Souvenir shopping Osaka?

Hi,
since Osaka will be my last stop before heading up to Takayama and from there straight to the airport I plan to buy my souvenirs and food to bring home in osaka. Any recommanded shops there to go?
I want to look for a yukata and the typical stuff to bring home like nice chopsticks .. and for food I thought about the pickles and maybe some spices & herbals (whats typical?)

Thanks
Tina

100 yen shops have great gifts like chopsticks. Also, there is a awesome (but a bit expensive) shop in Kansai Airport on the lower level. There wasn't too many shops in the city because most people go to Kyoto to buy them.

I remember buying frozen takoyakis at a souvenir shop in Namba station. There are plenty souvenir shops at touristy areas and a lot of the souvenirs would be related to osaka as well. For example takoyaki soft toy/key chains, Hanshin tigers. I also remember souvenir shops around Osaka castle.

However if you are going to Kyoto before Osaka, maybe you can split the souvenir purchases between Kyoto and Osaka? I know they have marvelous souvenir items at Kiyomizu Dera. Some of the food items such as daifuku and mochi are available at the airports but you might want to get the chopsticks, magnets, keychains, scarves etc at Kyoto. Marvelous selections!!

Hello Tina,

in case you really can do some shopping in Kyoto, as 'mk' suggested, I'd recommend the "Kyoto Handicraft Center" near Heian Jingu.

While it may comes across as being a little too touristic, it probably offers all the things you're searching for in one place (sans the foodstuff, of course). Duty free, with English speaking staff - which might not be needed, but can come in handy.

Good luck,
Kai

Rinku Town by the airport is the most convenient to buy gifts just before you leave Japan. You should get off the train one stop ahead(Rinku Town Station).
http://www.kansai-airport.or.jp/en/transittour/index.html

Thanks everyone, I�Lm currently in Kyto so will see what I do find here.

I�Lm heading from Osaka to Takyama and from there straight to Narita (so that would be a opportunity aswell).

What is a usual price for a yakuta?

I got one in Osaka for 3000 yen a couple of years ago. Don't remember the cost of the Obi. Maybe more expensive now.

There are wholesale stores of clothing in Senba center buildings which is under the Hanshin expressway, near Honmachi station of subway Midosuji line.
There are some shops which deal in kimono at cheap price in eastern side of the buildings.
Or, there are similar shops also in northern part of Shinsaibashi. (I don't recommend southern part of Shinsaibashi because they sell goods at expensive price.)

They are wholesale stores but they sell in retail too.

But I always don't know details because I'm a man. Sorry.

Good to know, I went to the Craftcenter in Kyoto but didn�Lt found anything I liked there. Yukatas were about 3.700 - 4.200 so at least I do know what they are supposed to cost.

Any ideas if there is a big 100 Yen store with kitchen stuff in Osaka? Or any other nice not to expensive shop for that there?

PS: If I find some more space as I already bought far to much eating food here in Kyoto

i always love shopping at loft and tokyu hands ... both have tons and tons of very cool japanese items from kitchen stuff to little kraft kits to stationery ... endless gifts there. if i only had two stores to shop at in japan (not local mom and pop shops) ... these would be the ones. price range is major but mostly very reasonably priced.

I found a great(and big) 100 yen store near Miyakojima subway station on the Tanimachi line. It was a bit of a walk in the shopping center with Toys R Us North of the station. Ask for directions.
It had great gifts!