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“K-ON!” live event in USJ Osaka

A special live performance event of a popular anime series “K-ON!” (http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/k-on/)was held at USJ  (Unversal Studios Japan http://www.usj.co.jp/e/)  in Osaka on this Nov.27th. The five popular voice actors,namely, Aki Toyosaki,Yoko Hikasa, Satomi Sato,Minako Kotobuki,and Ayana Taketatsu, playing the parts of the five main characters of the work appeared wearing the characters’ costumes on the open-air stage in front of the zealous audience of more than 5,000 most of whom were huge fans of the work or the actors.

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Universal Studios Japan kicks off Halloween season

Universal Studios Japan on Tuesday night kicked off its Halloween season which will run through Nov 3. Special guests for the Halloween parade were “talents” Jun Komori, Nana Suzuki and Lie.

Universal Studios Japan located in Osaka, is one of four Universal Studios theme parks, owned and operated by USJ Co., Ltd. The park is similar to Universal Orlando Resort, since it contains many of the same rides. Most visitors are Japanese tourists or tourists from other Asian countries such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, and South Korea.

The girls danced to lively Latin rhythms. Komori, who used to be a model before getting married, said she would like to come to Universal Studios once she has a family.

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Look Inside!- Osaka Fashion Shopping 2011

Osaka Fashion Shopping 2011 (Tenkai Japan Guide) [Kindle Edition]

Makoto Kurita (Author)
Kindle Price: $7.00 includes free international wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet

roduct Description
Since ancient times, Osaka has been a hub for transportation. Located at the confluence of a vast web of busy river and sea routes, it naturally grew into a flourishing economic center and became the gateway to Japan for travelers and traders.
Osaka is a city of commerce and merchants. Close to any of the major railway terminals, you’ll always find a large department store, under which there will be underground shopping malls. If you want to really experience Osaka, be sure to visit one of the many shopping areas, where you’re bound to find something you like.
However, shopping areas in Osaka are often quite complicated, and shops change rapidly, so it’s advisable to take an up-to-date guidebook.

The Tenkai Japan Guide is an eBook intended to give visitors from overseas an insight into the real Japan, providing the latest information (as of July 2011) on Osaka’s fashion scene. It includes recommended shopping facilities, a list of shops, and details of Japanese brands and fashion styling extracted from a unique database created by Japanese aficionados. We hope it will enrich your shopping experience in Osaka.

This guidebook is frequently updated to ensure that the information it contains is fresh. However, the fashion world changes quickly. If you find any inaccuracies in this guide, please visit http://www.tenkai-japan.com/contact-us/ and let us know.

We hope this e-book will help you to enjoy shopping in Osaka.
Happy shopping!

1.Shopping Maps & Recommended Shopping Facilities：
□Map of Central Osaka
Umeda, Osaka
□Map of Umeda, Osaka
Shinsaibashi, Namba
□Map of Shisaibashi, Namba
Tennoji, Abeno
□Map of Tennoji, Abeno
Turumi
□Map of Turumi
Rinku
□Map of Rinku

2. Alphabetical List of Shops/Selected Brands:
■Hep Five
■Hankyu Department Store Osaka Umeda
■Hankyu Men’s
■Hankyu San Bangai
■NU chayamachi
■Hilton Plaza East
■Herbis Plaza Ent
■Herbis Plaza
■Breeze Breeze
■Diamor Osaka
■Lucua Osaka
■JR Osaka Mitsukoshi Isetan
■Daimaru Osaka Umeda
■Umeda Est
■E-ma
■Daimaru Shinsaibashi Honkan (Main Building)
■Daimaru Shinsaibashi Kitakan (North Building)
■OPA Shinsaibashi
■Big Step Department
■Crysta Nagahori
■Marui Namba
■Takashimaya Osaka
■Namba City
■Namba Parks
■Tennoji Mio
■Kintetsu Department Store Abeno
■Hoop Abeno
■Q’s Mall Abeno
■Mitsui Outlet Park Osaka Tsurumi
■Rinku Premium Outlets

3.Details & Shop Locations of Fashion Brands:

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Osaka’s polar bear given icicles

Osaka’s popular polar bear “newlywed couple” was treated to a special gift — four icicles with apples, a favorite treat, frozen inside — on Saturday, which fell on the hottest day of the year in traditional calendars.

Six-year-old Gogo and his 19-year-old “wife” Baffin thoroughly enjoyed the gift from their keepers at Tennoji Zoo, throwing the icicles in the water and licking them.

Russian-born Gogo and Swedish-born Baffin “tied the knot” when the latter was transferred to the Osaka zoo from a zoo in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 2 as part of a polar bear breeding program.

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Doraemon’s secret tools can be experienced in Osaka exhibition

An exhibition in Osaka is giving visitors a chance to see real-life renderings of inventions and gadgets featured in the popular anime series Doraemon.

Among the displays in the event running through Aug. 31 at the Shin Umeda City district near JR Osaka Station is a single-seat helicopter, said to be one of the smallest in the world, inspired by Doraemon’s head-mounted ”Takecopter” flying kit, albeit not quite as small.

Visitors can feel as if they are wearing an “invisibility cloak” when they try on a garment made of material onto which an image of its surroundings is projected.

Mimicking Doraemon’s special food that allows the person who eats it to speak and understand other languages is a device to translate Japanese spoken into a microphone into English, Chinese or Korean.

