It must have been the fatigue of jetlag that caused me to make the decision to ride this enormous Ferris wheel is located on top of a shopping center! I don't do things like this as a usual habit. For ¥700 (you will need to coins to buy tickets), you get a 15-minute (or longer) ride in one of 52 gondolas 106m above the Umeda shopping district. You see plenty if you have a clear day, but I think a sunset ride would be much more interesting. Each gondola holds four people. What I could see when I now and then opened my eyes was great vistas of Osaka. You have to go up to the seventh floor to buy your ticket to ride in a glass elevator! That was almost enough for me. This woman is quite content to say that I really did this, but once is enough! I trust Japanese engineering quality, or I never would have done it. Well built it is! I couldn't even bend the hand holds, although I really did hang on.
It is accessible for all and interesting for the entire family.