Hanshin Department Store (Umeda)

The Hanshin Department Store in Umeda alone could easily cover every meal for your entire visit to Osaka – with plenty leftover for future visits.

The entrance to the Hanshin Department Store upper basement (B1) Snack Park food court © Angelino Donnachaidh

The Hanshin Department Store in Osaka’s Umeda district is a recently expanded and renovated original part of the area’s positively massive network interconnected shopping and dining complexes. Positioned just above Osaka-Umeda Station on the Hanshin Line (owned by the same company), this tower alone is home to three different floors of diverse dining options.

In the upper basement (B1) just off the station exit, the hungry and busy can find Hanshin Snack Park, a standing-only food court that somehow manages to translate the Japanese street food experience into a shopping center environment.

The Hanshin Department Store’s varied lineup of great restaurants © Angelino Donnachaidh

Guests with more time on their hands can hit the elevators instead and choose between heading down to the sub-basement (B2) for the Hanshin Bar Yokocho or up to the ninth floor for the Hanshin Restaurant & Food Hall for even more eating and drinking options. Those more interested in some shopping interspersed with breaks for coffee, beer, and/or snacks can find even more various cafe or bar options on the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 7th floors.

The basement “Snack Park” standing food court of Hanshin Department Store © Angelino Donnachaidh

Since the early 2010s, JR Osaka station and its surrounding Umeda area have undergone a transformation from a relatively normal downtown transit hub and shopping/dining area into a hyper-dense megacity in miniature. Street-level new redevelopments have merged with expansion and revitalization efforts of its already vast underground shopping areas (affectionately nicknamed the “Umeda dungeon” by locals).

Together, these undergird a vast new “city in the sky,” as newly constructed overhead pedestrian bridges create an interconnected fully walkable network of upper levels linking the new and old towers for a second option to navigate the area without ever setting foot on the street.

The basement “Snack Park” standing food court of Hanshin Department Store © Angelino Donnachaidh

Hanshin is part of the old guard of this neighborhood, one of the original shopping/dining towers that spearheaded the early development of this transit hub area into a full-fledged urban center. As part of the wider local revitalization and development efforts that took place in the 2010s, it also underwent a refurbishing of its own.

True-to-form for Japan’s reputation as a leader in urban planning, engineering, and tightly managed construction projects, the tower itself was expanded with additional floors and a new wing with minimal disruptions to business operations in its existing structure.

The sub-basement (B2) Bar Yokocho of Hanshin Department Store © Angelino Donnachaidh

Thanks to this renovation and expansion project, the already beloved local fixture has been brought into the 21st century. Despite its age, the Hanshin Department Store doesn’t feel even a half-step behind the new developments all around it. This might be the most impressive achievement of all.

The ninth floor dining area of Hanshin Department Store © Angelino Donnachaidh

About Angelino Donnachaidh
Angelino Donnachaidh is a Mexican-American father, author, Japanese-English translator, and longtime resident of Osaka, Japan. His works include the middle grade (pre-)historical fiction novel Tamiu: A Cat’s Tale (Winner of the North Street Prize and CWA Muse Medallion), the YA post-cyberpunk heist adventure screenplay Brother (Winner of the HollywoodGenre 2025 Scifi Screenplay Competition), and the upcoming samurai scifi-fantasy action-thriller novel The Mayhem Protocols.

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Hanshin Department Store Umeda Information

Name in English:
Hanshin Department Store Umeda Main Store

Name in Japanese:
阪神梅田本店

English address:
1 Chome-13-13 Umeda, Kita Ward, Osaka, 530-8224
Umeda Twin Towers South

Japanese address:
〒530-8224 大阪府大阪市北区梅田1丁目13-13大阪梅田ツインタワーズ・サウス

Opening hours:
11:00am-10:00pm every day (9F Restaurant and Food Hall & B2 Dining/Bar Area)
10:00am-10:00pm every day (B1 Snack Park only)
Restaurants located in other parts of the building have their own independent closing times. Please refer to the Hanshin website for more details.

Non-smoking area: Yes

Nearest transport:
1-minute walk from Osaka Umeda Station on the Hanshin Line
3-minute walk from Umeda Station on the Osaka Metro (Subway) Midosujii Line
4-minute walk from Osaka Station on the JR Loop, Tokaido-Sanyo, and Osaka East Lines
5-minute walk from Osaka-Umeda Station on the Hankyu Kyoto, Kobe, and Takarazuka Main Lines

Website: Official website (English)

Customer Reviews:
:: Read customer reviews of Hanshin Department Store on TripAdvisor.

Near To Here:
Hanshin Department Store is located in Osaka’s Kita and Umeda district. See our complete list of things to do in the Kita and Umeda district, including places to eat, nightlife and places to stay.

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