Image: Honyakukonnyaku

Entrance fee: Adult: 1000 yen, Children: 500 yen.
When: July 16 to August 31 (10:00 to 17:00)
Place: 5F Umeda Sky Building, Shin Umeda City, 1 Oyodonaka,Kita-ku, Osaka

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One Piece Restaurant in Universal Studios Japan

The amusement park Universal Studios Japan is opening “Sanji’s Pirate Restaurant,” based on the cook character Sanji from Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece pirate manga and anime franchise. The restaurant, which is being remodeled from an existing restaurant in the “San Francisco” area of the park for this year’s “One Piece Premier Summer” event, opens from July 7 through September 4.

The restaurant opens three times every day for 80 minutes each time, and will feature One Piece-inspired food such as Luffy’s straw hat bread, soup decorated with a shape similar to Sanji’s eyebrows, and desserts for Nami. Characters from One Piece will also appear during the “One Piece Premier Summer” event to perform live shows.

 

In addition, there will bring audiences a live action show by Sanji and Rufi!

Osaka Tenjin Festival

Over 1,000 years old, the Tenjin Festival (Matsuri) is one of Japan’s three main festivals (alongside Kyoto Gion Matsuri and Tokyo Kanda Matsuri).Is is also the world’s greatest boat festival.

One of the highlights of the festival is the land procession, which is a parade of some 3,000 people dressed in the imperial-court style of the 8th-12th Centuries marching beside Mikoshi(神輿/portable shrines).

The other highlight is the boat procession, when the same 3,000 people board some 100 boats from the approach of the Tenmabashi Bridge and sail upstream.
At dusk, the boats lit up with fires which are ignited to illuminate the surroundings for patrolling or fishing are reflected on the river surface, creating an exquisite view.

And on the riverbanks where pavilions are set up, the citizens and tourists enjoy the cool evening air as they cheer at the Tenjin Matsuri Hono Hanabi fireworks display taking place at the same time.

When: July 24, 2011 – July 25, 2011

Place: Osaka Tenmangu Shrine

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Tanabata Festival illuminations in Osaka river

The Prayer Stars which were used in the ceremony is reused, powered by low electricity consumption and long life LEDs.On July 7, the Tanabata (七夕) festival day, the Legend of Osaka Amanogawa 2011 was held, and 50,000 blue lights floated on the Ohkawa River.

Tanabata is a Japanese star festival, celebrates the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi ,represented by the stars Vega and Altair respectively. According to legend, the Amanogawa (Milky Way) separates these lovers, and they are allowed to meet only once a year on the seventh day of July.

The legend has it that you will be blessed with good marriage if you make a wish there, something which attracts a great many courting couples.

The light is called “inori-boshi (prayer star)” and it is a blue LED in a plastic capsule with a battery. After 7 pm, local children released the stars from boats.

The Prayer Stars which were used in the ceremony is reused, powered by low electricity consumption and long life LEDs.

JR Osaka Mitsukoshi Isetan (JR大阪三越伊勢丹)

JR Osaka Mitsukoshi Isetan (JR大阪三越伊勢丹)
3-1-3, Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka City 530-8217
http://osaka.wjr-isetan.co.jp/floorguide/index.html
JR West Japan Shopping Center Development Company

