Amerikamura

Amerikamura has long led youth culture in the Kansai region and is the liveliest corner of Minami. It covers the area west of Osaka Metro Shinsaibashi Station, from Nagahori-dori down to Dotonbori. At its centre is Sankaku Koen (Triangle Park), where young comedians and musicians perform and flea markets are held. In the Edo period charcoal was brought up the Dotonbori from Osaka Bay and the area was called Sumiyamachi. In the 1970s shops in converted warehouses began selling used clothes and jeans, and second-hand records and goods bought on the US West Coast. The name comes from the shops selling American imports that opened here in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It is still a place for fashion and music.

Translated and shortened from the Osaka Prefecture tourist listing (大阪府 観光施設一覧, CC BY 4.0).