If you love shopping, you will surely enjoy 266 stores located in Grand Front Osaka located just in front of Osaka/Umeda Station.
This large commercial complex opened in April 2013. Aside from the variety of shops, the complex is also consist or restaurants, an interconinteal hotel, event space and even a residential space.
The Grand Fromt Osaka is consist of South Building, North Building, and an residential tower.
The South Building is the first building that you can see if you come from the Osaka Station. It mainly houses fashion and interior shops up to the 6th floor with restaurants from a regional cuisine across Japan. It has a skyscraper on top that was connected to Osaka Station. On the south building also situated the Panasonic Center Osaka whioch offers to experience the new technologies and products from Panasonic.
The North Building is an addition to more shops and restaurants and also has two skyscraper built on top that houses the Intercontinental Hotel Osaka and some office space.
And lastly, just behind the North Building is a 48 storey residential tower with an event hall. Grand Front Osaka also has a several rooftop terrace gardens that allows visitors to hangout and rest.
The Grand Front Osaka is located jusr north of JR Osaka Station.
The shops typically opens at 10:00 to 21:00a and restaurants from 11:00 to 23:00.
The Panasonic Center Osaka opens from 10:00 to 20:00.