Julian Ryall steps away from the hustle and bustle of Tokyo and finds Tokorozawa, the most underrated Japanese city just one hour from the capital The spirit lurking in the doorway is unmistakable. As ...

Sumo is one of Japan's most iconic sports, but few know the story of its origins. Katsuragi City in Nara Prefecture is ...

He said eventually, he'd like to see it in a real museum and added he wasn't in it for financial gain. Head across town to the city hall if you ... the western city of Osaka — by plane and ...

OSAKA—The Osaka municipal government will start to ban smoking on all public streeets across the city on Jan. 27 next year, Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama said Nov. 12. Yokoyama announced the starting ...

A limited-time "digital art train" emitting lights in vibrant colors as it travels through the night here has passengers ...

The annual autumn spectacles “Midosuji Runway” and “Festival of the lights in Osaka” lit up the city of Osaka again this year ...

YOASOBI: A unit consisting of composer Ayase and vocalist ikura, known for turning novels into music. Their debut song “Into the Night' reached an unprecedented 1 billion cumulative streaming plays, ...

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Downtown's City Museum is hard to describe, so maybe we should use its own words: "a mixture of children’s playground, funhouse, surrealistic pavilion, and architectural marvel made out of found ...

While many travellers head straight for Tokyo, or hit the ski slopes up north, the happening city of Osaka offers the best of Japan—think bright lights, delicious food, and quirky attractions—at a ...

Actress and Woody Allen collaborator Rebecca Hall, who previously spoke out against the controversial director, has had a change of heart. Hall opened up about her 2018 apology for working with ...