Osaka Music: Located on Nakanoshima Island and seating more than 2,700 people, Osaka's Festival Hall, 2-3-181 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku (tel: (06) 6231 2221; website: www.festivalhall.jp) is the Kansai region's main music hall, hosting a wide range of musical performances including big opera and ballet productions.
Osaka Theatre: Osaka is the birthplace of Bunraku, Japan's own style of puppet theatre, and the National Bunraku Theatre, 1-12-10 Nippombashi, Chuo-ku (tel: (06) 6212 2531; website: www.ntj.jac.go.jp/english) keeps the art form alive and well.
Osaka Film: There are three multiplexes in Umeda: Navio Toho Plex, HEP Navio 8F, 7-10 Kakuda-cho, Kita-ku (tel: (06) 6316 1312); Burg 7, E-MA Building 7F, 1-12-6 Umeda, Kita-ku (tel: (06) 4795 7602); and Piccadilly Theatre, Shochiku Kaikan 3,5-8, 10F, 8-17 Taiyuji-cho, Kita-ku (tel: (06) 6315 1414).