We had some time to kill after leaving Osaka, before arriving at Arima Onsen. We got on a train with the intention of getting off randomly to visit places that looked neat from the train car. We arrived at Osaka station and saw this building off in the distance.
We put our rolly bags into a temporary storage locker and started walking. Japan is filled with crazy looking buildings like this one, but we were told that this was the “Floating Garden” and we wanted to see it.
The escalator going up that you see in those cross-beams in the photos above.
A view down of the same escalator.
The view from the top.
We were lied to. There was no garden, floating or otherwise, in the building. Cool building and cool view though!
Yes, the best view of Osaka, especially in the evening and early night. We spent over an hour enjoying the view
Did you see the video of how the observation platform was raised into place? It is floating as it was raised after the side buildings were completed. At night the floor has random lights turning on and off.