Osaka · Umeda and Kita
HEP FIVE Ferris Wheel
The red wheel has sat on the roof of the HEP FIVE fashion mall, above the Umeda stations, since 1998. Its diameter is 75 meters, and at its highest point it is 106 meters above the street. It has 52 four-person gondolas, with air conditioning and heating.
One rotation takes about 15 minutes. On a clear day you can see as far as the Akashi Strait, and at night the wheel itself is lit with changing lights.
Good to know
- You board the wheel from floor 7 of HEP FIVE.
- Show the 'Hankyu Hanshin Odekake Card' travel ticket and you get ¥200 off.
- On 15 October 2026 all of HEP FIVE is closed, and so is the wheel.
What is nearby
Approximate walking minutes from the entrance of HEP FIVE Ferris Wheel.
- HereHEP FIVE Ferris Wheel
- ~3 min
Hankyu Umeda Main Store, B1 food floor Food
The food basement of the Hankyu department store: Japanese and Western sweets, pastries, ready-made food and bento. On the floor below, B2, ingredients and alcohol.
- ~5 min
Kushikatsu Daruma Cross Chayamachi Food
A Daruma branch northeast of Hankyu Station. Every diner orders at least one drink. Group reservations at early hours, except in busy seasons.
- ~6 min
Tsuyu no Tenjinja (Ohatsu Tenjin) More to see
A shrine in the lanes of Sonezaki. In 1703 a pair of lovers took their lives here, and the playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon wrote about it in 'The Love Suicides at Sonezaki'. The popular name comes from the heroine, Ohatsu. A flea market on the first Friday and third Sunday of every month.
- ~6 min
Pokémon Center Osaka, LUCUA SOUTH Shopping
The official Pokémon store in Osaka, on floor 13 of LUCUA SOUTH, in the building above Osaka Station.
- ~10 min
Umekita Park, Grand Green Osaka More to see
A new park northwest of Osaka Station, with a large lawn and seating steps. Always open and free to enter. The northern part, the 'Umekita Forest' with a 10-meter-wide waterfall, is planned to open on 20 November 2026.
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