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999.9 ( フォーナインズ ) Men’s [ 8F ]
23 ku ( 23区 ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 4F ]
4℃ ( 4℃ ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
4℃ ( 4℃ ) Bridal Jewelry [ B1F ]
A.P.C. ( アーペーセー ) Men’s [ 9F ]
acca ( アッカ ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
adidas by Stella McCartney ( アディダスバイステラマッカートニー ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
ＡＧ ( ＡＧ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 4F ]
AGATHA PARIS ( アガタパリ ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
agnes b Homme ( アニエスベーオム ) Men’s [ 9F ]
agnes b VOYAGE ( アニエスベーボヤージュ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
agnes b. FEMME ( アニエスベーファム ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
ＡＩ ( ＡＩ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 4F ]
ANNA SUI ( アナスイ ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
ANNA SUI ( アナスイ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
ANNE KLEIN NEW YORK ( アンクラインニューヨーク ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
Annick Goutal ( アニック・グタール ) Fragrance [ １F ]
ANTICA FARMACISTA ( アンティカファルマシスタ ) Fragrance [ １F ]
Anya Hindmarch ( アニヤ　ハインドマーチ ) Leather Goods [ 2F ]
Aquascutum ( アクアスキュータム ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
Aquascutum ( アクアスキュータム ) Men’s [ 8F ]
ARMANI COLLEZIONI ( アルマーニコレツィオーニ ) Men’s [ 8F ]
ARMANI JEANS ( アルマーニジーンズ ) Men’s [ 9F ]
avienne ( アヴィエンヌ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
AYAMI jewelry ( アヤミジュエリー ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
BALLY ( バリー ) Ladies Shoes [ B1F ]
BALLY ( バリー ) Men’s [ 8F ]
Bang & Olufsen ( バングアンドオルフセン ) Men’s [ 8F ]
BARBA ( バルバ ) Men’s [ 8F ]
BASILE 28 ( バジョーレ28 ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
beautiful people ( ビューティフルピープル ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
BELL FLORRIE ( ベル　フローリー　ノワ ) Ladies Shoes [ B1F ]
Belvest ( ベルベスト ) Men’s [ 8F ]
BLACK FLEECE BY Brooks Brothers ( ブラックフリースバイブルックスブラザーズ ) Men’s [ 9F ]
blacker BY steven alan ( ブラッカーバイスティーブンアラン ) Men’s [ 9F ]
blondy ( ブロンディ ) Ladies’(Isetan girl) [ B1F ]
BOGLIOLI ( ボリオリ ) Men’s [ 8F ]
Bond No. 9 ( ボンドＮ０９ ) Fragrance [ １F ]
BONICA DOT ( ボニカドット ) Ladies’(Isetan girl) [ B1F ]
BOSS Orange ( ボスオレンジ ) Men’s [ 9F ]
Brooks Brothers ( ブルックスブラザーズ ) Men’s [ 8F ]
Brooks Brothers ( ブルックスブラザーズ ) Men’s [ 9F ]
BRUNELLO CUCINELLI ( ブルネロクチネリ ) Men’s [ 8F ]
Bshop ( ビショップ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 4F ]
BURBERRY ( バーバリー ) Fragrance [ １F ]
BURBERRY BLACK LABEL ( バーバリーブラックレーベル ) Men’s [ 9F ]
BURBERRY BLUE LABEL ( バーバリーブルーレーベル ) Ladies’(Isetan girl) [ B1F ]
BURBERRY BLUE LABEL ( バーバリーブルーレーベル ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
BURBERRY LONDON ( バーバリーロンドン ) Men’s [ 8F ]
BUTTERO ( ブッテロ ) Ladies Shoes [ B1F ]
BVLGARI ( ブルガリ ) Fragrance [ １F ]
CABANE de ZUCCa ( カバンドズッカ ) Men’s [ 9F ]
CARON ( キャロン ) Fragrance [ １F ]
Celine ( セリーヌ ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
Celine ( セリーヌ ) Bridal Jewelry [ B1F ]
CERRUTI1881 ( チェルッティ１８８１ ) Men’s [ 8F ]
CHIE MIHARA ( チエ　ミハラ ) Ladies Shoes [ B1F ]
Chloe ( クロエ ) Ladies Shoes [ B1F ]
Chloe ( クロエ ) Fragrance [ １F ]
cocofuku ( ココフク ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
COHAKU ( コハク ) Bag [ B1F ]
COMME CA STAGE ( コムサステージ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
COMME des GARCONS HOMME ( コムデギャルソンオム ) Men’s [ 9F ]
COMME des GARCONS HOMME DEUX ( コムデギャルソンオムドゥ ) Men’s [ 9F ]
COMMEdesGARCONS JUNYA WATANABE Homme ( コムデギャルソンジュンヤワタナベオム ) Men’s [ 9F ]
CONSCIOUS DAY ( コンシャスディ ) Ladies Shoes [ B1F ]
CORNELIANI ( コルネリアーニ ) Men’s [ 8F ]
COSMIC WONDER LIGHT SOURCE ( コズミックワンダーライトソース ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
CP Company ( ＣＰカンパニー ) Men’s [ 9F ]
CREED ( クリード ) Fragrance [ １F ]
Cruciani ( クルチアーニ ) Men’s [ 8F ]
DANSKO ( ダンスコ ) Ladies Shoes [ B1F ]
Dear Princess ( ディアプリンセス ) Ladies’(Isetan girl) [ B1F ]
Debbie by FREE’SSHOP ( デビーバイフリーズショップ ) Ladies’(Isetan girl) [ B1F ]
DEICA ( デイカ ) Fragrance [ １F ]
Diesel Black Gold ( ディーゼルブラックゴールド ) Men’s [ 9F ]
diptyque ( ディプティック ) Fragrance [ １F ]
DKNY ( ＤＫＮＹ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 4F ]
Dolce&Gabbana ( ドルチェアンドガッバーナ ) Fragrance [ １F ]
DOLLY GIRL BY ANNA SUI ( ドーリーガールバイアナスイ ) Ladies’(Isetan girl) [ B1F ]
DUNHILL ( ダンヒル ) Men’s [ 8F ]
D’URBAN ( ダーバン ) Men’s [ 8F ]
EAU DOUCE 4℃ ( オデユーシュ４℃ ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
EAU DOUCE 4℃ ( オデュース４℃ ) Bridal Jewelry [ B1F ]
efffy ( エフィー ) Bag [ B1F ]
Eley Kishimoto ( イーリーキシモト ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
EPOCA ( エポカ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
Euro Passion ( ユーロパッション ) Men’s [ 8F ]
EVITA PERONI ( エヴィータペローニ ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
