360 Sunsets from on top of Umeda Sky Building in Osaka

There’s nothing that Scott loves more than getting on top of a roof and taking photographs. I mean OBSESSED. So when we have an opportunity presented to us where we can get a full 360 view of Osaka during sunset from the Umeda Sky Building, you can bet we are both game.

Our first impressions from seeing the building from afar was that we weren’t too impressed. I mean it’s only the 19th tallest building in Osaka, that’s nothing to really brag about. We decided to walk closer to the building, take at least one photo, and if we weren’t happy after that then we wouldn’t pay to go to the top.

As we got closer and saw some different angles of the building, we became more and more drawn to it. We actually started to really like it and like the photos we were getting. It was early evening and we decided we were going to pay to $10 to see what the Floating Garden Observatory was all about.

After a short line and a scenic elevator ride up and a really cool floating escalator ride, we were at the top. We couldn’t have planned the timing any better. The sun was starting to go down and we were about to witness an epic sunset from the top.

Everynight we’ve spent in Japan so far we have witnessed such gorgeous sunsets. We watched panoramic views of the city in awe because this night the sky was on fire! From the top we could see Osaka Castle, mountains in the distance from all directions, reflections off the Yodo River, and the skyline from Kobe in the near distance.

To top things off, it’s been pretty freaking hot here and the breeze from the top was the perfect way to cool us off at the end of the day.

We recommend checking the view from Umeda Sky Building yourself on your trip to Osaka. It’s worth the $10 and lines to see the beauty of this electrifying city from above. Everything we have done in Osaka has been making us fall more and more in love with this city.