Tenjinbashisuji Shopping Street

The osaka museum of housing and living situated along the shopping street presents a glimpse of the streets of osaka during the edo period 1603 1867 through recreated houses which visitors can enter.

Tenjinbashisuji shopping street. Spanning 2 6km and containing about 600 various stores tenjinbashisuji is japan s longest shopping street. You may find a lot of sale in this area. The tenjinbashisuji shopping street is located in the kita ward of osaka and it runs 2 6 km from north to south. In the edo era the area flourished due to its location near the osaka tenmangu shrine but later developed into the commercial entity it is today through the modernization of the meiji era.

Crowds gather at the shrine grounds during the tenjin matsuri. The tenjinbashisuji shopping street in osaka is purportedly the longest arcade in japan a 2 6km long shopping narrow mall starting at tenjinbashi reaching tenjinbashisuji 7 chome to the north taking about 40 minutes to walk its length. In fact it would take around 40 minutes just to walk straight through. Before osaka s shopping streets completely fall victim to this unfortunate trend i set out to explore the tenjinbashisuji arcade which starts at tenjinbashisuji rokuchome subway station.

The station lies on the tanimachi subway line just a couple of stops from higashi umeda station and is referred by locals as ten roku station. Under a towering arch. The longest shopping street in japan. Jason wyngrade wrote a review mar 2020.

Okay if you are a local or not looking for much. More importantly it s home to over 600 shops and restaurants to browse. 66 contributions 3 helpful votes. This shopping street provided a lot of local branded and also international brand.

See 817 reviews articles and 346 photos of tenjimbashisuji shopping street ranked no 5 on tripadvisor among 413 attractions in osaka. Tenjinbashi suji shopping street in osaka s kita district stretches a whopping 2 5 kilometers long. Its mix of old and screamingly new might prove to be sensory overload at times but it ll give you a great insight into one of osaka s oldest merchant areas. It is loved by the locals as a place where they can buy daily items at bargain prices.

Some have been operating since the 1800s as this area flourished in the edo and meiji eras. Book your tickets online for tenjimbashisuji shopping street osaka. From the traditional kimono shops to shops cramped with chicly designed cheap t shirts all the way to osaka only okonomiyaki restaurants almost. English audio guides depict the housing conditions in the past and visitors can rent kimono for a small fee and dress in them.