He meets the spirited and sometimes flamboyant residents. The journey fittingly starts at the Osaka Castle, which was founded by warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi who was known for his flamboyant ...

Andrea Fazzari From left: Dressing up at Kyoto’s Samurai Ninja Museum ... hadn’t crossed my mind in a dozen previous trips ...

A giant circular timber roof known as the "Grand Ring" that is to be the centerpiece of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka was illuminated for the first time Thursday in ... Part of the ring extends ...

Backdropping it all, 37 stories below, the corrugated panorama of the city unfolds — from the modern office towers of central Dojima to the iconic tiered facade of Osaka Castle. Tokyo's Newest ...

Organizers of the Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025 have updated their ... In the event of a major natural disaster, up to 150,000 people could be stranded at the Yumeshima venue, according to plans ...

21, 2024, shows the Great Ring, a gigantic wooden structure symbolizing the site of the 2025 World Exposition, lit up in a test run on an artificial island in the western Japan city of Osaka.

but Osaka--one of Japan’s biggest and oldest cities, known more as a business hub than a tourist destination--is gearing up to host next year’s World Exposition. The city has been plastered ...

Five years after fire ravaged Okinawa's iconic Shuri Castle, hopes for a full recovery in visitor numbers at the World ...

Japanese player Naomi Osaka has a thing for dressing up. Every year during Halloween she amuses the fraternity by showing up ...

Fuji, Osaka ... Kokura Castle truly comes alive during the cherry blossom and autumn foliage seasons, where it hosts many ...

As Naomi Osaka wraps up her first WTA season as a mom, the former world No. 1 opened up about how her changing postpartum figure and the pressure to “snap back” have at times made her feel ...

Tennis star Naomi Osaka is opening up about her struggles with body image postpartum. In a recent Instagram post, Osaka, who welcomed her first child Shai with rapper Cordae in July 2023 ...