Big Step in Ame mura

Do you want to shop-till-you-drop? Are you a shopping manic? Don't worry; you will get plenty of scopes for Shopping in Osaka. You will find plenty of underground sh opping malls, markets, boutiques and shops which will satisfy your shopping spree.

Amerika-mura popularly known as Amemura , is one such shopping destination in Osaka. You should not miss Big Step in Ame-mura in Osaka. Big Step is a seven-level department store. There are 80 fashion boutiques, restaurants, cafes and a mini-theater in this departmental store. As you come to this wonderful treasure land for shopping, you will find zealous youth thronging the streets surrounding the store.

Ame-mura in Osaka

Located in Shinsaibashi, this American Village is always thronged by youth, who determine their fashion statements through the standards set by this locale. History says that Amemura was earlier filled with department stores, warehouses and dormitories of factories. The shabby land with a low-profile living standard was suddenly hit by the American pop culture in the 1970s. As a result, the living index of the locale was miraculously changed. The shopping outlets gave regular gate ways to the youths of the nearby areas. Floppy socks, chibi Tees or tiny T-shirts, Atsu-zoko platform boots, which became fashion statements of various kinds, originated in Amemura.

Nearby Destinations in Ame-mura in Osaka

• You can visit multi-leveled OPA department store, Tower Records and a Step shoe chain store.
• You may also hop to Donde Esta Mu , which is a two-level store built like a Mexican brick-house. You will get funky dresses like new and discarded skirts, tops and pants from Latin America, Spain and France at a reasonable price.
• Come to El Rodeo for ethnic items
• In emporiums like Rastro, you will get traditional Nepalese incense burners, native American Indian bracelets, zippo lighters and Muslim skull caps.
• At the end of the hectic day, come to Shimizu-yu sento, a bathhouse near OPA department store. You must undress in the second floor and then ride up an elevator to the baths on the third floor. There you will get warm, hot and cold water baths, electric bath or sauna. After the bath, you can chill with ice-cold beer and oolong tea at the first floor.