Osaka in my mind:Hankyu Department Store,Daimaru Department Store,Hanshin Umeda Department Store

I have always agreed with a sentence, "There is no contact information with the person you love most", so when I want to write about one of my favorite cities , I also hesitated for a long time, how should I write, how can I write well. I originally planned to wait until I go to Osaka again recently to get to know the current Osaka before writing about it, but I also feel that I should record the past Osaka here, because it will never happen again. There is such an Osaka.

I am not denigrating the current Osaka, but I will never be able to reach the happy memories that Osaka once brought me, and the happy me in that city.
  
It is permanently preserved in my memory, like an orchid trapped in a paperweight.That city will always be my perfect Osaka.I want to write it here, and also write about who I used to be, using "Osaka Romance" and "Osaka LOVER", in my During the days when I couldn't see Osaka, I missed it with these two songs.


This photo was taken in early 2020 Nishi Airport, then I boarded the plane and left Osaka, and I have never been back.

"Osaka Romance" is a song by a group that my friend likes. At that time, she recommended this song to me who missed Osaka. I know this song The song means a lot to the group, but unfortunately I don’t know much about it, but I also really like this song. I like the story it tells, in which lovers reunite in beautiful Osaka, "Although I know there is no hope, I still like you." What's remarkable is that this song has a brisk tone. It's my favorite style of telling sad stories with cheerful tunes.

Today's Who's the Day? data-align="left">Who will I meet today in this far-away western city? If I want to fall in love, I will start from Midosuji and become a story of elegance.

The streets of Osaka are called "suji" from north to south. ", the east-west direction is called "tong",Midosuji is the most prosperous road in Osaka. It leads to Umeda in the north and Namba in the south. Take a look at the Osaka subway map below. The red line is the "Midosuji Line". If you want to Travel in Osaka , just look for this line!

If you want to play, start from Midosuji and let's turn it into a beautiful story.

あの日のServantらは 迷っていた意地とかはってさ hurt つけあって かけだした君の中がeliminate Umeda Station.

We were very confused that day. We insisted on our opinions and hurt each other. Your back ran away and disappeared at Umeda Station.

Look at the picture above, Umeda Station is also there. Midosuji is online. Umeda is the most prosperous place in Osaka. Not only are there many shopping malls, you can’t finish them all in one day. If you are not careful, you will get lost in the underground shopping street. Osaka Station is also located here. Osaka Station is a large comprehensive railway station and JR It is a major transportation hub where vehicles from the Hankyu Line, Hanshin Line and three subway lines come and go.

You can see how lively Umeda is.

Hankyu Department Store
This department store is also very famous in China. If you want to buy luxury goods, this department store is the best one! If you go, don’t forget to visit the first floor. The delicious food on this floor will make you salivate just by looking at it!

Daimaru Department Store
It does not give people as modern a feeling as Hankyu Department Store, it is very "Japanese", there are more local Japanese brands, it should be local People love shopping more. I just remember when I saw Daimaru’s house number from the ground floor, the lyrics “Stand in front of Daimaru and look carefully at my road” ran through my mind.

Hanshin Umeda Department Store
A department store with fewer Tourists. I think the ease of shopping is between Hankyu and Daimaru. There should be one downstairs. There was a milk tea shop in Taipei called Chun Shui Tang. At that time, there were not many milk tea shops in Japan and South Korea. Every time I passed by, I had to buy a cup to satisfy my craving for milk tea. There is an eel three-egg restaurant upstairs. I wanted to eat eel rice, and my cousin who studied abroad in Kansai for a long time recommended this restaurant to me. At that time, I saw the introduction sign of this store downstairs. It seemed that it was not open that day, but I decided to go up and have a look. It turned out that it was open. I always have this little luck in Osaka.

Eat it once. Eat it in the conventional way, retaining its original flavor. Second Eat: Add seaweed, raw sunflower, chopped green onion, yuzu paste, white sesame, etc. to the rice. Eat three times: Pour the broth over it and make it into soup rice.

