Ease of getting around can make a big difference to any visitor’s trip to Osaka, with its numerous attractions and cheap, tasty eats. As the Osaka Amazing Pass offers unlimited subway and bus rides, ...

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Osaka is Japan’s third most populous city after Tokyo and Yokohama and the largest municipality in western Japan. It is famous for its role in many major historic events, from the construction of ...

The third-largest city in Japan offers a bewildering array of fascinations. In partnership with Japan National Tourism Organization, we speak to an expat who’s made the metropolis his home. When ...

Known as Japan’s street-food capital, this lively coastal city is also packed with neighbourhoods for vintage-shopping and bar-hopping. The vibrant streets of central Osaka around Dotonbori Canal are ...

The best hotels in Osaka offer guests thoughtful amenities alongside authentic culinary and cultural experiences. A rapidly growing city, this destination is home to innovative tech hubs, lively ...

Hyperactive Osaka is a hard-working, progressive, fun-loving city whose shopping, dining and street life provides a heady counterpoint to Japan’s cultural sights. Some cruises do start or finish in ...

It’s early afternoon, and Sake no Ana is nearly full. Customers hunker down at the bar, sipping sake, highballs, shochu, and glasses of beer. They’re mostly men in their 60s, or older, unified by a ...

(ASIA NEWS NETWORK/THE JAPAN NEWS) - More foreign tourists have been visting Umaiya, a long-established shop selling takoyaki octopus balls in Kita Ward, Osaka, since it was featured in the 2016 Kyoto ...