心斎橋
Area in central
Osaka,
Japan, just north of
Namba. It is known as the shopping capital of the city, and features a huge
underground shopping mall with Japanese (
Daimaru) and American (
Gap) stores on top.
America Mura, the "American Village," is also in Shinsaibashi (you can find it by looking for a building with a Statue of Liberty on top). Despite what the name might indicate, it isn't an expatriate community: rather, it's another cluster of shops specializing in what the Japanese perceive as American fashion. (Namely, wacky T-shirts written in Engrish.)