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Quartz Shinsaibashi, a new 28-storey complex on the corner of Midosuji and Nagahori-dori, opened the first four of its seven retail floors on Saturday April 25, with 38 shops now trading in a glitzy addition to Osaka’s main thoroughfare.
Designed by Nikken Sekkei and Takenaka – the same firms behind Tokyo Skytree and Abeno Harukas – the building sits on Midosuji boulevard and is connected directly to Shinsaibashi Station.
Its opening line-up of shops leans on a mix of flagship stores, Japan firsts and new-format concept stores. There’s a Diesel flagship on the ground floor, while Lacoste, Mammut, Descente and a new The North Face Footwear concept store spread across the upper floors.
Other stores include Globe-Trotter, Helen Kaminski, Lalique (its first Kansai store) and a new branch of Osaka-born bag label Master-Piece trading under the Master-Piece Unlimited name.
For now, food and drink can be found in the basement with the first Japan outpost of Parisian honey patisserie L’Atelier du Miel Torii x Shodai Bio Nature, alongside TWG Tea, Kobe Frantz and a new sister concept from confectioner Gin no Mori.
The remaining floors and tenants will open in phases through 2026: a raft of restaurants and two clinics are set to start business in summer, followed by Bulgari, Cartier, Chaumet and Fendi boutiques in stages through to autumn.
The restaurants opening on the fifth floor will include Singapore-headquartered dim sum specialist Paradise Dynasty, sushi counter Sushi Amato, and the Kansai debut of Kumamoto Akaushi beef specialist Kobai.
A 223-room Gate Hotel Osaka by Hulic – the brand’s largest property to date, with a rooftop bar at 120 metres up – opens on the upper floors on June 15.
Retail floors are open daily from 10am to 8pm, with restaurants running until 10pm.
Quartz Shinsaibashi. 3-12-14 Minamisemba, Chuo, Osaka.
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