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Minami is Japan's answer to Las Vegas. Clamorous streets, glamorous shops and endless flow of people – that's Minami for you. Minami is a huge sprawling area clustered around train stations that link the city to points south, including the Kansai International Airport. You can feel the pulse of Osaka here in this pleasure district of Minami which bustles with its broad European-style avenues, surrounding theatres, shops, restaurants and the shimmering neon and mechanized signs. This hip and happening place meets tradition with its theaters and halls where traditional Bunraku, Noh and Kabuki dramas are performed. Places of Attraction in Minami in Osaka Dotombori It is the famous stretch of road running alongside the Dotonbori canal, between the Dotonboribashi Bridge and the Nipponbashi Bridge. A single shopping-restaurant street, Dotombori features many theaters and entertainment halls including Osaka Shochikuza Theater. Apart from the famous bridges, Kuidaore Taro, Kani Doraku Crab and the near-iconic Glico Man, numerous restaurants add to the glitz quotient of Dotombori. Shinsaibashi This shopping district with legions of long-established shops, department stores and swanky boutiques runs north-south from Nagahori-dori Street to Dotombori Horikawa. Crysta Nagahori is an underground shopping center where the Waterfall Plaza has an awesome 12mt. high glass ceiling on which water flows. Don't miss the Europe-Dori Street with a stone pavement and retro streetlights. America-Mura attracts many young people with about 3,000 fashion boutiques and clothes dealers showcasing the latest fashion fad. Namba District Ebisubashi-Suji Shopping Street is dotted with rows of stores, both old and new and restaurants. This district is also famous as the center of the Kamigata performing arts and the Shin Kabukiza Theater. Don't miss the beautiful Momoyama-style structure. Sennichimae This place is a good match to Dotombori with its fabulous food culture. Sennichimae is also famous for its amusement spots, fashion buildings, and theaters. It is considered as the best place for comic performing arts with The Waha Museum of Kamigata Comedy and Performing Arts situated right at the middle of this area. The aim is to preserve and promote the old Kamigata performing arts, one of the cultural assets of Osaka. Nippombashi District Nipponbashi or Den Den Town is a shopping district in the Nipponbashi district of Osaka. Famous for its wide variety of consumer electronics stores, it offers plenty of specialty items for gadget-lovers. From the latest DVDs and CDs, cameras, computer hardware, software and security systems to second-hand goods and ripped-off software, Den Den Town has something for every techno-freak. Minami in Osaka, therefore, is your pleasure dome in Japan. Come and indulge in the revelry, for, Minami incites you to eat, drink and be merry.
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