梅田(うめだ)

うめだ
noun (proper)
Umeda (Osaka district)
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1. Umeda, district in northern Osaka
The main district of northern Osaka, known as キタ, where several railway terminals meet. It is full of department stores, office towers, and underground shopping streets.
梅田(うめだ)で待(ま)ち合(あ)わせしよう。
Let's meet in Umeda.
梅田(うめだ)の地下街(ちかがい)は迷(まよ)いやすい。
It's easy to get lost in Umeda's underground shopping streets.
梅田(うめだ)には大阪駅(おおさかえき)もあって、新幹線(しんかんせん)の新大阪駅(しんおおさかえき)からも電車(でんしゃ)ですぐだ。
Osaka Station is also in Umeda, a short train ride from Shin-Osaka, the bullet-train station.

Watch out

The JR station in Umeda is called 大阪駅(おおさかえき), while the subway and private railways call their stations 梅田(うめだ) or 大阪梅田(おおさかうめだ). They are all the same place.

Common expressions

  • キタ: the northern downtown of Osaka, centered on Umeda
  • 梅田(うめだ)ダンジョン: a joking name for its maze of underground passages
  • 梅田(うめだ)スカイビル: the twin-tower building with an open-air observatory

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Compare: 難波(なんば) (Osaka's southern hub (Minami))
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