Hankyu Umeda Main Store (阪急うめだ本店) 阪急うめだ本店
Opened in 1929, it was the world's first department store built inside a station.
Founded on 15 April 1929 by the railway company Hankyu Dentetsu, it was the world's first ‘station department store’: the model of a shop built above or next to a railway station of the same company. In 2023 its annual turnover reached about 314 billion yen, second in Japan after Isetan Shinjuku.
Osaka
Osaka-Umeda, Umeda, Osaka