FABIO RUSCONI ( ファビオルスコーニ ) Ladies Shoes [ B1F ]
fcrb ( F.C.R.B ) Men’s [ 9F ]
festaria ( フェスタリア ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
festaria ( フェスタリア ) Bridal Jewelry [ B1F ]
Finamore ( フィナモレ ) Men’s [ 8F ]
FRANCO PRINZIVALLI ( フランコ プリンツィバァリー ) Men’s [ 8F ]
genten ( ゲンテン ) Bag [ B1F ]
GEODESIQUE ( ジィオデシック ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
GEODESIQUE ( ジィオデシック ) Bridal Jewelry [ B1F ]
GHISELLINI ( ギセリーニ ) Leather Goods [ 2F ]
Grosse ( グロッセ ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
GROSSE GLACE ( グロッセグラッセ ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
G-STAR RAW ( ジースターロー ) Men’s [ 9F ]
Gucci ( グッチ ) Fragrance [ １F ]
Hackett London ( ハケットロンドン ) Men’s [ 9F ]
Haute Hippie ( オートヒッピー ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
HELMUT LANG ( ヘルムート・ラング ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
HELMUT LANG ( ヘルムートラング ) Men’s [ 9F ]
HICKEY FREEMAN ( ヒッキーフリーマン ) Men’s [ 8F ]
himie ( ヒーミー ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
himie ( ヒーミー ) Bridal Jewelry [ B1F ]
hi-net ( ハイネット ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
HIROKO BIS ( ヒロコビス ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
ICE-WATCH ( アイスウォッチ ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
INCOTEX ( インコテックス ) Men’s [ 8F ]
Infolio+ ( インフォリオプラス ) Men’s [ 8F ]
ISAIA ( イザイア ) Men’s [ 8F ]
Jo Malone ( ジョーマローン ) Fragrance [ １F ]
JOHN SMEDLEY ( ジョンスメドレー ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
Justin Davis ( ジャスティン デイビス ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
Kai Lani ( カイラニ ) Ladies’(Isetan girl) [ B1F ]
Kaon ( カオン ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
KAORU ( カオル ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
KAORU ( カオル ) Bridal Jewelry [ B1F ]
KEI Hayama PLUS ( ケイハヤマプリュス ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
KEITH ( キース ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
Kengo kuma ( クマケンゴ ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
LADUREE BEAUTE ( ラデュレボーテ ) Fragrance [ １F ]
Lancel ( ランセル ) Leather Goods [ 2F ]
LANVIN ( ランバン ) Fragrance [ １F ]
LANVIN en Bleu ( ランバンオンブルー ) Men’s [ 9F ]
L’Artisan Parfumeur ( ラルチザンパフューム ) Fragrance [ １F ]
L’AUTRE CHOSE ( ロートレショーズ ) Ladies Shoes [ B1F ]
LE TANNEUR ( ルタヌア ) Bag [ B1F ]
LEILIAN ( レリアン ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
LELABO ( ルラボ ) Fragrance [ １F ]
L’EQUIPE YOSHIE INABA ( レキップ　ヨシエイナバ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
leur logette ( ルルロジェッタ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
Levi’s ( リーバイス ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 4F ]
Levi’s Vintage Clothing ( リーバイスヴィンテージクロージング ) Men’s [ 9F ]
Loewe ( ロエベ ) Fragrance [ １F ]
LOLLIA ( ロリア ) Fragrance [ １F ]
LondonSole ( ロンドンソール ) Ladies Shoes [ B1F ]
Lotta ( ロッタ ) Fragrance [ １F ]
LUDLOW ( ラドロー ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
M Missoni ( Ｍミッソーニ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
MACKINTOSH PHILOSOPHY ( マッキントッシュフィロソフィー ) Men’s [ 9F ]
Madame Junko Shimada ( マダムジュンコシマダ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
mai ( マイー ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
malo ( マーロ ) Men’s [ 8F ]
M’amuz ( マミューズ ) Bag [ B1F ]
MANA ( マナ ) Ladies Shoes [ B1F ]
Manolo Blahnik ( マノロブラニク ) Ladies Shoes [ B1F ]
MARC JACOBS ( マークジェイコブス ) Ladies Shoes [ B1F ]
MARC JACOBS ( マークジェイコブス ) Fragrance [ １F ]
MARGARET HOWELL ( マーガレットハウエル ) Men’s [ 9F ]
Mathias ( マティアス ) Fragrance [ １F ]
Maxi ( マキシ ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
MAXMARA WEEKEND LINE ( マックスマーラウィークエンドライン ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
meli melo de mission ( メリメロドゥミッション ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
MHL ( ＭＨＬ ) Men’s [ 9F ]
Michael Kors ( マイケルコース ) Leather Goods [ 2F ]
MIHARA YASUHIRO ( ミハラヤスヒロ ) Men’s [ 9F ]
Mirror by Kawi Jamele ( ミラーバイカウイジャミール ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
miss ashida ( ミスアシダ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
misty ( ミスティ ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
MONTBLANC ( モンブラン ) Men’s [ 8F ]
MORGANNE BELLO ( モルガンベロ ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
Mulberry ( マルベリー ) Leather Goods [ 2F ]
MUVEIL ( ミュベール ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
N.HOOLYWOOD ( Ｎ.ハリウッド ) Men’s [ 9F ]
NAiF ( ネイフ ) Bag [ B1F ]
nanette lepore ( ナネットレポー ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
nest Robe ( ネストローブ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 4F ]
NEWYORKER BY KEITA MARUYAMA ( ニューヨーカーバイケイタマルヤマ ) Men’s [ 8F ]
Nicolai Bergmann ( ニコライバーグマン ) Men’s [ 8F ]
NIGEL CABOURN ( ナイジェルケーボン ) Men’s [ 9F ]
NUMBER TWENTY-ONE ( ナンバートゥエンティワン ) Ladies Shoes [ B1F ]
