JR Osaka Station

One of the busiest train stations in Japan! I love the convenience of Osaka Station. There are so many department stores and restaurants all connected underground. I don’t even have to step outside of my layover hotel to get to the station when it is a bad weather, and still can get everything I need. Yes it is super crowded and you can easily get lost especially when you don’t see anything outside for a reference mark, but there are so many good restaurants and shops and a great place to look for souvenirs.

Shinkansen does not stop at this station. Youcan transfer from JR lines to Hankyu lines (Kobe, Takaraduka, Kyoto), Hanshin lines and Osaka city subway. Station building have 2 main towers, North and South. If you go to North tower, you can get easy by upstairs transfer floor.
You can pick up your Japan Rail Pass at this station.

Probably one of the busiest station in Japan, next to Shinjuku an Tokyo station. This is one station where you can find almost everything.
Easy access to the JR highway buses. Can conveniently transfer to either Hankyu Line, Hanshin Line and Subway trains and Limousine buses to Kansai and Osaka Airport.
Directly connected to Lucua building and Daimaru and a few minutes walk to Osaka Grand Front.
You don’t need to go very far from this station to find what you need.

Such a massive hub full of swirling masses of people during rush hour its unreal! This station is so full of shopping/​food options I nearly scrapped my travel itinerary for half of my day because we spent so much time wandering and trying to navigate it.
Lesson of the story here: know where you trying to go or else you will get sidetracked. If you do get lost don’t be afraid to ask either the info desk (near the ticket gates) or people walking walking around with «English» badges on. If you have wifi, google maps will route the subway routes fairly well, but the walking directions are junk. Avoid during rush hour!

The JR Osaka station is basically a fortress lol. The station itself rivals some of the nicest facilities in the world. I would put this location right up there with the Kyoto stations as being the nicest, cleanest and most modern stations around… This place is huge and offers a plethora of dining options as well as optimal shopping facilities. You can pretty much catch any train, connection or line to get you anywhere within Japan at this station. Highly recommend scoping this place out if your adventure takes you out here.
Pros–
Amenities
Sizes
Modern
Dining options
Shopping options
Train connections
Cons–
Really crowded

The largest train station in Osaka area.
There are always a lot of people and a lot of stores such as restaurants, kiosk, cafes, and bar.
Osaka city is very famous for its funny atmosphere, but this station doesn’t have it at all.
I suppose this station looks like Shinagawa in Tokyo.
Very artificial and feel no hot hospitality of Osaka.
If you have any troubles, please ask the train service person or aged women, we call Obachan.
They are very kind and always try to help you even though they can’t speak English at all!
大阪でもっとも大きな駅。
たくさんの人で溢れていますが大阪らしさは感じません。
東京の品川駅のような雰囲気で、人工的で冷たい感じです。
何かトラブルがあれば駅員さんまたは「おばちゃん」に。
めちゃくちゃ親切、ある意味お節介なぐらいですが、大阪らしさを感じ取れます。

a very busy station with lots of shopping and food available until you find your destination and jump on a train or subway. Information booths are in the station if you can’t figure out the system and the staff are very helpful.

JR OSAKA rail and subway station.
This place is wicked busy (par for the course for Japanese rail stations), yet reasonably easy to manage. Not as large as Tennoji or Shin-​Osaka (don’t confuse the two, Shin-​Osaka is the bullet train station) but it does serve as a transfer for quite a few rail lines in Osaka (Kyoto, Osaka loop, Hanshin).
The staff are helpful and courteous even when they’re super busy.
Tons of eateries and snacks throughout.
The signs are in Japanese (duh) and English (Thank you!)

Another huge, nice, and crowded station. Lots of great shopping and good restaurants are located around and in JR Osaka station. Let’s just say it would take more than two whole days to see everything around JR Osaka.. Cool Japan

Osaka Station is yet another one of those massively huge train stations that Japan is famous for. As many hundreds of thousands of people filter in and out of it’s terminals, there place is obviously very busy.
The trains are always on time, and there are also buskers who play music outside the station, adding to the atmosphere. Beyond this there are many famous stores you can visit. Whilst not as busy as Tokyo, Osaka station is like many of Japan’s train stations convenient.