#SWISSOTELSECRETS 4 GUIDE TO: OSAKA'S 10 TOP SHOPPING SPOTS 12

8 From quiet streets to open-air malls, come discover Osaka's best 6 boutiques, malls, and neighbourhoods to shop at with this handy guide. 2

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1 2 MIDOSUJI BOULEVARD 3 TAKASHIMAYA DEPARTMENT STORE 4 NAKAZAKICHO Neighborhood Shops Department Store Shops This 600m covered street has trendy Touted the Champs-Élysées of Asia, this Founded in 1829, this department store With shops and cafes in converted houses, boutiques, department stores, and Ginko-tree lined main street of carries both local and international the small town feel here is undeniably international brand names for all shoppers. Shinsaibashi is a shopper’s haven of labels. English and Mandarin interpreters charming. Visit the heart of the hood, Salon Don’t miss homegrown Daimaru and Uniqlo. luxury labels like Chanel and Hermès. are on hand to assist at this branch. de AmanTo, and Graf for homewares.

国道25号 御堂筋 (Midosuji), Osaka, Osaka 1-5, Namba 5-chome, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Prefecture +81 6-6631-1101 www.takashimaya.co.jp/osaka/ 1-7-26, Nakazaki-nishi, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

5 NAMBA PARKS 6 TENJIMBASHI-SUJI SHOPPING STREET 7 TOKYU HANDS SHINSAIBASHI 8 BIOTOP Mall Mall Hobbies Flower Shop This canyon-inspired mall is an architectural Japan’s longest shopping street offers 600 Not just popular with locals, Tokyu Don’t miss the eco-centric Biotop with its delight boasting waterfalls and gardens stores along 2.6km, including pottery shops, Hands is the largest sundries shop in café, florist, cosmetics, and apparel. The alongside 120 shops. Tenants include trendy boutiques, and even a museum Kansai– offering a whopping 200,000 surrounding Tachibana area is also Minnetonka and Comme des Garçons. featuring Edo Period living. items from stationery to furniture. home to cool cafes and boutiques.

浪速区難波中2-10-70, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture 3-4-１２ Minamisenba, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture 北区兎我野町5−6, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture +81 6-6644-7100 www.nambaparks.com +81 6-6243-3111 shinsaibashi.tokyu-hands.co.jp +81 6-6313-8787 www.biotop.ne.jp

9 AMERIKAMURA 10 GRAND FRONT OSAKA 11 RINKU PREMIUM OUTLET 12 HEP FIVE Neighborhood Mall Outlet Store Mall The cultural equivalent of Tokyo’s A major attraction in , the 266 stores This American-style outlet mall offers The iconic red Ferris wheel of HEP FIVE is a , Amemura, as the locals call it, here include Japanese retailer Muji, over 150 foreign brands such as Kate main sightseeing draw, but don’t miss the is the vibrant centre of street fashion bookstore Kinokuniya, and homegrown Spade and Burberry. Bring your passport nearby flagship Hankyu department store and Japanese pop culture. spectacle craftsman, Kaneko Optical. to enjoy tax-free buys at select stores. for its international picks.

北区大深町4-20 / 大深町3-1, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture +81 6-6372-6300 www.grandfront-osaka.jp 角田町5-15 (HEP FIVE), Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

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