OLD ENGLAND ( オールドイングランド ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
OndataTakizawaShigeru ( オンダータ　タキザワシゲル ) Men’s [ 8F ]
One Language ( ワンランゲージ ) Bag [ B1F ]
pas de calais ( パドカレ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 4F ]
Paul Stuart ( ポールスチュアート ) Men’s [ 8F ]
PELLICO ( ペリーコ ) Ladies Shoes [ B1F ]
Penhaligon ( ペンハリガン ) Fragrance [ １F ]
PERLITA ( ペルリータ ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
PERLITA ( ペルリータ ) Bridal Jewelry [ B1F ]
PETER JOHNSTON ( ピータージョンストン ) Men’s [ 8F ]
PETITE ROBE NOIRE ( プティローブノアー ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
Petrarca ( ベトラルカ ) Bag [ B1F ]
PEYTON PLACE ( ペイトンプレイス ) Ladies’(Isetan girl) [ B1F ]
Plantation ( プランテーション ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
PLEATS PLEASE ISSEY MIYAKE ( プリーツプリーズ　イッセイミヤケ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
Plush & Lush ( プラッシュアンドラッシュ ) Ladies’(Isetan girl) [ B1F ]
Polo Ralph Lauren ( ポロラルフローレン ) Men’s [ 9F ]
Ponte Vecchio ( ポンテベッキオ ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
Ponte Vecchio ( ポンテベッキオ ) Bridal Jewelry [ B1F ]
Psycho Bunny ( サイコバニー ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 4F ]
PT01/05 ( ＰＴ０１．０５ ) Men’s [ 8F ]
pual ce cin ( ピュアルセシン ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 4F ]
PUERTA DEL SOL ( プエルタデルソル ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
RAIKA ( ライカ ) Men’s [ 8F ]
RALPH LAUREN ( ラルフローレン ) Ladies Shoes [ B1F ]
RALPH LAUREN Blue Label ( ラルフローレンブルーレーベル ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 4F ]
RED VALENTINO ( レッドヴァレンティノ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
REKISAMI ( レキサミ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
Riccimie New York ( リッチミーニューヨーク ) Ladies’(Isetan girl) [ B1F ]
rich ( リッチ ) Ladies’(Isetan girl) [ B1F ]
Richard James ( リチャードジェームス ) Men’s [ 8F ]
RUGIADA ( ルジアダ ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
RUGIADA ( ルジアダ ) Bridal Jewelry [ B1F ]
RYZA ( ライザ ) Ladies’(Isetan girl) [ B1F ]
SARTORE ( サルトル ) Ladies Shoes [ B1F ]
SCAPA ( スキャパ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
SCAPA-sport ( スキャパスポーツ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 4F ]
See by Chloe ( シーバイクロエ ) Leather Goods [ 2F ]
SEQUOIA ( セコイア ) Bag [ B1F ]
ＳＨＹ ( ＳＨＹ ) Bag [ B1F ]
SOPHNET ( ソフネット ) Men’s [ 9F ]
sowi ( ソーイ ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
Stone Island ( ストーンアイランド ) Men’s [ 9F ]
sunaokuwahara ( スナオクワハラ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 4F ]
TAMBU ( タンブゥ ) Bag [ B1F ]
Tao COMME des GARCONS ( タオコムデギャルソン ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
The View of UNTITLED ( ザビューオブアンタイトル ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 4F ]
THEATRE PRODUCTS ( シアタープロダクツ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
theory ( セオリー ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 4F ]
theory ( セオリー ) Men’s [ 9F ]
THEORY LUXE ( セオリーリュクス ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
Three Dots ( スリードッツ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
TILA MARCH ( ティラ　マーチ ) Ladies Shoes [ B1F ]
Timberland ( ティンバーランド ) Men’s [ 9F ]
TIMOTHY EVEREST ( ティモシーエベレスト ) Men’s [ 8F ]
To b. by agnes b. ( トゥビーバイアニエスベー ) Ladies’(Isetan girl) [ B1F ]
TO BE CHIC ( トゥービーシック ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
TO&CO. ( トゥアンドコー ) Ladies Shoes [ B1F ]
TOCCA ( トッカ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
TOCCA BEAUTY ( トッカビューティー ) Fragrance [ １F ]
TOGA ( トーガ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
TORY BURCH ( トリーバーチ ) Leather Goods [ 2F ]
TOUJOURS ( トゥジュー ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 4F ]
tricot COMME des GARCONS ( トリココムデギャルソン ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
TSUMORI CHISATO ( ツモリチサト ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 4F ]
UNDERCOVER ( アンダーカバー ) Men’s [ 9F ]
une autre MERVEILLE H. ( ユノートルメルベイユアッシュ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 4F ]
uniformexperiment ( ユニフォームエクスペリメント ) Men’s [ 9F ]
Van Cleef and Arpels ( ヴァン クリーフ＆アーペル ) Fragrance [ １F ]
Velvet Lounge ( ヴェルベットラウンジ ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
Vendome Aoyama ( ヴァンドーム青山 ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
Vendome Aoyama ( ヴァンドーム青山 ) Bridal Jewelry [ B1F ]
VICINI ( ヴィチーニ ) Ladies Shoes [ B1F ]
visvim ( ビズビム ) Men’s [ 9F ]
Vivienne Westwood accessories ( ヴィヴィアンウエストウッド　アクセサリー ) Bag [ B1F ]
Vivienne Westwood RED LABEL ( ビビアンウエストウッドレッド ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 3F ]
VOYAGES Sensounico ( ヴォヤージュ　センソユニコ ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 5Ｆ ]
YAB-YUM ( ヤブヤム ) Ladiesｓ’ [ 4F ]
yoshinob ( ヨシノブ ) Fashion Jewelry [ B1F ]
yoshinob ( ヨシノブ ) Bridal Jewelry [ B1F ]