Although the three types of eel are traditionally eaten in Nagoya, you might as well give it a try when you come to Osaka.

Lucua Osaka Fashion Building
Compared to the previous three, it is a very affordable department store. It has 10 floors above ground and 2 floors downstairs. It is divided into north and south buildings. There are also many niche brands, which are very suitable for girls to shop.

On the 10th floor of this building, there is a super delicious steak restaurant, Gyukatsu Motomura. It's so delicious. I really want to take my mother to eat in this restaurant, but it's a pity that she doesn't eat beef! That time we ate at a tonkatsu restaurant on the same floor. It was so bad that we both wanted to leave after eating half of it. Don't miss this one!


There is also a sukiyaki restaurant on that floor called Moritaya. My cousin Amway and I also went to eat there. I was very lucky that time. My cousin only said that there is this sukiyaki restaurant in Umeda. When I checked the store, I found that it happened to be on the floor of my building. I only had to walk a few hundred meters to find it! The Osaka I love is made up of these lucky pieces.

However, because I went with my eldest aunt that time, older people don’t like to eat too sweet, so we didn’t have a full meal, but people who want to eat sukiyaki in Osaka can choose this restaurant , the product is still guaranteed!

Hep Five Ferris Wheel Mall
This mall should be famous for its Ferris wheel. I will be there As detailed below, in terms of shopping malls, they are similar to LUCUA, but not as easy to shop as LUCUA.

Umeda Blue Sky Building
The Blue Sky Building is an observation deck with a height of 173 meters, but I think other than the fact that it is in Umeda, the other facilities are not as good as those in Osaka. An observation deck is Abeno HARUKAS 300. Abeno is at Tennoji Station (you can see that Tennoji Station is also on the Midosuji Line).
Abeno not only has great outdoor views, but the indoor layout is also very nice. It is like a combination of a high-altitude garden and a bar. The atmosphere is very lazy, which is much better than the Blue Sky Building. My mother and I were not in a good mood that day because we ate unpalatable pork cutlet rice, but seeing such a beautiful Osaka night view made us feel better!

I have been to the three major Osaka buildings, Umeda Sky Building, Abeno and Tsutenkaku, and I think the best one is Abeno and Tsutenkaku will be mentioned later.

Because it’s my mother in the picture, I coded it completely, but it also shows how beautiful the night view of Osaka is when coded like this!

この街の言叶草と言ったねでもPUは変えないよ「好きや」と言うから

You I've said that this city's words are very rude, right? But I won't change, I will say "I like you".

The language in this city is very rude, which refers to the "Kansai accent". Japanese, like Chinese, has many dialects, the most famous of which is Kansai Ben (かんさいべん). For example, the relationship between Northeastern dialect and Mandarin is roughly equivalent to the relationship between Kansai accent and standard dialect.
Kansai accent was once considered "rude", but now it has become a symbol of "cute". For example, Hattori Heiji, a boy from Osaka whom I dreamed about when I was a child, speaks Kansai accent.

Osaka LOVER, which I will mention in the next article, is about the love story between a girl from Tokyo and a boy from Osaka, so when singing, there are changes in Western accent and standard language, which is really cute!

君を探して Embrace きしめよう hay く hay く chase いかけて 爱をするため 心斎 bridge には人が来る

Looking for you, wanting to hold you tight, catch up with you earlier, come to Shinsaibashi in search of love.

Shinsaibashi (also on the Midosuji Line), if you talk about Umeda It is the most prosperous collection of high-end department stores in Osaka, and Shinsaibashi is a bustling place at an affordable price. Shinsaibashi developed around the Shinsaibashi-suji shopping street with arcade facilities. The more than 1,000 meters from Shinsaibashi to Dotonbori (note, the word is pronounced ku, the first sound) are all coffee shops, restaurants and drug stores.

