Umeda’s department-store basement is about to offer a lot more choice for gifts. Daimaru Umeda has been renovating its basement food floor in stages since spring 2026, and the project is entering its final stretch. “Dojima Roll Canvas” opens first on Saturday, November 28, and on Tuesday, December 1, four more shops join in the western Japanese and Western confectionery section on basement level 1, bringing the total to five new brands.
New Taiyo no Tou Parlor, born from a Nakazakicho café
“Taiyo no Tou” is a popular café in Nakazakicho, Osaka, known for its retro, cute look. “New Taiyo no Tou Parlor” is its new sweets brand, and this will be its first shop anywhere.
The star is “The Pudding” (¥453, tax included), a firm, old-fashioned pudding. There is also “Shunderu” (¥380 each, or ¥2,280 for six, tax included), a pound cake soaked generously in liquor, and “Taiyo no Kankan mini Parlor Can” (¥1,280 each flavor, 10 pieces, tax included), a tin of crisp pie pastries in four flavors: sugar, cheese, almond and kombu. The name “Shunderu” comes from a Kansai dialect word meaning “well soaked with flavor.”
Two special projects mark the opening. One is the EXPO 2025 officially licensed “OSAKA O/MAKE CAN” (¥2,700, tax included, 12 pieces): a leopard-print “Maido Ookini” tin that comes with a Myaku-Myaku figure in a matching pattern (three designs; you cannot choose which). It is limited to three per person and to a set quantity each day, and goes on sale in store on Tuesday, December 1. The Daimaru Matsuzakaya online store starts advance sales at 10:00 on Friday, November 20. The other is a “Charmy-chan × New Taiyo no Tou Parlor” collaboration tin due in December: a cookie assortment (¥3,888, tax included) and a mini oval tin (¥1,620, tax included).
Four more distinctive shops
“Dojima Roll Canvas” is a new brand from Mont Chere. It treats the Dojima Roll as a canvas and decorates it with popular characters and cute motifs. The “Dojima Roll On” series (¥756 each, tax included) is the recommended pick.
“La Maison du R OSAKA” is a patisserie owned by Ryo of the video creator group Tokai On Air, and this is its first permanent store in Kansai. Its signature is a Basque cheesecake made with Jersey-cow cream. From Tuesday, December 1, Christmas cake reservations also open at the store. The “Noel Fraise” (15 cm) costs ¥5,800 (tax included), in limited numbers.
“PAPABUBBLE” is an art-candy specialist born in Barcelona, Spain. This is its first Umeda shop with a kitchen, so you can watch the candy makers at work. The store-only “Umeda Mix” (¥740, tax included) combines Osaka favorites — “Ookini,” tiger and takoyaki patterns — with exclusive “UMEDA” and “manzai” designs.
“Hyde & Away” specializes in square “hako tarts” made with Earl Grey–infused dough and Japanese fruit, and this is its first Umeda shop. From Tuesday, December 1 to Sunday, December 20, it brings back its chocolate and Japanese strawberry tart (¥1,480, tax included) while stocks last.
Rikuro Ojisan and Morozoff are refreshed too
Existing favorites are also getting a new look. “Rikuro Ojisan’s Shop Daimaru Umeda Twin Store” holds its grand opening on Tuesday, November 24, with a renewed freshly baked cheesecake zone. A limited-time brand stamp exclusive to Daimaru Umeda is planned.
On Saturday, November 28, “Petit Prince HAKKO” and “Morozoff” reopen after renovation, and on Tuesday, December 1, “OSAKA Ai-Sing,” a shop of Osaka-themed iced cookies, reopens as well. Morozoff will sell a limited-time “Pudding no Hoppe” (¥464, tax included) from Saturday, November 28 to Friday, December 4. Finally, on Saturday, December 12, the Hyogo-based supermarket “Yamada Store” opens its first Osaka location, completing the renovation.
Opening dates and product details
- Location: Daimaru Umeda, basement level 1 (west), Japanese and Western confectionery section and others
- Tuesday, November 24: Rikuro Ojisan’s Shop Daimaru Umeda Twin Store grand opening
- Saturday, November 28: Dojima Roll Canvas opens early; Petit Prince HAKKO and Morozoff reopen
- Tuesday, December 1: New Taiyo no Tou Parlor, La Maison du R OSAKA, PAPABUBBLE and Hyde & Away open; OSAKA Ai-Sing reopens
- Saturday, December 12: Yamada Store Osaka Umeda opens
- OSAKA O/MAKE CAN: ¥2,700 (tax included), 12 pieces, limit three per person. Advance sales at the Daimaru Matsuzakaya online store from 10:00 on Friday, November 20
- Daimaru Matsuzakaya online store (Japanese): https://www.daimaru-matsuzakaya.jp/Item?prod=20J561336&sku=20J561336
