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Shopping in Osaka is an experience worth having. While strolling down a shopping street in Osaka like Shinsaibashi-Suji Street or Umeda Shopping Arcade you will satisfy any purchasing desire of yours. Long streets with colorful and fashionable boutiques and branded shops are shopper?s heaven with their multitude of goodies for each and every occasion.

If you are searching for fashionable clothes you have no better place to go than the American Town. There you will find such shops as Chanel, Gucci, Prada, Gianfranco Ferre wih tons of precious haute couture textile waiting to be picked by shopping tourists. If you start shopping in the ATC Town Outlet Mare you will hardly want to go anywhere else as this outlet has absolutely any shop you may need: miscellaneous items like accessories, household items, appliances, electronics, interiors, furnishing, children?s wear, jewelry and various kinds of clothing, including precious furs ? the total of 150 shops and boutiques.

A superb place to replenish your wardrobe is called ATC Town Outlet Mare. This shopping outlet is one of the biggest in Japan.

Electronic ware is sold in 150 specialized shops in Den-Den Tower. The biggest among them are located in Nipponbashi area of the eastern side of the Tower. Here you can find almost anything you ever thought was impossible to find on planet Earth. Sure enough, Japan is the rightest country to shop for electronics in knowing that Japan is famous for its up-to-date precise electronic gizmos and gadgets. 

If you are searching for souvenirs to bring home as a reminder of wonderful time spent in Japan and presents for your friends and family, you need to go to Tennoji Area where they sell finely looking exquisite antiques and handicrafts.

You will certainly profit by visiting the Big Step department store in Shinsaibashi district of Osaka. Housed in a seven-level building, this department store comprises 80 boutiques and small shops. It has 38 years of history going back to the 70s when Japan was hit with American boom. The fashion for floppy socks, chibi tees or tiny T-shirts, Atsu-zoko platform boots which started appearing in Japan after the 70s was imposed by the Big Step department store. In the vicinity of it tourists can find some other worthy outlets like OPA department store, Tower Records, a Step shoe chain store and Donde Esta Mu,  a two-level store with the architecture of a Mexican brick-house. Here you cab find funky clothes like new and discarded skirts, tops and pants from Latin America, Spain and France at affordable prices.

One of the oldest department stores in Japan is a 30 years old Shinsaibashi-Suji. Next to it there is another fashionable spot called Yoroppa Mura, which stands for ?Europe Village?. In the neighborhood of those two department stores there is a vast number of smaller outlets, being Whity Umeda, Dojima Chika Center, Diamor, and Hankyu Sanbangai.