 

 

Lucua Osaka (ルクア大阪)

Lucua Osaka (ルクア大阪)

Photo shows Osaka Station City, which is composed of the new JR Osaka Station (C), North Gate Building (R) and South Gate Building (L), both commercial buildings, which opened for operation on May 4, 2011.

The facility, which includes two department stores (JR Osaka Mitsukoshi Isetan and Lucua), has a total store dimension of 134 thousand square meters, the largest in Japan!

3-1-3, Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka City 530-8217

http://www.lucua.jp/lang/english/index.html

JR West Japan Shopping Center Development Company

Shop List of Lucua

3RDWARE ( サードウェア ) Men’s Innerwear [ 7F ]
About a girl ( アバウト ア ガール ) Lifestyle [ 5F ]
Adam et Rope ( アダム エ ロペ ) Ladies’ [ 2F ]
agete selection ( アガット・セレクション ) Fashion Jewelry [ 3F ]
AGNET.H/L ( アネット・ハイロウ ) Bags [ 6F ]
AMERICAN RAG CIE ( アメリカンラグ シー ) Ladies’/Men’s [ 2F ]
AMPHI ( アンフィ ) Ladies’ Inner Wear [ 5F ]
anatelier ( アナトリエ ) Ladies’ [ 4F ]
Antic Rag ( アンティック ラグ ) Ladies’ [ 6F ]
ART/BERG ( アート・バーグ ) Bags [ 1F ]
Artemis Adaptation ( アーティミスアダプテーション ) Stationary [ 9F ]
BEAMS ( ビームス ) Ladies’/Men’s [ 3F ]
BEARDSLEY GALLARDAGALANTE ( ビアズリー　ガリャルダガランテ ) Ladies’ [ 3F ]
Beaver ( ビーバー ) Men’s/Ladies’ [ 7F ]
before the boom ( ビフォーザブーム ) Fashion Jewelry [ 6F ]
BISES OPAQUE ( ビシェス オペーク ) Ladies’/Accessories [ 1F ]
Black Edition the First ( ブラック エディション ザ・ファースト ) Ladies’ [ 5F ]
Bleu Bleuet Melange ( ブルーブルーエ メランジュ ) Accessories [ 6F ]
CA4LA ( カシラ ) Head Wear [ 3F ]
cafe table ( カフェ テーブル ) Lifestyle [ 8F ]
Cal ( カル ) Bags [ 4F ]
canal4℃ ( カナル ４℃ ) Fashion Jewelry [ 5F ]
carlife ( カーライフ ) Ladies’ [ 3F ]
CECIL McBEE ( セシルマクビー ) Ladies’ [ 6F ]
CHERISH e.m ( チェリッシュ イー・エム ) Fashion Jewelry [ 2F ]
Chocoholic by Swimmer ( チョコホリック by スイマー ) Lifestyle [ 6F ]
Ciaopanic ( チャオパニック ) Ladies’/Men’s [ 6F ]
Clleopatre Fig ( クレオパトラ フィグ ) Ladies’ [ 2F ]
Cocoonist ( コクーニスト ) Lifestyle [ 4F ]
Collective UNION STATION ( コレクティブ　ユニオンステーション ) Men’s [ 7F ]
COLLECTORS ( コレクターズ ) Accessories [ 7F ]
CONTINENTAL RHYTHM SECTION ( コンチネンタル リズム セクション ) Accessories [ 7F ]
Crisp ( クリスプ ) Ladies’ [ 6F ]
CROON A SONG ( クルーン ア ソング ) Ladies’ [ 5F ]
DA-NA vie ( ダーナヴィエ ) Men’s [ 7F ]
Diana ( ダイアナ ) Shoes [ 4F ]
DIESEL ( ディーゼル ) Ladies’/Men’s [ 5F ]
DISSY ( ディッシー ) Ladies’ [ 4F ]
Droite Lautreamont ( ドロワット　ロートレアモン ) Ladies’ [ 4F ]
DRWCYS ( ドロシーズ ) Ladies’ [ 5F ]
DURAS ambient ( デュラス アンビエント ) Ladies’ [ 6F ]
ear ( ear ) Ladies’ [ 2F ]
Editorial ( エディトリアル ) Bags [ 3F ]
EMODA ( エモダ ) Ladies’ [ 6F ]
ESPERANZA ( エスペランサ ) Shoes [ 6F ]
ete ( エテ ) Fashion Jewelry [ 4F ]
everyday by COLLEX ( エブリデイバイコレックス ) Ladies’/Accessories [ 8F ]
F i.n.t ( フィント ) Ladies’ [ 6F ]
FIGARO PARIS ( フィガロ パリ ) Ladies’ [ 2F ]
Francfranc ( フランフラン ) Lifestyle [ 8F ]
FRAY I.D ( フレイ アイディー ) Ladies’ [ 2F ]
FRED PERRY ( フレッドペリー ) Men’s/Ladies’ [ 7F ]
fur fur ( ファー ファー ) Ladies’ [ 2F ]
Garland of Dew ( ガーランド オブ デュウ ) Fashion Jewelry [ 1F ]
gelato pique ( ジェラート ピケ ) Ladies’ [ 4F ]
Good Morning House of Rose ( グッドモーニング ) Cosmetics [ 8F ]
GRACE CONTINENTAL ( グレースコンチネンタル・ザ・バンケット ) Ladies’ [ 2F ]
Grande bene ( グランデ ベーネ ) Ladies’ [ 5F ]
graniph ( グラニフ ) Men’s/Ladies’ [ 7F ]
grappe BANNISTER ( グラップ バニスター ) Shoes [ 4F ]
greeson. ( グリーズン ) Accessories [ 1F ]
H&B Place ( H&B プレイス ) Cosmetics [ B1F ]
heliopole ( エリオポール ) Ladies’ [ 4F ]
HIROB ( ヒロブ ) Watches [ 3F ]
HYSTERIC GLAMOUR ( ヒステリックグラマー ) Ladies’/Men’s [ 5F ]
Idea Seventh Sense ( イデアセブンスセンス ) Lifestyle [ 8F ]
In ( 印 ) Men’s/Ladies’ [ 7F ]
Jewelna Rose ( ジュエルナローズ ) Bags [ 5F ]
JILL by JILLSTUART ( ジル by ジルスチュアート ) Ladies’/Accessories [ 5F ]
Jolie ( ジョリエ ) Leg Wear [ 4F ]
JOURNAL STANDARD ( ジャーナル スタンダード ) Ladies’/Men’s [ 3F ]
