Jejak Sakura 2016: Umeda Sky Building

Umeda Sky Building, Osaka Japan
Sunday, 17 April 2016

Continue from previous Jejak Sakura 2016: Atomic Bomb Dome & Peace Memorial Park

Trip kami tidak berakhir di Hiroshima saja. Just after we arrived at Shin-Osaka Station, kami berjalan lagi di Osaka & target kami ke Umeda Sky Building. So, from Shin-Osaka station naik JR line to Osaka Station. The Umeda Sky Building is about 10-15 minute walk from Osaka and Umeda Stations. Trip kat Jepun ni memang banyak berjalan kalau dah menggunakan sepenuhnya train. So, kena make sure fit lah sebelum nak pi Japan kalau nak guna train saja as main transportation. Anyway, train kat Japan ni memang sangat efficient & very convenient.

Grand Front Osaka just outside the Osaka Station

Osaka Station

Dah nampak pun Umeda Sky Building from Osaka Station

Night view seen from Osaka station

On the way nak menuju ke Umeda Sky Building, akan passed by a few buildings around Osaka city. Memang cantik sangat view kat area Osaka ni di kala malam hari. The most important thing, rasa safe je nak berjalan malam. 

Ohsem Night view on the way to Umeda Sky Building

Masa kami sampai kena queue juga nak naik ke Floating Garden Observatory (Umeda Sky Building) tapi tak perlu tunggu lama pun. Entrance fee 800yen for adults tapi sebab kami ada coupon diskaun dapat dari member yang pernah pergi sebelum tu, so, dapat lah murah 10%.

Kalau siang hari maybe boleh nampak clear macam ni

The Umeda Sky Building (Umeda Sukai Biru) is the 19th-tallest building in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. 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. Height at 173 m (568 ft), Umeda Sky building was designed by Hiroshi Hara. It was constructed by Takenaka Corporation and was completed in 1993. (source: wikipedia) 

Osaka view from Observatory deck Umeda sky Buidling

Nak sampai ke Floating Garden Observatory kena naik escalator yang menghubungkan 2 Umeda towers. Risau & berdebar sungguh masa naik escalator between 2 Umeda towers ni... boleh pulak terfikir earhtquake masa ni, adoi, hahaha. Kebetulan memang tengah earthquake pun kat Kyushu Island masa ni. Anyway, view kat atas sky building ni memang ohsem. Boleh nampak almost 360deg view of Osaka city from top of this buidling. Cuma yang tak boleh tahan, sejuk gila kat atas ni. Tapi bertabah jugalah sebab dah bayar mahal nak sampai atas sini kan, hahaha. Kami spend tak sampai 1 hour kat atas ni. Lepas tu turun and lepak kat dalam Umeda building. And actually dari dalam level atas Umeda building ni pun dah boleh nampak clear view of Osaka city, cuma bukan open air & 360deg view sajalah.

View of Osaka City

Osaka view at Night from Umeda Sky Buildling

Ada love lock juga kat sini

Dah macam trend just like in Namsan Tower

We're here on 17 April 2016

Umeda Sky Building View looking up

Architecture yang hebat

We ended the tour around 9pm and back to our apartment at Shin-Osaka. Tak larat dah nak tour Osaka lagi hari ni, penat sungguh sebab banyak sangat berjalan. So, kita sambung esok pulak after Kyoto tour.

To be continued...