Waldorf Astoria just opened its first hotel in Japan, within a chic new development in Osaka. Travel + Leisure reporter Amber ...

Two major hubs—Kita (North) around Osaka/Umeda Station, and Minami (South) around Namba Station—are connected by large north-south axes. Mido-Suji, as a main street, today showcases an archive ...

These outstanding Osaka museums let you revisit the city’s rich history, taste fine whisky and explore world culture ...

On a recent trip to Japan I went in search of what had been described to me as a near perfect example of an urban green ...

The Osaka World Expo 2025 kicked off officially on the new artificial island of Yumeshima on April 13. The event will run for ...

Many rooms have views of the Umeda Sky Building with its famous ... to the 11-acre Umekita Park and across the street from JR Osaka Station, for easy airport access and convenient day trips ...

the area surrounding JR Osaka Station had been farmland away from Osaka Castle between the Edo Period (1603-1867) and the early Meiji Era (1868-1912). The Umeda graveyard was also located in the ...

JAPAN’S hosting of the Summer Olympics during the Covid pandemic was a huge challenge. However, the upcoming Osaka Expo is a potentially standout positive global event in 2025 that could showcase the ...

Meanwhile in Kita, the area’s most prominent landmark is the Umeda Sky Building (Kita Ward), located near JR Osaka Station. From its Floating Garden Observatory, perched 173 meters above the ...

The sprawling metropolis of Osaka, which has one of those obscure ... The area that is now The Grand Green used to be the old Umeda freight station before the city partnered with the private ...