Shinsaibashi
- Japan
- (culture • Kyuji Fujikawa • Osaka • Shinsaibashi • shopping • Taro Kido • travel • Uniqlo)
Unusual curved escalators are the crowning jewel of this shopping mall in Osaka
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Oona McGee
Oct 9, 2023
- Japan
- (architecture • Big Step • COK • cool • curved escalator • design • escalator • escalators • Mitsubishi • Mitsubishi Electric • Osaka • Shinsaibashi • shopping centre • shopping mall • SNJO • spiral escalator • tech • technology)
Long awaited Pokémon Cafe finally opening in Kansai, plus new Osaka Pokémon Center DX
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Dale Roll
Jun 14, 2019
The most vandalised vending machines in Japan? We check out a grungy duo at America Village
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Oona McGee
May 7, 2019
- Japan
- (America Mura • COK • drinks • graffiti • Mr. Sato • Osaka • Shinsaibashi • SNOJ • vending machines)
Capsule hotel in Osaka offers VR, 100,000 volumes of manga, saunas, possibly a capsule
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Master Blaster
Feb 3, 2018
- Japan
- (capsule hotels • Grand Sauna Shinsaibashi • hotels • Namba • Osaka • Shinsaibashi • travel)
Finally, a place where zombies can go and enjoy some culture… Oh, it’s a museum of zombies. That’s good too.
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