Abeno Hoop

Abeno Hoop is a retail complex aimed at young women, standing just south of the Kintetsu Department Store Abeno main store. Its two basement floors and six floors above ground hold about 50 shops across 13,647 square meters of sales floor, among them a well known Italian restaurant, well known fashion brands and distinctive select shops. The name Hoop comes from the BIG CIRCLE, the circular section that projects out at the fifth and sixth floors of the building; at night moving lights shine down from its underside and give the plaza at the front of the building a dynamic look. The plaza is paved with railway sleepers and has a space where you can watch a misted waterfall, and it is used for events, as a meeting point and for taking a rest.

Translated from the Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City tourist listings (観光施設一覧, CC BY 4.0).