Osaka Station has a ¥0 ticket for a walk

At JR Osaka Station in Kita Ward, the West Gate by Inogate sits at street level. The passage to Umekita goes down to B2 and comes back up a floor to the Umekita Underground Gate. You can walk it on a paper gate pass. One September walk took six minutes from printing the pass at the West Gate to coming out at Umekita, including stops for photos. Look for the pass in the short-distance machine’s 入場券を買う menu. Choose the cash/IC option, then tap the green 通行証 button to print the ¥0 ticket. It covers one crossing between the two gates, with 20 minutes from the moment it prints. The ticket says うめきた地下口. The overhead signs say うめきた地下出口. Follow those to the gate, then look for the yellow signs for Umekita Green Place and the park.