April in Kansai bursts with color and excitement. Alongside cherry blossom festivals and seasonal traditions, you'll also ...

On a midsummer night, a beautiful-looking light resembling fireworks lit up the sky. However, this light was not from ...

Kura Sushi Inc. (Headquarters: Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture), one of the world’s most popular conveyor-belt sushi chains, ...

Osaka should reconsider its plan to dismantle all pavilions at the upcoming Expo 2025 given the enduring legacy of its first ...

In a nation as culturally rich as Japan, it can be hard to know how to spend your time there. Here are ten of our favorite ...

Time and time again we hear reports of people being taken in by what is known as “special fraud” (tokushu sagi) in Japan.

With a long history as Japan's mercantile heart and major port of call, Osaka is dense and delightfully in your face. Now, as ...

A new Tales of 30th Anniversary Art Exhibit is heading to Tokyo and Osaka in April and May 2025, respectively.

His dominance was such that just under half of all theater prints published in Osaka during his years of activity bear his name. And yet, we know almost nothing about Hokuei. The circumstances of ...

Oil painting’s original owner was a German art dealer convicted of being an accomplice ofnotorious forger. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The tourism promotion event comes as this year marks the 130th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries being established.

Your Purple Pants Podcast Pitstop duo, @BriceZiZyah and @TheRealBCamhi, is back with an all-new recap of The Amazing Race ...