Where to Shop in Osaka

A Shopper's Paradise, an inevitable attraction very hard to resist is the numerous shopping zones, shopping malls, underground shopping areas as well as the flea markets dotting the whole of Japan. To fixed price rates to the cheapest bargain that you can put up, the shopping experience in Osaka is unique and varied. With such a wide fare at your disposal, one can get everything under the sun in Osaka.

The prime shopping areas in Osaka consists of departmental stores and underground shopping malls offering you possibly with anything you can think of along with designer ranges from around the world. One can just go for a window shopping but the bargains are definitely hard to resist.

  -   Shinsaibashi is the giant in shopping business in Osaka. A long stretch of covered street packed with shops dealing in women's clothes, cosmetics and American goods which are a craze among the Japanese young generation. It is an ultimate shopping fun zone for the die hard shoppers. A little down the stretch will take you to Namba for another shopping fiesta.

  -   If you are a complete gizmo lover then a visit to the Den-Den Town is an absolute visit for you. Housing almost all the latest technological inventions of the era ranging from household appliances to video games and computers the electronics market offers the best of deals.

  -   Kuromon Market is the favorite haunt of the professional cooks of Osaka as it is a great market dealing in perishable food items.

  -   For a fashionable and modern kitchen you can buy your cooking utensils from Sennichimae Doguyasuji.

  -   To satisfy your shoe fetish, check out the collection at Nipponbashi Shoe Wholesaler Street

  -   Bring out the child in you by paying a visit to the doll town of Osaka, Matsuyamachisuji Shopping Street.

  -   Other shopping destinations worth visiting are the Sembayashi Shopping Street for the bargain ranges, the flea markets at Ohatsu Tenjin shrine and the Daishie Market at Shitennoji Temple.

  -   For getting branded items at cheap rates the best places are the outlet stores located in the southern coast of Osaka. The Costa Mall Nishikinohama and the Rinku premium Outlets are the renowned names.