HEP (shopping mall)
HEP is a major shopping mall and entertainment center in the Umeda commercial district of Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is a shopping mall consisting of a HEP Five and HEP Navio.
HEP stands for "Hankyu Entertainment Park". The building is operated by Hankyu Hanshin Holdings's real estate investment trust subsidiary Hankyu REIT and co-owned by Hankyu REIT and Hankyu Realty Co..
HEP Five
HEP Five receives about 17 million visitors annually, making it one of the most visited fashion boutique buildings in the Osaka urban region. The core customers at HEP Five are young people, mostly female, from high school age to their early twenties.The building itself houses over 100 shops, with restaurants, an event hall, amusement facilities, a hanging replica of 2 whales designed by Tatsuya Ishii.