Avenue is the primary main street in central

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. It runs north-south, passing

Umeda is a major commercial, business, shopping and entertainment district in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, and the city's main northern railway terminus (Ōsaka Station, Umeda Station). The district's name means "plum field". History Umeda was historical ...

, Nakanoshima,

Shinsaibashi is a district in the Chūō-ku ward of Osaka, Japan and the city's main shopping area. At its center is , a covered shopping street, that is north of Dōtonbori and Sōemonchō, and parallel and east of Mido-suji street. Associated with Shin ...

Dōtonbori is one of the principal tourist destinations in Osaka, Japan, running along the Dōtonbori canal from Dōtonboribashi Bridge to Nipponbashi Bridge in the Namba district of the city's Chuo ward. Historically a theater district, it is now a popu ...

, Ame-mura, and

Namba is a district of Osaka, Japan. It is located in Chūō and Naniwa wards. Namba is regarded as the center of so-called ''Minami'' ("South") area of Osaka. Its name is one of variations on the former name of Osaka, '' Naniwa''. Namba is be ...

districts. Underneath the street is the

Midōsuji Line The is a rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, operated by Osaka Metro. Constructed under Midōsuji, a major north-south street, it is the oldest line in the Osaka subway system and the second oldest in Japan, following the Tokyo Metro Ginza L ...

subway. Especially in autumn when leaves of the ginkgo roadside trees turn yellow, a beautiful landscape can be seen.

Route description

Midōsuji becomes the Shinmido-suji in

Kita-ku, Osaka is one of 24 wards of Osaka in Japan. Incidents and accidents 2021 Osaka building fire Notable locations Kita-ku, particularly the Umeda area surrounding Osaka Station, is one of the main commercial centers of Osaka. Kita-ku is also a fin ...

, running concurrently with Japan National Route 423. After travelling about to the north it becomes the

Minō Toll Road The Minō Toll Road (箕面有料道路 ''Minō Yūryōdōro'') is a two-lane toll road in Minoh, Osaka that connects the Shin-Meishin Expressway to the southern limits of the city via a tunnel under Mount Minō. History The Minō Toll Road was ...

. To the south, Midōsuji becomes the Kishu Highway.

History

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was character ...

, Midosuji was just a narrow street called "". Midōsuji was built in the Taishō period, widening an existing north-south street and extending it to run all the way to

in the north and

in the south. Today Midōsuji is an ultra high-class shopping street, housing clothing stores by such brands as

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, major hotels, and even an

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flagship. The area has been referred to in songs by popular artists such as

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on her 2006 album '' It's a New Day''.

Features

References

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