[Umeda Sky Building Visitor Guide] Enjoy a Special Experience with Spectacular Views of Osaka

The Kuchu Teien Observatory, the defining feature of Umeda Sky Building, is made up of three floors.
On the 39th floor, you’ll find a shop with original goods and a restaurant & bar with spectacular views.
The 40th-floor observation floor and the rooftop Sky Walk are the biggest highlights of Umeda Sky Building.
With 360-degree views in every direction, it is a popular sightseeing spot where you can overlook all of Osaka.
The changing scenery from sunset to night is also beautiful.

The See-Through Escalator is one of Umeda Sky Building’s signature attractions.
From the departure gate on the 3rd floor, you take the elevator up to the 35th floor, then continue by escalator from the 35th to the 39th floor.
The escalator connecting the 35th and 39th floors has glass on both sides, giving it an open view.
Because of that, it feels almost like running up a staircase in the sky.
Its stylish design also makes it a very popular photo spot.

At the Indoor Observation Floor on the 40th floor, you can fully enjoy Osaka’s spectacular scenery from indoors.
In addition, there are exhibits with materials related to Umeda Sky Building and spaces where you can take a break.
At the sky-high cafe, cafe SKY 40, you can enjoy not only coffee but also a wide menu including croffles and a world beer selection.
Before heading to the Sky Walk, the biggest highlight, take a break with coffee and a light meal while admiring the view spread out before you.

A scenic cafe located on the 40th-floor observation floor.
It’s not just the location that stands out, the menu is carefully curated as well, and the original coffee made only with specially selected beans is especially worth trying.
Since the beans are roasted in-house using the roasting machine displayed in the shop almost every day, you can enjoy a fresh aroma and deep flavor.
The house-roasted beans are also sold for takeout.
The packaging features an illustration of Umeda Sky Building, making it perfect both for yourself and as a gift.

The rooftop observation corridor, the Sky Walk, is a scenic spot where you can enjoy 360-degree views of Osaka’s cityscape.
As you walk along the observation corridor Approx. 173 meters above the ground and look out over the city, you’ll likely feel as if you are walking above the clouds.
On clear days, you can see Osaka Castle, Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, Awaji Island, and even Mount Rokko.
The sunset sinking into the sea is also beautiful, so much so that it was selected as one of Japan’s 100 Best Sunsets.
Enjoy watching Osaka bathed in the colors of sunset gradually transform into a beautiful night view.
After sunset, you can enjoy a spectacular scene woven by light, with Osaka’s glittering night view below, a sky full of shining stars above, and the heavenly lights of the Lumi Sky Walk at your feet.
As you walk along the sparkling path of light on the Lumi Sky Walk, you may feel as though you are strolling through the stars.

This gallery shop is perfect for souvenir hunting after enjoying the wonderful views from the Kuchu Teien Observatory at Umeda Sky Building.
Inside, you’ll find a full lineup of attractive items that will help preserve your travel memories.
Especially popular are the heart-shaped padlocks available in 10 colors (advance online purchase required) and accessories inspired by the stars and moon seen from the observatory.
You’ll also find practical and appealing items such as colorful ballpoint pens you can carry with herbarium preserved flowers inside, as well as nails, hand cream, and lip products with Japanese-style designs.

At the Kuchu Teien Observatory, the heart-shaped padlock called Heart Lock is extremely popular with couples and tourists.
You can have two names and a date engraved for free, and attach it either to the couples-only illuminated floor area called Lumi Deck on the rooftop or to the Promise Fence in the gallery shop.
With its wide range of colors and cute appearance, many people also buy it as a good-luck charm.
It’s also recommended for anyone who wants a keepsake from their trip.
Heart Lock is available by reservation only, and you need to purchase an admission ticket that includes a Heart Lock on the website, so be aware of that.

A sky lounge on the 39th floor where you can enjoy spectacular views.
The view is outstanding, and from the large round windows you can take in scenery stretching toward Kobe.
At night in particular, the space becomes dreamlike and offers an extraordinary atmosphere.
The restaurant serves course meals that make the most of seasonal ingredients and flavors.
There are various plans to choose from depending on your mood.
The wide selection of drinks is another attraction, especially original cocktails such as “Yozora no Fantasy,” “Stardust,” and “Sky Laputa,” made with dry vermouth.

Located on the basement 1st floor of Umeda Sky Building, this restaurant area lets you feel as if you’ve traveled back to Japan’s Showa era, with stone-paved alleys, tiled roofs, and latticed doors.
Most of the building is occupied by restaurants, including Osaka specialties such as okonomiyaki and kushikatsu, as well as a katsudon specialty restaurant with its main store in Namba, Japanese cuisine, izakaya, shabu-shabu, sushi, and many other genres, with around 20 restaurants in total, making it hard to choose where to go.

Located in Takimi Koji on the basement 1st floor of Umeda Sky Building, this udon restaurant is known for its carefully made dashi and house-made thin noodles.
If you want to taste its essence, the dashi udon is recommended.
The broth, freshly prepared every morning, uses flavorful urume sardine flakes from Kochi, mackerel flakes, and true kombu from Hokkaido.
When you eat, ultra-thin 0.01 mm honkarebushi flakes shaved fresh in the shop are added, letting you enjoy a rich aroma and refined umami in the broth.
The udon is freshly made every morning by artisans using a special blend adjusted to the day’s temperature and humidity.
Enjoy udon made with a focus on freshly made noodles, freshly prepared broth, and freshly shaved flakes.

A Japanese sweets shop located in Takimi Koji, with its retro streetscape recreation. It has remained beloved thanks to a method preserved since its founding in 1868.
Its signature item is Honzukuri Emimimochi.
The warabi mochi, cooked in a direct-heat kettle, has an irresistibly springy and soft texture.
The stone mill experience, where customers grind premium Tanba black soybeans themselves to make kinako, is also popular, and the warabi mochi eaten with that fragrant kinako tastes even better.

Grand Front Osaka was named with the idea of “wanting to remain a leading-edge district open to the world.”
It is a commercial complex that opened in April 2013 in an area of Approx. 7 hectares on the east side of the northern Osaka Station district, commonly known as Umekita.
It consists of four tower buildings centered on the North Building and South Building, which house around 260 shops and restaurants, including popular select shops from Japan and abroad and flagship stores making their first appearance in western Japan, as well as Knowledge Capital, a place for intellectual creation and exchange that brings together diverse knowledge to create new value, and Umekita Plaza, a space of Approx. 10,000 square meters that hosts festivals and events.

It opened in 1977 by making use of the building of the Expo Fine Arts Museum, which had been constructed for Expo ’70 in Suita, Osaka Prefecture.
Later, due to the aging of the building and other reasons, it was newly built and relocated in the fall of 2004 to its current location in Nakanoshima.
Its completely underground style is rare even on a global scale, and its stylish exterior was designed to evoke “the vitality of bamboo and the development and growth of contemporary art.”

A super high-rise mixed-use building that opened in 2014 and stands 300 meters tall above ground.
From basement level 2 to the 14th floor, it houses Abeno Harukas Kintetsu Main Store (Kintetsu Department Store) and Abeno Harukas Dining.
The 16th floor is home to Abeno Harukas Art Museum, which hosts diverse art exhibitions from Japan and abroad.
On the 19th and 20th floors, the 38th to 55th floors, and the 57th floor is Osaka Marriott Miyako Hotel, and at the live kitchen COOKA on the 19th floor, you can enjoy seasonal vegetables, fresh seafood, and meat together with spectacular views from 100 meters above the ground.