There is a famous check-in attraction on the canal next to Dotonbori, the Glico Mr. Run billboard. It is so famous that it is your first time in Osaka. I will definitely go here to take pictures and send them to the ticket circle. No need to locate, everyone knows you are in Osaka.
It’s a pity that I didn’t take the photo, hahaha. This is a Japanese restaurant I ate at in China. Did you see the blue frame at the back? They were all moved to the Japanese restaurant scene in China. It is indeed a landmark building. .

Crab Doro: Japanese chain, Chinese people love to go there to eat. This store will specially hire Chinese-speaking employees, but I think it is quite average. Not worth it.
Isomaru Suisan: Japanese chain, delicious, I like their cheese crab bucket.
Orange Street: A trendy street, but it doesn’t quite fit my aesthetic, haha.
There is also Daimaru Department Store in Shinsaibashi. I had Korean food on the top floor of Daimaru Department Store in Shinsaibashi. At that time, I was walking back from Daimaru to the hotel where I was staying, and had to cross the long Shinsaibashi bridge. I held my little cousin's hand and walked among the endless crowds. Looking at the moon in the sky, I felt a sense of romantic delay. In a foreign land, the moon is bright at this time.

The Moon Over Shinsaibashi

Namba Garden 好きだったね

Have you ever liked the garden in Namba

Namba (also on the Midosuji Line) is between the high-end Umeda and the affordable Shinsaibashi. I always come from Kansai Arrive at the airport, take JR at the airport, and arrive at Namba Station in the center of Osaka. From here, take the Midosuji Line to the hotel. To go to Kansai Airport, you also need to depart from Namba Station. I once told a Japanese friend that the name Shinsaibashi is nice, but Namba is a bit ordinary. But my friend told me that in Japanese, "Namba" is the name with a beautiful meaning.

Osaka Namba Yasaka Shrine, it is said that the wide mouth of the Lion Temple can drive away disasters and bring victory and good luck.

Yasaka Shrine, because I couldn’t go in, the picture source is from the Internet. If you go, you must pay attention to the opening hours.

At that time, my mother and I were walking in Osaka at night in August. When we reached the entrance of Yasaka Shrine, we found that it was closed because it was night. Then we walked back to the brightly lit Takashimaya from the alley in the dim city light.

Takashimaya is also in Namba. It is the most high-end department store in Namba. The top floor is a VIEW in the sky garden. There is a bar where you can chat, gentle lights

Installed on the ground, and lush vegetation. I am very happy. Like, I like the concept of urban gardens.Two people's joyful Ferris wheel

Finally let's talk about it The story of the Ferris wheel, the picture below is the entrance of the Hep Five Ferris wheel.

In August 19, because I was going to watch a concert in Kobe with my Japanese friends, my mother accompanied me to Kansai. The next day after watching the concert, I went to Hep in Umeda, Osaka. Five built a Ferris wheel. When the Ferris wheel reached the top, fireworks rose in the sky. My mother and I were amazed. It was not until a few years later that I discovered through the Internet, which can record the passage of time, that that day was the summer fireworks in Kansai. General Assembly.
In other words, the first time I saw a fireworks display was on the Ferris wheel. I met the fireworks unexpectedly at the top of the Ferris wheel.
It's so romantic.

神戸まで见えたあの日が

Looking as far as Kobe that day

When I was riding the Ferris wheel, I did look at Kobe from a distance and reminisce about the beautiful concert. However, the lyrics that resonated most deeply with me were from that year. In July, before the beautiful day of Kobe, I had a meal with my Japanese friends. We had dinner on the top floor of the tallest building in Umeda, the most prosperous city in Kansai, the most prosperous area in Osaka. Let's imagine how happy our Trip to Kobe would be, "looking at Kobe from afar" in a double sense. We talked about the future, and my friend told me that she hoped to go to Tokyo to study at a graduate school (that is, a graduate student in Japan). She told me, "Every young person in Japan wants to go to Tokyo." We sat side by side by the window. Behind her is the floor-to-ceiling window, and outside the window is Osaka Castle with thousands of lights and the Ferris wheel standing silently.
Actually, it is also very beautiful.

