Osaka in July - Part 3

Hep Five Ferris Wheel - Building a Ferris wheel into the upper floors of a shopping mall in the middle of an enormous city was a bold and brilliant idea. The Hep Five Ferris Wheel, named so because it is in/on the Hep Five shopping center just beside Osaka Station, rises 106 meters above the city. The lower dimensions of the wheel actually dip into the shopping mall. There are 52 gondolas, each with a four-person capacity. One lazy rotation takes 15 minutes and will cost you JPY700.



The Umeda Sky Building (梅田スカイビル) is the fifth-tallest building in Osaka City, 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.








Capsule stayin'

Game playin'

Spaworld - an amazing onsen experiance for only 1,000 yen.
http://www.spaworld.co.jp/bijin.html
My joyful find!
The Museum of Oriental Ceramics - Founded in 1982. It houses 2000 pieces of ceramics, among them designated National Treasures. It also features a natural-light gallery for its Korean celadon pottery.