Chaska Chayamachi (チャスカ茶屋町)
Chayamachi, Kita-ku, Osaka
Sources checked October 2026
- Year
- 2010
- Architect
- Tadao Ando
- Type
- Commercial, hotel and rental-housing complex
- Access
- Complex in operation; the MARUZEN & Junkudo bookstore is open to the public (Osaka tourism bureau, October 2026)
Opened in 2010 on the site of the former Osaka Tokyu Hotel, this complex of 23 levels above ground and 2 below brings together a large bookstore, a wedding hotel and 28 rental homes. Tadao Ando's office designed its exterior; the hotel interior and the rental housing are the work of other firms.
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History
The complex takes the place of the former Osaka Tokyu Hotel. The wedding hotel Harmonie Embrassée Osaka opened on 23 April 2010, and the MARUZEN & Junkudo bookstore on 22 December of the same year.
Architecture
The building has 23 levels above ground and 2 below, a height of 100.55 m and 24,309.55 m2 of floor area on a 2,670.14 m2 site. Its exterior is designed by Tadao Ando's office; Kajima Corporation shared the design with it and carried out the construction. The hotel interiors and the rental-housing part were designed by two other firms.
The pointed tip that crowns the building holds the chapel of the wedding hotel.
Use today
The building brings together shops, among them a large MARUZEN & Junkudo bookstore, the wedding hotel Harmonie Embrassée Osaka and 28 rental homes.
Visiting
The shops are open to the public; the MARUZEN & Junkudo bookstore receives customers from 10:00 to 22:00. The complex is about a three-minute walk from Hankyu Osaka-Umeda Station.
34.71° N, 135.50° E
Greenhouses nearby
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