My previous impression of Osaka was very average. When I was a child, I read a novel by Keigo Higashino. The heroine murdered her husband just because her husband was going to Osaka for work and persuaded her to move there too. At the end of the story, the heroine said in tears: "I hate Kansai, I hate Osaka, the people there only want to make money. Why can't you stay in Tokyo? Tokyo is so nice." I was dumbfounded.

My Japanese-speaking friends told me that there is indeed a saying in Osaka that all Japanese business is in Osaka. But Kansai also has Kyoto, which represents culture and history, and the western-style Kobe. It only takes an hour or two to get there by JR from Osaka.

I really like Kobe. For me, Kobe is a midsummer night's dream that only occurs once in a lifetime. So after my trip to Kobe after watching the concert, I was invited to go to Kobe, but I repeatedly refused because I didn’t want to ruin my perfect memory.
Kobe has the sea, the sky, the warmly colored Kobe Tower, a Chinatown called "Nankin Town", streets and buildings of different styles.

Kobe Tower on the seaside
KOBE on the seaside. KOBE is the English name of Kobe. The unique building behind it is a hotel.
The Starbucks on the seaside of Kobe is really beautiful.
Even luxury stores can be built like museums. Kobe is really fashionable.
The trains in Kobe run on the sea. Just like the tram from Osaka to Kobe, it passes by the sea, Japanese-style houses and Koshien Station, which is as beautiful as hearing it.

From Osaka to Kobe, you will pass by Koshien Station, which is the place where "98% of people in colleges and universities nationwide are Koshien is a place where you become a loser and become stronger. Even the logo of Koshien is made of baseball.
I was joking with my Japanese friends on the way to the concert, what if the tickets were blown away by the wind or left in the train carriage passing by the clear blue sea?
I said: "Then I may never want to come to Kobe again in my life."
But in the end, I got the unique luck in Kobe, and everything went very smoothly. It’s all very trivial. I just happened to get my idol from the concert merchandise I bought. There is a 1 in 6 chance that I went to the hotel next to the concert venue to take a rest. The hotel is very beautiful (saw it on the beach in Kobe) The hotel is also very beautiful, the architecture of Kobe It’s really awesome). There were just two seats left for us by the whole family. My friend’s camera was put away before entering the concert venue. I almost forgot it when I left, but we both remembered it just a few steps out. , it would be unthinkable to get on the train and go back to Osaka.

These little things are very precious to me. Even if I go to Kobe again, I won’t be so lucky. Every time you visit, it’s a rare experience, and you should cherish it in this life.
Kobe, and that day, will forever become the shining midsummer night’s dream in my life, my youth that will eventually burn out.

I took a photo when I entered the venue, and was reminded that photography is not allowed at Japanese concerts.

jun を chase いかけ どこへ行こう キタへ ミナミr(えびす) Bridge.

In order to pursue you, where will I go? Go north, go south, and walk to Rongqiao Bridge.

In early 2020, I asked for a marriage lottery at Gion Shrine in Kyoto, and it turned out to be "unfortunate" "Fortunately, it's a marriage sign, so I don't really care.


My friend from the Japanese department translated it to me. The key to luck is: "Clear waterside". My friend said, "Go! Go to Yodogawa now, maybe we will meet each other." I don't Knowing where the Yodogawa River is, she told me that what flows under Shinsaibashi Bridge is the Yodogawa River.
Besides Shinsaibashi Bridge is the Edo Bridge.
At that time, I even thought that maybe one day, I would meet someone in that distant, distant city to the west.
This is the whole story between me and "Osaka Romance". When I heard this song, I was also surprised why the lyrics so cleverly corresponded to my story in Kansai, whether it was on the Ferris wheel or Looking out over Kobe.

I have also been surprised why I am always so lucky and romantic in Osaka.
I once leaned against the window of the dormitory building when I was heartbroken. I listened to "Osaka Romance" and tears welled up in my eyes. I thought, I would like to live in Osaka Romance, here, there, everywhere. It’s a cheerful “La La La La La~”.
See you in the next issue of "Osaka LOVER".