GRAND FRONT OSAKA, OSAKA, JAPAN

グランフロント大阪 . 그랜드 프론트 오사카

From Joypolis, we took a 10-min walk to Grand Front Osaka グランフロント大阪, one of the newer shopping malls in Osaka. Mom said getting there was like walking in a maze, and there were A LOT of people and A LOT of malls.

 

We went into the Hankyu Department Store 阪急うめだ本店 ...

 

Grandma bought the delicious Nakamura Tokichi 中村藤吉 matcha green tea cake 1080円

 

Into the JR Osaka Station, towards the Midosuji North Gate ...

 

 

Pass the Lucua Mall ルクア ...

 

 

Saw JR Osaka Mitsukoshi Isetan Department Store JR大阪三越伊勢丹 opposite ...

 

 

Went up the escalator, and we saw Grand Front Osaka グランフロント大阪 in front of us from the North Gate Building Atrium Plaza.

 

Lucua on the right, JR Osaka Mitsukoshi Isetan on the left

 

While walking towards the mall, Mom pointed out Yodobashi Umeda Mall ヨドバシ梅田 on the right.

 

 

There were so many things to see and so many restaurants in the mall!

 

Entrance at South Building 南館

Floors and floors of shopping and restaurants

 

Restaurant opened by a Singaporean

 

Mom chose a famous Osaka food for dinner - okonomiyaki お好み焼き @ Tsuruhashi Okonomiyaki Omoni 鶴橋お好み焼きオモニ (South Building Level 7 南館 7F)

 

The food alley with lots of local restaurants

Shopfront

Joining the dinner queue

Looked like lots of famous people visited.
Condiments are in the silver tins at each table

Grandma cooking the yakisoba

We had two okonomiyaki. Total bill was about 2600円

After that, desert at nana's green tea ナナズグリーンティー (South Building Level 4 南館 4F)!

 

 

Most of the shops had closed, but we still went to the North Building 北館 to have a look.

 

Patissier Workshop @ Sweets Lab

Café & Meal Muji (Level 4)

Muji

 

 

Mom's Notes

• While there might have been a shorter way to get to Grand Front, the fun was in, plus somewhat overwhelming, exploring the area surrounding the JR Osaka Station. What I did not expect, after not visiting Osaka for many years, was the explosion of malls in the city area
• The Osaka Station City 大阪ステーションシティ is a good guide to all the malls etc surrounding the station
• Other than its imposing & modern architecture and vast size, the Grand Front's mall concept was rather interesting, as it embodies a hybrid concept of lifestyle, innovation and education (under Knowledge Capital ナレッジキャピタル), purporting to create and define the Osaka DNA of the future. Considering how malls these days tend to be cut out from the same cookie cutter, such differentiation makes it stand out ... although I can't say with certainty if the USP holds true since we did not have time to fully explore or be immersed ... next trip perhaps

 

 

     Address:    〒530-0011 大阪市北区大深町4-1 (うめきた広場), 4-20 (南館), 3-1 (北館)

     Tel:           06-6372-6300 (10am - 9pm daily)
     Directions: Click here

     Opening Hours: About 10/ 11am - 9/ 11pm