Junks ( ジャンクス ) Watches [ 7F ]
jupiter ( ジュピター ) Fashion Jewelry [ 2F ]
Khaju ( カージュ ) Ladies’ [ 5F ]
Kiwasylphy ( キワシルフィー ) Ladies’ [ 5F ]
Kutsushitaya ( 靴下屋 ) Leg Wear [ 6F ]
LA BOUCHERIE de SWATi ( ラ ブッシュリー ドゥ スワティー ) Lifestyle [ 1F ]
laboratory work ( ラボラトリーワーク ) Ladies’ [ 6F ]
LANVIN en Bleu ( ランバン オン ブルー ) Ladies’ [ 2F ]
LE CIEL BLEU ( ルシェルブルー ) Ladies’ [ 2F ]
Le Dome EDIFICE et IENA ( ル ドーム エディフィス エ イエナ ) Ladies’/Men’s [ 4F ]
le.coeur blanc ( ル・クール ブラン ) Ladies’ [ 6F ]
Liberte ( リベルテ ) Bags [ 1F ]
Little Bee House ( 山田養蜂場　リトルビーハウス ) Cosmetics [ B1F ]
L’OCCITANE ( ロクシタン ) Cosmetics [ B1F ]
Loft ( ロフト ) Lifestyle [ 9F ]
LOWRYS FARM Et* ( ローリーズファームエト ) Ladies’ [ 6F ]
Lui’s ( ルイス ) Men’s [ 7F ]
LUPICIA ( ルピシア ) Tea [ 8F ]
LUSH ( ラッシュ ) Cosmetics [ 8F ]
mad HECTIC STORE ( マッドヘクティク ストア ) Men’s [ 7F ]
Maison due Narcissus ( メゾン ドゥ ナルシス ) Ladies’ [ 5F ]
maRe maRe DAILY MARKET ( マーレマーレデイリーマーケット ) Shoes [ 6F ]
MARKS＆WEB ( マークスアンドウェブ ) Cosmetics [ 8F ]
mercibeaucoup, ( メルシーボークー、 ) Ladies’ [ 3F ]
MERCURYDUO ( マーキュリーデュオ ) Ladies’ [ 6F ]
MHL. ( MHL. ) Ladies’/Men’s [ 4F ]
MIDWEST ( ミッドウエスト ) Ladies’/Men’s [ 2F ]
MSPC PRODUCT ( MSPCプロダクト ) Bags [ 7F ]
Muji ( 無印良品 ) Lifestyle [ 8F ]
MURUA ( ムルーア ) Ladies’ [ 6F ]
mystic ( ミスティック ) Ladies’ [ 6F ]
n°11 ( ナンバージュウイチ ) Ladies’ [ 3F ]
Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten ( 中川政七商店 ) Lifestyle [ 8F ]
Natural House ( ナチュラルハウス ) Organic food [ 8F ]
Neue Giftik ( ノイエ ギフティック ) Stationary [ 9F ]
niko and SHeLF ( ニコアンド シェルフ ) Ladies’/Accessories [ 8F ]
NO ID. ( ノー アイディー ) Men’s [ 7F ]
note et silence ( ノート エ シロンス ) Ladies’ [ 3F ]
Odette é Odile UNITED ARROWS ( オデット エ オディール ユナイテッドアローズ ) Shoes [ 4F ]
ORBIS THE SHOP ( オルビス・ザ・ショップ ) Cosmetics [ B1F ]
PLAZA ( プラザ ) Accessories [ 6F ]
POKER FACE ( ポーカーフェイス ) Eye Wear [ 7F ]
pual ce cin raciqu ( ピュアルセシン ラシク ) Ladies’ [ 8F ]
Q-pot. ( キューポット ) Accessories [ 1F ]
Rag by Ragrise ( ラグ バイ ラグライズ ) Shoes [ 5F ]
RAGTAG ( ラグタグ ) Second Hand Clothes [ 8F ]
Ray Cassin ( レイ カズン ) Ladies’ [ 6F ]
Repetto ( レペット ) Shoes [ 3F ]
Robinet Petale ( ロビネ ペタル ) Flowers [ 1F ]
Robinet Ponette ( ロビネ ポネット ) Foliage Plants [ 8F ]
ROSE BUD ( ローズ バッド ) Ladies’ [ 3F ]
Samantha Thavasa Petit Choice ( サマンサタバサプチチョイス ) Leather Accessories [ 1F ]
sands of time by A・I・C ( サンズオブタイム by A・I・C ) Ladies’ [ 5F ]
Sanseido Book Store ( 三省堂書店 ) Books [ 9F ]
SHEINAR ( シェイナー ) Ladies’ [ 6F ]
Shel’tter Lab. ( シェルター ラボ ) Ladies’ [ 6F ]
SJX ( SJX ) Fashion Jewelry [ 3F ]
SKINFOOD ( スキンフード ) Cosmetics [ 8F ]
Social Firm ( 生活の木ソーシャルファーム ) Aromatherapy [ 8F ]
Spick and Span Noble ( スピック＆スパン ノーブル ) Ladies’ [ 4F ]
Steteco.com Osaka Labo ( ステテコドットコム オーサカラボ ) Men’s Innerwear [ 8F ]
STRAWBERRY-FIELDS ( ストロベリーフィールズ ) Ladies’ [ 4F ]
STUDIOUS ( ステュディオス ) Men’s/Ladies’ [ 7F ]
SWC ( SWC ) Fashion Jewelry [ 7F ]
Te chichi ( テチチ ) Ladies’ [ 6F ]
Terracuore ( テラクオーレ コレッツィオーネ ) Cosmetics [ B1F ]
The Super Suits Store ( ザ・スーパースーツストア ) Men’s [ 7F ]
TITE IN THE STORE ( ティテ イン ザ ストア ) Ladies’ [ 4F ]
TOMORROWLAND ( トゥモローランド ) Ladies’/Men’s [ 4F ]
TOPSHOP / TOPMAN ( トップショップ／トップマン ) Ladies’/Men’s [ 5F ]
Travel Shop Gate ( トラベルショップ ゲート ) Travel goods [ 1F ]
TROCADERO by HITMAN ( トロカデロ by ヒットマン ) Shoes [ 3F ]
une nana cool ( ウン ナナ クール ) Ladies’ Inner Wear [ 8F ]
UNITED ARROWS Women’s Store ( ユナイテッドアローズ ウィメンズストア ) Ladies’ [ 1F ]
Unpeu Femme ( アンプーファム ) Ladies’ [ 3F ]
URBAN RESEARCH Store ( アーバンリサーチストア ) Men’s/Ladies’ [ 7F ]
vital MONSIEUR NICOLE ( ヴィタル ムッシュ ニコル ) Men’s [ 7F ]
vivica ( ヴィヴィカ ) Ladies’ Inner Wear [ 6F ]
vowel ( ヴォウェル ) Men’s [ 7F ]
Wash ( ウォッシュ ) Shoes [ 7F ]
WeSC ( WeSC ) Ladies’/Men’s [ 5F ]
whoop-de-doo ( フープ ディ ドゥ ) Shoes [ 7F ]
Zoff Plus ( ゾフ プラス ) Eye Wear [ 5F ]

