Temple
Hozen-ji
Chuo•523m(7 min walk)
Number of goshuin available: 1
Shinsaibashi
心斎橋Chuo, Osaka
Shopping
What makes this place special?
At a Glance
Shinsaibashi is a district in Chūō Ward and the main shopping area of Osaka. At its center is Shinsaibashi-suji, a covered shopping street north of Dōtonbori and parallel to Midōsuji. Department stores, luxury boutiques and fashion shops cluster here, and the youth-culture area of Amerikamura lies just west of Midōsuji.
The name comes from a bridge built over the Nagahori canal in 1622 by Shinsai Okada, one of the merchants who dug it. A stone replacement from 1909, nicknamed the Eyeglasses Bridge for its two arches, was Osaka's first stone bridge. The canal was filled in during 1964, and lamps and railings from that bridge now decorate a sidewalk bridge above the Crysta Nagahori underground mall.
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Visit Duration
90 minutes
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