Umeda Sky Building

One of the taller buildings in Osaka and located near Osaka Station, the Umeda Sky Building offers a great view of the city with a 'sky garden' and cafe where you can most of the city. It's actually two towers connected at the top by several floors that look at each other from circular windows:


To actually get to the top you have to ride an escalator that spans the gap between both buildings. It's surrounded by glass and you can almost feel the wind blow past as you look some 30 stories below:


The roof is open to the public for a small fee and features a maze of security fences to stop anyone from going where they shouldn't. There's also a great deal of weather measuring equipment visible throughout the tower:


Like I said, the building offers a great view of Osaka: