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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Kantele Ogimachi Square Osaka

 

Originally called Ogimachi Kids Park, this modern building adjacent to Ogimachi Park in Kita Ward, Osaka, is quite distinctive.

Kantele is the nickname of Kansai Telecasting, a local TV station and broadcaster with sudios and offices in the building.

It is also called Kids Plaza after a large childrens science museum inside.

It opened in 1997 and was designed by Yasui Architects & Engineers Inc, not a household name, but designers of hundreds of major buildings in Japan and elsewhere.

I passed by while on my second day of walking the Kinki Fudo Myo Pilgrimage.

The previous post in the series is on the nearby Settsu Kokubunji Temple