When the heart is bruised and the soul is lonely, take a peep in the glitz and throbbing streets of Dotonbori of Osaka. Life is full of innumerable particles of sand that settles down and forms pearls of memories. These memoirs fill up our senses. They are the food for thought. The flash of neon [...]

The place where you should be when you are in Japan is Osaka for this city has it all, from state of the art restaurants and discs to the venues of modern art, technology, and culture. Replete with the most contemporary of the architectural constructs, Osaka provides the vacationer with a pleasure of the senses [...]

If Japan is the island you are planning your escapade to, the Japanese Archipelago, drop in to the second largest city, Osaka, Japan’s singular stop for the contemporary arts, amusement rides, tranquil marine habitat, and the sensational exploration of most of the attractions of the metropolis. The name, Tsutenkaku, literally translates into “the tower reaching [...]

Kishiwada  岸和田市, is a city located in Osaka, Japan. Founded November 1, 1922, the city is well-known for its Danjiri Matsuri.The oldest evidence of life in Kishiwada is the Mayuyama Kofun (barrow). The most popular origin story of Kishiwada dates from the 14th century. During the Nanbokucho period (1336-1392) General Takaie Wada of the Masahige-Kusunoki [...]

Senko-ji Temple (Okabe Family Tomb)Nobukatsu, master of Kishiwada castle and the first lord of Okabe Mino, passed on his position to his son Yukitaka, and retired to a retreat built in Habu. In accordance with his will, Nobukatsu was buried at his retreat, which was turned into the Okabe family temple in 1668 (Kanbun 8). Later on, [...]

There are in fact three station buildings at Namba in south central Osaka.Namba Nankai Station, JR Namba Station, and Kintetsu Namba Station.JR Namba Station in the OCAT building is the terminal station of the Kansai Main Line which runs to Takada in Nara Prefecture via Tennoji, Oji, and JR Nara Station.East of the OCAT building [...]

The place famous for its down-to-earth citizens, Osaka, is also the city for tourists and travellers from all across the world and the country as well. Known for its attractions that span between the historical and the cultural, the third largest city in the island, after Tokyo and Kobe, is also the destination for neon, [...]

  The HEP FIVE Ferris Wheel is a bright red Ferris wheel in HEP FIVE, a commercial complex in front of Hankyu Umeda Station. With a diameter of 75 meters, it boarding zone is located on the seventh floor of the complex and the gondolas rise higher than the roof to a height …

The Mozu area is where you will find many ancient burial mounds that are historically and academically valuable. Among them, the Nintoku-ryo Tumulus (Emperor Nintoku’s burial mound) is a keyhole-shaped tomb that is the biggest in the country. The keyhole-shaped tomb structure is unique to Japan and is characteristic of its shape …

Kôyasan is home to an active monastic center founded twelve centuries ago by the priest Kûkai (posthumously known as Kôbô Daishi) for the study and practice of Esoteric Buddhism. It is the headquarters of the Kôyasan sect of Shingon Buddhism, a faith with a wide following throughout Japan.  Situated on a small plain at the [...]