Osaka North
Northern Osaka covers the wards of Higashiyodogawa-ku (東淀川区), Nishiyodogawa-ku (西淀川区), and Yodogawa-ku (淀川区).
Get in
By train
The main train station in this area is Shin-Osaka Station.
The fastest trains between Kansai Int'l Airport and Shin-Osaka station are "Ltd. Express Haruka" which operates by JR West. The journey takes approximately 50 minutes at a cost of ¥2490: ¥1320 regular fare + ¥1150 limited express fare.
By bus
Expressway buses arrived at Hankyu Highwaybus Shin-Osaka terminal (阪急ハイウェイバス新大阪ターミナル), near the JR Shin-Osaka Station.
Airport limousine buses from Itami (¥500, roughly 25 min) and Kansai (¥1,550, 90 min).
See
- 1 Open Air Museum of Old Farmhouses (日本民家集落博物館 (nihon minka shūraku hakubutsukan)), Ryokuchi-koen (take the Midosuji subway line to Ryokuchi). Tu-Su. Ryokuchi park is lovely, and in it is a museum of a dozen old Edo period farmhouses, moved across country and lovingly reconstructed. Also on display are tools, furniture, and the like. You can go to Himeji-jo or the old palace in Kyoto and see how the rulers lived, but come down here to see how the people lived. Thanks to the efforts of a volunteer from Australia, they have a great new English-language brochure to guide you. ¥500.
Do
- Osaka municipal indoor pool - Yodogawa (大阪市立淀川屋内プール), 2-3-1 Juso-Higaqshi Yodogawa-ku (6 minutes walk from Hankyu Juso station east exit). M-F 09:00-21:30, Sa Su 09:00-19:30. Heated swimming pool & exercise room. Admission: ¥700 pool, ¥600 training, ¥1000 pool & training.
Buy
Eat
Drink
Sleep
- Shin-Osaka Youth Hostel (A block from the east exit of Shin-Osaka Station). A clean, modern, and friendly youth hostel. ¥3500.
- Mystays Shin Osaka, 6-2-19 Nishi-Nakajima Yodogawa-ku (10 minutes walk from Shin-Osaka station - walk towards the Washington Plaza hotel and cross under the 423 highway), ☏ +81 6-6302-5571. Small, clean rooms and a bit of a hike to the bullet train station, but unbeatable for the price. Some staff speak English. Some rates include buffet breakfast in the hotel's restaurant (¥1100 separately). Family Mart and Lawson convenience stores are a half-block away, while there is a 7-Eleven with international ATM access is on the way from Shin-Osaka station. Web site lists singles starting from ¥8300, though cheaper rates might be found when searching for availability.
- Business Hotel OK, 1-10-11 Jusohigashi Yodogawa-ku (5 mintes walk from Umeda ( Osaka ) station or Shin-Osaka station.), ☏ +81 6-6305-5021. Rooms from ¥4500 single, ¥5000 dobule.
- Hotel Laforet Shin-Osaka, 1-2-70 Miyahara, Yodogawa-ku (1 minute walk from Shin-Osaka Station), ☏ +81 6-6350-4444.
- New Osaka Hotel, 5-14-10 Nishinakajima Yodogawa (3 minutes walk from Shin-Osaka Station), ☏ +81 6-6305-2345. Rooms from ¥8085 single,¥16170 twin/double.
Connect
- Osaka Visitors Information Center - Shin-Osaka, 3F JR Shin-Osaka Sta. 5-16-1 Nishinakajima Yodogawa-ku (inside JR Shin-Osaka Station), ☏ +81 6-6305 3311. 09:00-18:00, closed 31 Dec-3 Jan.
Go next
| Routes through North |
into  ← |
W  E |
→ Kyoto → Nagoya |
| Hiroshima ← Okayama←Shin-Kobe ← | W  E |
→ into  |
| Sannomiya ← Nishinomiya←Osaka ← | W  E |
→ Suita → Ibaraki → Kyoto |
| Sannomiya ← Koshien ← Amagasaki ← | W  E |
→ Oasaka Nanba |
| Umeda ← | S  E |
→ Ibarakishi → Nagaokatenjin → Kawaramachi |
| ↑ ← | S E |
→ Katsura → into Arashiyama line → Arashiyama |
| Takarazuka ← Ikeda ← Toyonaka ← | N  S |
→ Umeda |
| Sannomiya ← Nishinomiya Kitaguchi ← | W  S |
→ Umeda |
Senri-Chuo ← into  ← Esaka ← |
N  S |
→ Umeda → Nanba → Tennoji |
| END ← | N  S |
→ Taishibashi-Imaichi → Shigino → Imazato |