Model Railway Shops In Osaka-shi

[Shashinka]

Where are any of the actual model train shops in Osaka? Preferably ones near the Midosuji Line or Shinosaka?

[disturbman]

Good question. I might be there myself in the very very near future.

[bill937ca]

I don't know if these are in the exact locations of interest, but I am aware of these places through the internet.

This shop is along the Kintetsu.  There are instructions for getting there by train from JR Tennoji Station.

http://homepage3.nifty.com/mokei-ya/

http://homepage3.nifty.com/mokei-ya/sub3.html  (detailed directions with photos)

At the bottom of the home page (just above the yellow logo) there is a list of four other train shops with links to their web sites, including a model shop near Shin-Osaka station five floors up with a view of Shinkansens (if the translated page can be trusted). Looks like limited hours.

http://shinosaka.biz/

There also is train/tram themed coffee shop down near the Hankai Tramway carbarn. 

http://www.tetsudocafe.com/layout.html

http://akaikitsune.air-nifty.com/001/2009/04/post-ffba.html

Another Osaka hobby shop I am aware of is Rail Craft Awaza.

http://www.rc-awaza.com/

http://www.rc-awaza.com/html/shop.html

I'm not sure if these fit into your plans or not.

[Shashinka]

Thanks Bill, that's a big help. Will look in to it in more detail this weekend, and try to map my route out to it. Tenoji is an easy hit from the Midosuji Line.

[stevenh]

Don't forget:

Tam tam/Hobidas, Amagasaki.
Poppondetta under the pedestrian overbridge in Den Den Town.
There's also another railway store opposite it towards Tennoji.
Then you have Joshin, Level 4, on the same street.
Yodoyabashi Camera at Umeda Station (next to the freight yards)

And an awesome card/paper modeller near uehommachi (kintetsu) station. If interested (lots of HO models and other random 2nd hand N in tiny store) then I can get the exact location for you.

[Shashinka]

This one is right smack near my hotel http://shinosaka.biz/ but I can't get Google maps to get a good hold on where it is. It does not like the address: Higashinakazima 1-chome, Higashi-Yodogawa Ward, Osaka 502 Oshiro Bill No. 19-11

[stevenh]

Higashinakazima 1-chome, Higashi-Yodogawa Ward, Osaka 502 Oshiro Bill No. 19-11

Translates to Higashinakajima 1-19-11... which is here.

I would've walked past that building 100 times though, and not seen a shop? Damn... looks like I missed out...

[bill937ca]

On the 5th floor.  But closed  Tuesday and Sunday for regular holiday.  Ordinary day business hours 16:00-20:00 and 12:00 to 20;00 Saturday.

Temporary closing for business trip March 18th-23rd.

The address machine translates as (with the 502 probably being the unit number).

No.502 in Oshiro Osaka City Higashi-yodogawa Ward east Nakashima 1-19-11 building


http://shinosaka.biz/?mode=f1

[Shashinka]

On the 5th floor.  But closed  Tuesday and Sunday for regular holiday.  Ordinary day business hours 16:00-20:00 and 12:00 to 20;00 Saturday.

Temporary closing for business trip March 18th-23rd.

The address machine translates as (with the 502 probably being the unit number).

No.502 in Oshiro Osaka City Higashi-yodogawa Ward east Nakashima 1-19-11 building


http://shinosaka.biz/?mode=f1

OMG, Bill, that map location is priceless, it's nearly behind my hotel. google maps had so much trouble for me

[stevenh]

OMG, Bill, that map location is priceless, it's nearly behind my hotel. google maps had so much trouble for me

Isn't that the exact location I had stated prior?

[Shashinka]

OMG, Bill, that map location is priceless, it's nearly behind my hotel. google maps had so much trouble for me

Isn't that the exact location I had stated prior?

I was having trouble getting that location to appear on the maps from the original link though.

[Fat Al]

Hello! Just wondering, I'm headed to Osaka on Friday, and I only have time to visit one railway shop, as dictated by my fiancee (boo). Which one should I go to?

I can't find the map anymore for the Osaka shops... 

[disturbman]

For me the best one was the Hobbyland Pochi shop located near Umeda. But it's only second hand and only good for train sets. In this area, the only place for new items (mostly train sets and rails) is the Yodobashi Camera.

