Shinsaibashi (心斎橋) is a district in the Chūō-ku ward of Osaka, Japan and the city's main shopping area. At its center is Shinsaibashi-suji (心斎橋筋), a covered shopping street, that is north of Dōtonbori and parallel and east of Mido-suji street. Associated with Shinsaibashi, and west of Mido-suji street, is Amerika-mura, an American-themed shopping area and center of Osaka's youth culture. Major stores and boutiques concentrates are found around the area. Shinsaibashi is easily accessed via the subway.

        Shinsaibashi has a history of more than 300 years and is Japan's famous shopping and cargo distribution center. In particular, Shinsaibashi now brings together more than 80% of cosmetics and skin care products in Japan, except for a small number of ultra-high-end brands that can only be found in the counters of large department stores, such as Shiseido, Kanebo, and Kose. They are all sold in drugstores. Nowadays, the drugstores are equipped with Chinese-speaking staff, most of them are international students. Compared with the bad situation that Chinese students can only brush in the restaurant operation room many years ago, I really appreciate the reform and opening up and the outbreak of travel abroad! The drug store is open-frame, so almost all the products in it can be tried for free. After the trial, choose the product that suits you. When you check out your passport at the checkout, there is also a tax-free treatment. It goes without saying that it is customary to brush UnionPay cards! The variety of snacks here is also great, crabs, octopus...

      The Shinsaibashi in the evening is so lively, the neon lights are full of brilliance, and the people shopping for shopping are shoulder to shoulder. The drug store does not talk about it. There are so many good strategies on the Internet. Sunscreen hand cream hair dye clothing fragrance mask steam eye mask ceramic knife balabala, I can only say a little more, cheaper than online shopping too much. I remember going to the big brand drug store, many products in Japan are imported, especially no technical content, of which Chinese production accounts for a large part, so shopping pay attention to export to domestic sales... In the underground street of Shinsaibashi business district, there is a similar Daiso, a small shop that sells a wide range of daily necessities, can find some Japanese-style tableware from Made in Japan. The exquisite workmanship pattern is unique and inexpensive (the price is unimaginable). In the Shinsaibashi, there are a few Japanese-made exquisite stickers, all of which are very Japanese-style.

Photographed at Shinsaibashi, Osaka, Japan
April 11, 2019