2019 Christmas Osaka Shopping Guide

During the Christmas period, Osaka, Japan has prepared many shopping discounts for everyone. This place in Japan has always been a favorite shopping place for everyone. There are many good cosmetics and other items here, which is perfect for everyone. I like it very much. Let’s learn about the shopping strategy information here during Christmas today! "Osaka German Christmas Market" in New Umeda Castle

November 15 (Friday) to December 25 (Wednesday), 2019

The world's largest Christmas trees and traditional snack shops that are indispensable for German Christmas. The shops will be decorated with neon lights, sparkling and full of fairy tale feel. After admiring the neon lights, it is also a very good choice to go to Osaka Sky Garden to enjoy the beautiful night view. "2019 Midosuji Illumination"

November 4 (closed on Monday) to December 31 (Tuesday)

The total length from Umeda to Namba is 4 kilometers. On weekdays The boulevard, decorated with neon lights, immediately transformed into a neon road.

In addition, the "2019 Osaka Light Renaissance" event will be held from December 14th (Saturday) to December 25th (Wednesday) at Nakanoshima on the way to Neon Road, where you can enjoy Light art works created using the walls of Osaka City Central Public Auditorium, etc. Christmas neon light display "BELL's CONCERTO" in the Umeda Hankyu Building Central Hall in front of Osaka Department Store Umeda Main Store

November 22 (Friday) ~ December 25 (Wednesday), 2019

Pedestrians coming and going can forget the troubles of the day under the dreamy neon lights.

Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store not only holds various events and sells various Christmas limited products, but it has also become a must-go place where you can enjoy shopping while admiring the neon lights.

This year’s Christmas theme of Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store is “DramaticHolidayShow!!”. Each floor of the store is decorated with a theme background of Tchaikovsky Ballet's "Nutcracker" ballet used during the Christmas season in Europe and the United States. In addition, what is absolutely eye-catching is the most famous 7 large display windows on the first floor of Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store. This is the puppet theater of "The Nutcracker", with about 70 puppets performing simultaneously. A dramatic and dream-filled story.

A lot of Christmas-themed groceries are also sold on each floor ~ including the 2019 holiday advent calendar of "WEDWOOD" that allows you to count down to Christmas while admiring the different decorations every day, inheriting the _ There are also various miscellaneous items that instantly fill the room with a Christmas atmosphere, such as the music box tree at "Oak Village", all made using traditional Takayama woodworking techniques.

In addition, a "Drama Christmas Market" will be set up in the Celebration Plaza on the 9th floor. Under the neon lights of the sparkling glass ball is the world of "The Nutcracker". Here you can enjoy mulled wine while looking for dolls, decorations, snow globes, snacks and many other Christmas-themed products in the rows of huts. In addition to music and light shows on the hour every day, there will also be concerts and ballet performances to bring the Christmas atmosphere to a climax.

After Christmas is over, Japan will fully enter the New Year's atmosphere. You can also experience Japanese culture here when the New Year arrives. Among them is the "New Year's dish", a special dish that is eaten only in Japan during the New Year to express gratitude for a good harvest. This dish packed in a wooden box is full of people's good wishes for health and prosperity of their children and grandchildren. Recently, modern-style New Year dishes focusing on Western food and meat have been launched. It is also rewarding to go to the food court on the basement floor to experience Japanese food culture. If you are planning to welcome the New Year in Japan, on the 7th floor there are decorations of the 2020 sexagenary "rat", small plates made in the image of mascots such as cranes and turtles, gold cups with 12 kinds of sexagenary patterns, and other miscellaneous items to celebrate the new year. . Friends who want to buy Japanese-style souvenirs can come and browse. The Festival Plaza on the 9th floor of Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store is still holding fun events for the year-end and New Year holidays

In the 17 days from December 27th (Friday) to January 13th (Monday) (January The "Hello Kitty FANFANFES" event, where you can experience the world view of "Kitty-chan" during the day the store is closed (1 day), will be held.

In addition to Hankyu Department Store exclusive products, the event also includes limited products commemorating the 45th anniversary of Kitty-chan’s birth, advance sales of Osaka-themed products, and various activities that Kitty-chan fans love. , it is definitely not to be missed for friends who are celebrating the New Year in Japan! How about stopping by to buy some souvenirs to take home?

December 18 (Wednesday) ~ January 7 (Tuesday), if the total amount of duty-free goods purchased at Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store exceeds 50,000 yen, the first 66 customers every day will receive a piece of Shiseido Medicated Hand Cream! During this period, those who are traveling and shopping in Kansai or Osaka, Japan Friends, don’t miss it!

Aren’t you excited with so many shopping activities? It’s better to act than to think, come to Japan to shop this Christmas!