The Umeda sky building is not the tallest building in the world and even higher in Japan. Among Japanese high-rise buildings it occupies only 44-e a place closer to the end of the list. But it has its own characteristics, for which this giant is one of the most interesting sights of the economic center of Osaka.

This 173-meter-high building is considered to be only the seventh highest in Osaka. It is located in the district of kita-ku and consists of two 40-storey towers. The author of the project of a skyscraper is a Japanese architect Hiroshi Hara. According to the initial plan, interconnected towers had to be four, and in this case, the project was called "Air city". For reasons of economy in difficult years were built only two towers in the area of the upper floors are connected by bridges and escalators arranged at an inclination in a glass "pipes". Up to the 35th floor gives visitors the Elevator, and then on the 40th floor, where the observation deck, they up the escalators, they are considered the high-rise in the world. Trip on the escalator can be equated to a short flight.

On the roof of the building there is an outdoor area called "the floating garden" because it by spraying water through nozzles fogs or clouds.

On the ground floor of a skyscraper is a restaurant, the interior of which repeats the shape of the Japanese street early XX century – early Showa period. Around the skyscraper a Park.

The building project was developed in the late 80-ies of the last century, its construction has been the company Takenaka, who completed the construction work in 1993.

The district of kita-ku, located in the Northern part of the city, also called the "New Umeda city". In this area there are the main Osaka station, offices, shopping malls and hotels including other high-rise buildings. They were all built fairly recently, so this part of the city and features an abundance of modern buildings, sometimes very futuristic.