Osaka · Umeda and Kita
Umeda Sky Building
Two 40-story towers, 173 meters tall, joined at the top by a single ring. The architect Hara Hiroshi designed the building as a 'city in the air'. In 2008 the British newspaper The Times chose it as one of the 20 most remarkable buildings in the world.
The observatory, Kuchu Teien, takes up floors 39 and 40 and the roof. From floor 35 you ride up a see-through escalator that crosses the open space between the towers. On floor 40 there is a cafe and a long glass counter facing the view, and above it an open roof with a 360-degree view.
Good to know
- You go up to the observatory from a dedicated entrance outside the building, not in the office elevators in the towers.
- The open roof may close in heavy rain. On such days you only see the view from inside, at the same price.
- Osaka Amazing Pass holders get in free from 09:30 to 15:00, and after that at a 10 percent discount.
What is nearby
Approximate walking minutes from the entrance of Umeda Sky Building.
- HereUmeda Sky Building
- 1 min
Takimi Koji Street
A restaurant street in the building's basement, built like a street from the early Showa era: an old-style barber and laundry, kushikatsu, okonomiyaki, izakaya and cafes. Each restaurant has its own hours.
- ~2 min
Chu-shizen no Mori, Shin-Umeda City More to see
A small grove on the south side of the building, with a stream. In early summer you can see fireflies there. Free.
- ~6 min
Umekita Park, Grand Green Osaka More to see
A new park between the building and 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.
- ~7 min
smørrebrød KITCHEN, Umekita Park Food
A Danish open-sandwich restaurant that spent ten years in the Nakanoshima Library and moved in February 2026 to Building B in Umekita Park. 94 seats inside and 50 on the terrace.
- ~10 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.
More in Umeda and Kita
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