of the cold weather), I've managed to see the vibrant city life of this area. No matter how late it is, the streets will never be empty with people hanging out at the local Starbucks or the karaoke bars. You will see hyped up teenagers to drunkards, pretty OL's to school girls and of course a mix of african blacks to american whites around the area as well.

I bought a few boxes of Pocky from the convenience store that's scattered around the area and also had a run up to an incident where it involves a drunk guy forcefully trying to feel his way up on his female counterpart, only to be dragged away by his fellow colleagues in the end. I wonder how would she feel meeting up with him again at work the following day?