Discover Osaka: Umeda Sky Building (The Floating Garden Observatory)

Day 6

January 2, 2013

The Floating Garden Obsevatory
Umeda Sky Building
1-1-88 Oyodonaka,
Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan

Admission fee: JPY 700 (PhP 350)

Transportation: 8 minutes walk from JR Osaka Station, Subway Umeda Station and Hankyu Umeda Station

After visiting Osaka Castle in the morning and eating at Nipponichi late in the afternoon, we took the subway to Umeda Sky Building where the Floating Garden Observatory is located on the 39th floor. Umeda Sky Building is 173 meters high. It is "a pair of skyscraper connected in midair".  The Floating Garden Observatory is where visitors can enjoy a 360-degree panoramic view of Osaka.

inside Umeda Sky Building

Facts about Umeda Sky Building:

• 12th tallest building in Osaka, Japan
• The building was designed by Hiroshi Hara
• It was constructed by Takenaka Corporation and was completed in 1993

More photos right after the break...

Love Locks in N Seoul Tower

My visit: January 1, 2012

Day 10 (5th day DIY Seoul Tour)

Love Padlocks (Love Locks)

N Seoul Tower

Korea

Our flight back to Manila leaves at 8:00 in the evening, we have plenty of time in the morning so we hie off to N Seoul Tower where Love Locks is located. 

brought our own lock and key; N Seoul Tower as background

 Love Padlocks are a custom by which padlocks are affixed to a fence, gate, bridge or similar public fixture by sweethearts to symbolize their everlasting love- Wikipedia

We brought the oldest lock & key we could possibly find in our house and a pen to write down our names and the date of our visit.

Want to know how to get there? Read after the break...