"Shopping Japan With Four Pins" is an ongoing series in which Amardeep Singh takes us on a tour of the country's best shops. See them all here. Part IX: MAPS, Osaka MAPS is one of the very first ...

A tourist map. Includes the city layout in minute detail with names of the districts, streets, and notable places. The latter are depicted in drawings arranged around the map, and these have been ...

Trains in Osaka are becoming complicated lines that line up with New York, Paris, Tokyo, etc. Hus which is often confused by transfers and the like. Especially since the ticket gate and the home often ...

My guide on 2nd-hand luxury shopping in Tokyo and Osaka: What to look for and where to find the best deals on designer bags & ...

Osaka has so many rivers and bridges that it has long been called ‘Water City’ and ‘Happyaku-yabashi,’ meaning 808 bridges. If you’re in the city, try getting tips from people on the street rather ...

Osaka is often considered the second (or third) city in Japan. It is often overlooked in favor of Tokyo, but in many aspects, the Kansai capital delivers what the Kanto capital does not. For example, ...

OSAKA -- Once a backwater in the shadow of Osaka's highly developed Umeda district, the area around Fukushima station is slowly being transformed from a slightly run-down neighborhood of cheap ramen ...

Please cite the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (BSSA) as the source of this information. The Osaka Basin, Japan is home to many high-rise buildings that sit atop its thick soft ...