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Osaka
Visitor Information
The main visitor information center is at JR Osaka Station. To get there from the Mido-suji Exit, turn right and walk about 50 yards. The office is beneath a pedestrian overpass, next to the city bus station. The Shin-Osaka center is at the JR local line exit at Shin-Osaka Station. For the Namba center, take Exit 24 at Namba Station in front of Starbucks; for the Tenno-ji center, take the East Exit of JR Tenno-ji Station. The Universal City center is a two-minute walk from JR Universal City Station. They are all open daily 8-8 (except Universal City which opens at 9) and closed December 31-January 3.
Contacts
Namba Station Tourist Information Center. B1 Mido-suji Grand Bldg., 2-2-3 Namba, Chuo-ku, Osaka, 542-0076. 06/6211-3551.
Osaka Station Tourist Information Center. 3-1-2 Umeda, JR Osaka Station, Kita-ku, Osaka, 530-001. 06/6345-2819.
Shin-Osaka Tourist Information Center. JR Shin-Osaka Station, Higashi-Yodo-gawa-ku, Osaka, 533-0032. 06/6305-3311.
Tenno-ji Station Tourist Information Center. 1F JR Tenno-ji Station Bldg., 10-45 Hidenin-cho, Tenno-ji-ku, Osaka, 543-0055. 06/6774-3077.
Universal City Tourist Information Center. 6-2-61 Shimaya, Universal City Walk, Konohana-ku, Osaka, 554-0024. 06/4804-3824.
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