J-Drama Pilgrimage | 半沢直樹 Hanzawa Naoki (2013) — 阪急うめだ本店 / Osaka West Branch

The Osaka arc of TBS’s 2013 『半沢直樹』 begins with Hanzawa working at the fictional 東京中央銀行大阪西支店 / Tokyo Chuo Bank Osaka West Branch. The Nationwide Filming Location Guide identifies 阪急うめだ本店 (Hankyu Umeda Main Store) as the real exterior used for that branch, making it one of the most recognizable pilgrimage stops from the first half of the series. The premiere aired July 7, 2013, and this memory uses that date for the branch setting’s first appearance.

The real department store remains active at 8-7 Kakudacho, Kita-ku, Osaka. Hankyu’s current 2026 pages continue to list operating restaurants, cafés, boutiques and events at the Umeda flagship, and the Osaka Umeda DMO describes it as a large department store directly connected with the surrounding Umeda/Osaka station network. Fans can therefore visit the public retail complex normally, while remembering that the bank identity belongs only to the drama.

The pin 34.70271, 135.49843 is a facility-level coordinate for Hankyu Umeda Main Store. It does not claim a particular bank doorway, office, actor position, or camera angle. The attraction here is the contrast between an active Osaka retail landmark and the fictional banking pressure-cooker that launches Hanzawa’s five-hundred-million-yen loan crisis.