Universal Studios Japan’s 10th anniversary event

Universal Studios Japan is turning 10 years old this March, and to celebrate the occasion, it has announced special events being held from March 3 to April 8.

Universal Studios Japan,located in Osaka, Japan is one of four Universal Studios theme parks. Most visitors are Japanese tourists or tourists from other Asian countries such as Taiwan, China, and South Korea. The park opened on March 31, 2001.

As part of the celebration, a special live event called “UNIVERSAL DREAM LIVE 2011 at UNIVERSAL STUDIOS JAPAN” will take place on March 19-21. The event is a collaboration with Universal Music and will feature several of the label’s artists performing on a special stage.

SDN48 and Korean group BEAST will perform on March 19, and KARA will perform on March 20. On March 21, the event will feature BENI, D☆DATE, and Choshinsung. Tickets will begin selling on January 30.

SDN48,produced by Yasushi Akimoto, made their major label debut with “Gagaga”in November 2010.

Adding more, GReeeeN is releasing a currently untitled single in February, which has been appointed as the theme song for Universal Studios Japan. Their 7th single, “Kiseki”, released in 2008, reached number 1 on the Oricon charts and sold over 500,000 copies.Their new song will be used in commercials for the amusement park and as background music within the park.

H&M opens it’s first store in Osaka

Swedish fast fashion brand H&M (Hennes & Mauritz) opens it’s first store in Osaka on March 6.
The H&M Ebisubashi store in Osaka is their 7th store in Japan and commemorable the 2000th store in the wolrd. Read the rest of this entry »

H&M Shinsaibashi Store in Osaka

H&M’s First Osaka store open in Shinsaibashi on March 6, 2010.

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ufufugirls Shinsaibashi Daimaru

ufufugirls Shinsaibashi Daimaru

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BAPE STORE Osaka

BAPE STORE Osaka
1-19-2, Minamihorie, Nishi-ku, Osaka
06-6535-2700
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