11 articles tagged “Umeda”
Completed in September 1986, Hilton Osaka is a 34-floor hotel tower in the Umeda district of central Osaka. Owned by Yoshimoto Building, the property operates under the international Hilton brand and stands as one of the established high-rise landmarks of the Osaka Station area.
A 39-storey, 188 m mixed-use supertall completed in March 2024 next to JR Osaka Station's west side. Developed by Japan Post, designed by Nikken Sekkei and built by a joint venture led by Takenaka Corporation, it houses the KITTE Osaka retail complex on its lower floors and grade-A offices above, anchoring a new urban axis in Umeda's ongoing redevelopment.
Japan's first cylindrical skyscraper, completed in 1976 in Osaka's Umeda district. The 30-storey, 123.92 m tower designed and built by Fujita Corporation stood as a Kita Ward landmark for nearly half a century before demolition was completed in 2024. A replacement 40-storey tower reaching approximately 192 m is planned to open in 2030.
A 35-story, 149.34-meter mixed-use tower completed in October 2019 at Ofuka-cho 1-1 in Kita Ward, Osaka, directly north of JR Osaka Station. The building packages LINKS UMEDA retail, Hotel Hankyu Respire Osaka, and a parking structure into 109,805 square meters of floor space.
A 38-storey, 188-metre mixed-use tower completed in February 2022 in Umeda 1-chome, Kita Ward, Osaka. Developed by Hankyu Hanshin Real Estate and designed by Nihon Sekkei and Takenaka Corporation, the tower houses Hanshin Department Store Umeda's main branch on its lower floors and offices above. Together with the adjacent North tower, it forms the Osaka Umeda Twin Towers.
A vast station complex that opened in May 2011 above JR Osaka Station. The North Gate Building reaches 29 floors and approximately 150 metres, while a steel-truss canopy spanning the tracks connects it with the South Gate Building, reshaping the northern side of Umeda.
Completed in July 2008, Breeze Tower rises 34 storeys to 167 metres on the western edge of Umeda in Osaka. Designed by Christoph Ingenhoven Architects with Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei as executive architect, the tower features a double-skin glass facade and houses the theatre venue Breeze Breeze in its lower floors.
Completed in November 2012 in Umeda, Osaka. A 41-story, 186-metre office tower built above the rebuilt Hankyu Umeda Main Store — the product of a decade-long construction project that kept the department store open throughout.
Completed in March 1993 in Osaka. Two 40-story towers, each approximately 175 metres tall, connected at the top by a circular 'floating garden' observation deck — architect Hiroshi Hara's vision of a sky city made real.
Grand Green Osaka is the large-scale Umekita Phase 2 development on the former Umeda Freight Terminal site, Osaka. It opened in phases from September 2024, centred on a 45,000-square-metre public park. The South Building's Park Tower reaches 39 storeys and 181.5 metres; full development is expected to complete in fiscal 2027.
Grand Front Osaka opened in April 2013 as a three-tower mixed-use complex directly north of JR Osaka Station. The tallest tower reaches 38 storeys and 179.5 metres, with Knowledge Capital — a hub for industry-academia collaboration — at the complex's core.