Osaka/North

Northern Osaka covers the wards of Higashiyodogawa-ku (東淀川区), Nishiyodogawa-ku (西淀川区), and Yodogawa-ku (淀川区).

Get in

By train

The main train station in this area is Shin-Osaka Station.

The fastest trains between Kansai Int'l Airport and Shin-Osaka station are "Ltd. Express Haruka" which operates by JR West. The journey takes approximately 50 minutes at a cost of ¥2490: ¥1320 regular fare + ¥1150 limited express fare.

By bus

Expressway buses arrived at Hankyu Highwaybus Shin-Osaka terminal (阪急ハイウェイバス新大阪ターミナル), near the JR Shin-Osaka Station.

Airport limousine buses from Itami (¥500, roughly 25 min.) and Kansai (¥1,550, 90 min)

See

• 🌍 Open Air Museum of Old Farmhouses (日本民家集落博物館 (nihon minka shūraku hakubutsukan)), Ryokuchi-koen (Take the Midosuji subway line to Ryokuchi.). Tu-Su. Ryokuchi park itself is lovely, and in it is a museum of a dozen old Edo period farmhouses, moved across country and lovingly reconstructed. Also on display are tools, furniture, and the like. You can go to Himeji-jo or the old palace in Kyoto and see how the rulers lived, but come down here to see how the people lived. Thanks to the efforts of a volunteer from Australia, they have a great new English-language brochure to guide you. ¥500. 

Do

• Osaka municipal indoor pool - Yodogawa (大阪市立淀川屋内プール), 2-3-1 Juso-Higaqshi Yodogawa-ku (6 minutes walk from Hankyu Juso station east exit). Open hours AM9-PM9:30(PM7:30 Sat,San). Heated swimming pool & Exercise room. Admission: ¥700 pool, ¥600 training, ¥1000 pool & training. 

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Sleep

• Shin-Osaka Youth Hostel (A block from the east exit of Shin-Osaka Station). A clean, modern, and friendly youth hostel. ¥3500. 
• Mystays Shin Osaka, 6-2-19 Nishi-Nakajima Yodogawa-ku (10mintes walk from Shin-Osaka station - walk towards the Washington Plaza hotel and cross under the 423 highway), ☎ [phone]. Small, clean rooms and a bit of a hike to the bullet train station, but unbeatable for the price. Some staff speak English. Some rates include buffet breakfast in the hotel's restaurant (¥1100 separately). Family Mart and Lawson convenience stores are a half-block away, while a 7-Eleven with international ATM access is located on the way from Shin-Osaka station. Web site lists singles starting from ¥8300, though cheaper rates might be found when searching for availability. 
• Business Hotel OK, 1-10-11 Jusohigashi Yodogawa-ku (5 mintes walk from Umeda ( Osaka ) station or Shin-Osaka station.), ☎ [phone]. Rooms from ¥4500 single, ¥5000 dobule. 
• Hotel Laforet Shin-Osaka, 1-2-70 Miyahara, Yodogawa-ku (1 minte walk from Shin-Osaka Sta.), ☎ [phone]. 
• New Osaka Hotel, 5-14-10 Nishinakajima Yodogawa (3 minutes walk from Shin-Osaka Station), ☎ [phone]. Rooms from ¥8085 single,¥16170 twin/double. 

Connect

• Osaka Visitors Information Center - Shin-Osaka, 3F JR Shin-Osaka Sta. 5-16-1 Nishinakajima Yodogawa-ku (inside JR Shin-Osaka Station), ☎ [phone]. 9AM-6PM, Open: all year round, excluding 12/31～1/3. 

Go next

Routes through North

into ←	W  E	→ Kyoto → Nagoya
Hiroshima ← Okayama←Shin-Kobe ←	W  E	→ into
Sannomiya ← Nishinomiya←Osaka ←	W  E	→ Suita → Ibaraki → Kyoto
Sannomiya ← Koshien ← Amagasaki ←	W  E	→ Oasaka Nanba
Umeda ←	S  E	→ Ibarakishi → Nagaokatenjin → Kawaramachi
↑ ←	S  E	→ Katsura → into Arashiyama line → Arashiyama
Takarazuka ← Ikeda ← Toyonaka ←	N  S	→ Umeda
Sannomiya ← Nishinomiya Kitaguchi ←	W  S	→ Umeda
Senri-Chuo ← into ← Esaka ←	N  S	→ Umeda → Nanba → Tennoji
END ←	N  S	→ Taishibashi-Imaichi → Shigino → Imazato