If not go to Namba (Denden town). You have three hobby shops (Volks, Popondetta and the second Pochi) in a 50m radius.

http://maps.google.fr/maps/ms?hl=fr&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=114074710234106649283.000481843669b2bd0b312&t=h&z=3

Good hunt.

Oh man... I miss Osaka so much! :(

[Fat Al]

Ah. I'll be staying right beside the Nankai Namba station. That'll do nicely! Thanks!

[stevenh]

Yey for Den Den Town.
Fat Al, make sure, if you are returning to Namba Nankai Station, that you do visit Poppondetta.
Be careful though, most of these shops open around 10-11am (or even midday for Poppondetta!)

[maxa1]

If I recall correctly, 'Mach' is also near Hankyu Umeda station.

Cheers

Max

[to2leo]

There's a Tamtam along with the largest model railroad layout in West Japan just minutes away from Osaka by train.
http://www.hobbista.jp/
The city is called Amagasaki.

[Fat Al]

There's no way I'll be able to leave Namba, Leo, let alone Osaka. It's her birthday shopping trip, unfortunately. I'm a slave to her wants and needs. 

[to2leo]

In that case, you can try the Pochi pre-owned stores.

There's one right by Namba and was recently renovated!
http://hobbyland-pochi.net/hpgen/HPB/entries/1.html#umeda

[Shashinka]

Sicne this is a dub thread, they've been merged in to one super-happy-mega-fun thread. Please feel free to read up. Enjoy!

[bikkuri bahn]

Mach Mokei (pronounced "mahha") which has N, HO (large stock), TT, O scales.  Near Hankyu Umeda and JR Osaka Station. 

http://www.mach-mokei.jp/index.html

*I have a more detailed post in the "other scales" section.

[miyakoji]

Mach Mokei (pronounced "mahha") which has N, HO (large stock), TT, O scales.  Near Hankyu Umeda and JR Osaka Station. 

http://www.mach-mokei.jp/index.html

*I have a more detailed post in the "other scales" section.

$$$.  I like the KIHA58/65 Express Kasuga set for 289,800 yen!  I was only aware of the Kasuga because JR Central discontinued it while I was living in the area.  It have never occured to me that it ran with anything other than KIHA75s.

[bikkuri bahn]

Mach Mokei (pronounced "mahha") which has N, HO (large stock), TT, O scales.  Near Hankyu Umeda and JR Osaka Station.  

http://www.mach-mokei.jp/index.html

*I have a more detailed post in the "other scales" section.

$$$.  I like the KIHA58/65 Express Kasuga set for 289,800 yen!  I was only aware of the Kasuga because JR Central discontinued it while I was living in the area.  It have never occured to me that it ran with anything other than KIHA75s.

Don't really consider price in terms of hobby shop selection, coz HO is seldom discounted much anyway, and any stock on hand is appreciated.  Mach Mokei did have "new old stock" Kato kiha 65 units at 20% off though.

Yes, the Kasuga was one I regret never having taken a ride on.  Though back when I was a junior high school student in the early eighties, I did take a trip on the Kansai Main Line with my cousin, and I believe the train we caught at Kameyama was a kiha 58 unit, though I don't remember if it was a named express.  Another memory was riding a 103 series unit into Minatomachi Station (the current JR Nanba Sta.) when the station was still an above ground affair with atmosphere:

http://img.blogs.yahoo.co.jp/ybi/1/74/04/yamakamo2005/folder/1289983/img_1289983_35082422_1?1266760915

[miyakoji]

Good pic, Bikkuri, but yahoo doesn't seem keen allowing direct links.  I think this is the pic you tried to include:

http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/yamakamo2005/GALLERY/show_image_v2.html?id=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.blogs.yahoo.co.jp%2Fybi%2F1%2F74%2F04%2Fyamakamo2005%2Ffolder%2F1289983%2Fimg_1289983_35082422_1%3F1266760915

Some late pictures of the late above-ground Minatomachi/JR-Namba:

http://ekisya.net/A-GENEKI/093-KANSAI/093-JR_NAMBA.html

Earlier pic (google images will display this picture, but the site itself will not!  copied to imageshack):