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 massive fire erupted in a commercial building near the famous Tsutenkaku Tower, a popular tourist landmark in Osaka in western Japan, according to media reports on Tuesday. The fire erupted on ...

Osaka’s landmark Tsutenkaku Tower got a whole lot more exciting in 2022, when this 60-metre-long, tube-shaped transparent slide was attached to the elevator tower next to the main spire.

Osaka Castle has been razed, burned to the ground and rebuilt several times throughout its long history. Some 17th-century structures and stone ramparts remain on the grounds, while the castle’s ...

SUITA, Osaka Prefecture--The original iconic “Ogon no Kao” Golden Mask that sat atop the Tower of the Sun during the Japan World Exposition 1970 will go on display a t a facility scheduled to ...

A biogas plant is seen at the Japan Pavilion for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, in the city's Konohana Ward in this photo taken in January 2025. (Mainichi/Rei Kubo) The Mainichi Shimbun ...

OSAKA--The Umaibo Shop opened at the ... of the shop also helps bring in more visitors to the tower." Along with 18 flavors of Umaibo, Japan's long-selling corn puff snack, the specialty store ...

The largest city in western Japan, Osaka – with its cultural diversity ... New world district Another interesting landmark is the Tsutenkaku Tower, found in the Shinsekai or New World ...