Namba Hatch

 

Namba Hatch is a uniquely-shaped building on the south bank of the Dotonbori River in Namba, Osaka.

It is a kind of concert hall and music venue, though not an auditorium with fixed seats.

Rock, Jazz, Blues, Hip-Hop and other contemporary styles are put on and the venue can hold less than 2,000 standing, much less sitting.

Several boat tours leave from the river landing here....

The octagonal main structure is quite striking. Namba Hatch was designed by Yasui Architecture & Engineering.

The only other building of theirs that I have knowingly covered was also in Osaka, the Kantelle Ogimachi Square

The previous post in this series on Osaka was on the nearby OCAT, the Osaka City Air Terminal.

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