EST

EST is a shopping street aimed at young women, running east to west under the elevated railway on the east side of JR Osaka Station. Its main target is women from their late teens to their early twenties, but it also suits older women with polished taste. The concept is a town of dreams and excitement: the building has a glass exterior, and the number of entrances was increased to give passages that are easy to walk around. Shops that combine a cafe with a store, and a Japanese restaurant whose space mixes the look of a Kyoto machiya townhouse with modern design, let you rest between purchases. Together with HEP FIVE across from it, EST sits among a cluster of commercial buildings.

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