Namba City

Leaving Osaka Castle via Uemachi-suji Avenue , I headed for Tanimachi 4-chome Station. Passing rows of red-maple trees planted on each side of road, then head to station entrance which was located at the feet of mighty Osaka Museum of History.

“Enjoy Eco Card” (another name for One Day Pass in Osaka) for 600 Yen made ut comfortable and easy to got in and out of station without having to hunt a ticket at automatic vending machine when you wanted to use the services of Osaka Metro. I just tap the card at ticket collecting gate and enjoyed traveling around Osaka as I please.

Taking Tanimachi Line and changing to Sennichimae Line at Tanimachi 9-chome Station, my journey stopped at Namba Station after traveling three kilometers and in fifteen minutes.

Arriving at the eighty-five year old Namba Station, I exited towards Namba City. Namba City is a very large shopping center in this area.

Stepping in corridor after corridor in Namba City made me interested to stop by and saw some of UNIQLO store’s winter jacket collections in a side of magnificent corridor. An interesting funny story happened to me again here. This was the result of my cheap winter jacket I was wearing. This second-hand winter jacket from Pasar Baru (a market in my town) sheded soft goose down from its inside when I tried on a UNIQLO winter jacket in dressing room. Suddenly, after I came out from fitting room, a female attendant took a broom and dustpan to clean that goose. She just smiled at me when was putting the winter jacket back into display case. Even though, I thought I wouldn’t be able to afford it, I was still determined to try it. How could I not think a thousand times to buy it if a winter jacket was priced at 12,900 Yen.

To forgot about that embarrassing incident, I hurriedly left the store and rushed to Namba Parks. This time I started to be amazed because the access to Namba Parks kept me on indoor pedestrian path, even though Namba City and Namba Parks were in different locations. The indoor corridor continued to south and was directly connected to Namba Parks.

After walking less than two hundred meters from the exit gate of Namba Station, I finally arrived at Namba Parks. The cool garden was designed at the top of shopping center with a contour made of steps like a terrace. I should have visited this park at night because there were a lot of lights installed which would definitely light up at night.

A side of Namba Parks, the park above the mall.

Namba Parks itself is also integrated with a shopping and office complex located in Naniwa City District. In the park, I only took thirty minutes because I wanted to visit Americamura soon to see the shopping and entertainment area from a different perspective.

It was already half past two in the afternoon, I started to leave Namba Parks via original route when I came to Namba Parks.

<—-Kisah Sebelumnya

Meninggalkan Osaka Castle melalui Uemachi-suji Avenue , aku menuju Stasiun Tanimachi 4-chome. Melewati deretan pohon red-maple yang tertanam di setiap sisi jalan, kemudian menuju pintu masuk stasiun yang terletak di kaki-kaki perkasa Osaka Museum of History.

Enjoy Eco Card (nama lain One Day Pass di Osaka) seharga 600 Yen (Rp. 82.000) membuatku nyaman dan mudah untuk keluar masuk stasiun tanpa harus hinggap di automatic vending machine ketika ingin menggunakan jasa Osaka Metro. Aku tinggal men-tap kartu itu di ticket collecting gate dan menikmati berkeliling Osaka sesuka hati.

Menaiki Tanimachi Line dan berpindah ke Sennichimae Line di Stasiun Tanimachi 9-chome maka perjalananku berhenti di Stasiun Namba setelah menempuh jarak tiga kilometer dan dalam waktu tempuh lima belas menit.

Tiba di Stasiun Namba yang berusia delapan puluh lima tahun, aku keluar menuju ke Namba City. Namba City merupakan pusat perbelanjaan yang sangat luas di daerah itu.

Menelusuri koridor demi koridor megah di Namba City membuatku tertarik untuk mampir dan melihat beberapa koleksi winter jacket milik UNIQLO store di salah satu sisi koridor megah. Kejadian menggelitik kembali menimpaku di sini. Ini akibat dari winter jacket murahan yang kukenakan. Winter jacket bekas keluaran Pasar Baru itu merontokkan bulu-bulu angsa lembut dari sisi bagian dalam ketika aku mencoba sebuah winter jacket milik UNIQLO di kamar pas. Sontak, setelah aku keluar dari kamar pas itu, seorang petugas wanita mengambil sapu dan pengki untuk membersihkan bulu-bulu itu. Dia cuma tersenyum menatapku yang sedang meletakkan winter jacket ke tempat display semula. Padahal aku sudah berfikir tak akan mampu membelinya, tetap masih tetap saja nekat mencobanya….Dasar sok gaya. Bagaimana aku tak berpikir seribu kali untuk membelinya jika sepotong winter jacket di banderol dengan harga 12.900 Yen (Rp. 1.750.000).

Untuk melupakan insiden memalukan itu, aku bergegas meninggalka store itu dan bergegas menuju ke Namba Parks. Kali ini aku mulai terkagum karena akses menuju ke Namba Parks membuatku tetap berada di jalur indoor pejalan kaki, padahal Namba City dan Namba Parks berada dilokasi yang berbeda. Indoor corridor itu terus menuju ke selatan dan terkoneksi langsung dengan Namba Parks.

Setelah berjalan tak sampai dua ratus meter dari exit gate Stasiun Namba, akhirya aku tiba juga di Namba Parks. Taman keren itu didesain di bagian atas pusat perbelanjaan dengan kontur yang dibuat berundak-undak bak terasering. Seharusnya aku mengunjungi taman ini saat malam karena terlihat banyak lampu terpasang yang pastinya akan menyala di malam hari.

Salah satu sisi Namba Parks, taman di atas *mall.*

Namba Parks sendiri juga terintegrasi dengan kompleks perbelanjaan dan perkantoran yang terletak di Distrik Kota Naniwa. Di taman itu, aku hanya menyempatkan tiga puluh menit saja karena aku ingin segera mengunjungi Amerikamura untuk melihat area belanja dan hiburan dengan sudut pandang yang berbeda.

Waktu sudah menunjukkan jam setengah dua siang, aku mulai meninggalkan Namba Parks melalui jalur semula saat aku mendatangi Namba Parks.

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