The Floating Garden Observatory
Last Updated (Monday, 25 August 2008 23:50) Friday, 11 July 2008 00:00
The Umeda Sky Building is the seventh-tallest 173 m (568 ft) building in Osaka City, Japan, and one of the city's most recognizable landmarks. It consists of two 40-story towers that connect at their two uppermost stories, with bridges and an escalator crossing the wide atrium-like space in the center.
Located in the Umeda district of Kita-ku, the building was originally conceived in 1988 as the "City of Air" project, which planned to create four interconnected towers in northern Osaka. Eventually, practical considerations brought the number of towers down to two.
The building features a rooftop observatory, The Floating Garden Observatory, as well as an underground market that attempts to recreate the atmosphere of Osaka in the early 20th century. At the base of the towers is an urban garden with walking trails and water features.
Commanding a 360 degree vista of the city of Osaka
Lumi Sky walk
The rooftop corridor of the Floating Garden Observatory is paved with luminous stone(material which absorbs ultraviolet rays and spontaneously emits light), and thus appears a walkway that shines like a starry sky at night.
Here is open air place, so you can walk in the starry night at a height of 170m above ground in the evening breeze.
Admission fee : adults JPY 700 , junior high school / high school students JPY 500
elemontary school students JPY 300 , infrants (3 and above) JPY 100
Time : 10:00 am - 10:00 pm. Open 365 days a year
( Except when closed for meintenance)
Access : 10 min. walk from JR Osaka sta.
you can see this building from the station.
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Many visitors come to Japan everyday. They have their own purpose.
Some of them try to know the culture of Japan, and visit Tokyo.
I wonder whether they know Japanese capital city had changed, and
ancient Japanese capital city was in Kansai area.
Kansai area has famous sightseeing cities, Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Kobe.
You can various aspect of Japan by visiting each cities.
And those cities are located close area. So you can visit there within
short term.
When I talk about ancient Japanese capital city, the first capital
was in Nara city. There are many old and huge temples aroung there.
There are no high buildings and sourrounded geen nature. You'll feel
the origin of ancient Japan. Next capital city was moved to Kyoto
area and it kept handred years.
You can enjoy modern Japan when visiting Osaka and Kobe. Both cities
are port city face to sea.
You'll visit both modern and ancient Japan for a week, when you come
to Kansai area. Come on and join us.
