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New hotel with Osaka Castle view is one of the best places to stay in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jul 6, 2024
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Historic views with modern amenities…and an amazing bar and restaurant.

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• (accommodation • COK • DoubleTree by Hilton • Hilton • hotels • Osaka • Osaka Castle • SNJO • tourist sites • travel)

Life-size Gundam statue to appear in Osaka for first time ever

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 27, 2024

Full-scale anime mecha strikes a new pose in Kansai.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • Expo 2025 • full-size Gundam • Gundam • Gundam statue • life-size Gundam • manga • Mobile Suit Gundam • Osaka • robots)

Woman charged for driving suitcase without a license in Osaka

• Master Blaster
  Jun 26, 2024

Charge is the first of its kind in Japan.

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• Japan
• (crazy • crime • driver's license • Driving in Japan • gendokitsuki jitensha • gentsuki • Osaka • suitcases • traffic law • weird)

Osaka man arrested for trying to rob woman with necktie that says “Police”

• Master Blaster
  Jun 15, 2024

Suspect stands accused of impersonating the long tie of the law.

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• Japan
• (crazy • crime • funny • impersonating police • kyakuhiki • National Police Agency • neckties • Osaka • Osaka Prefectural Police • police • weird)

This is Japan’s, and the world’s, first capsule hotel, and you can still stay there

• Casey Baseel
  May 5, 2024

Spending the night at Capsule Inn Osaka.

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• Japan
• (capsule hotel • Capsule Inn Osaka • COK • cool • hotels • Osaka • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Osaka governor suggests lowering voting age to 0 to curb population decline

• Master Blaster
  Apr 27, 2024

Desperate times…

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• Japan
• (declining birthrate • declining population • elections • Hirofumi Yoshimura • Osaka • Parenting • politics • voting • voting age)

Sandwiches fit for a sumo served up in Osaka【Taste Test】

• Master Blaster
  Apr 25, 2024

A sandwich is a sandwich but Osaka Tonkatsu is a meal.

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• Japan
• (big eats • chicken • Chiyomatsu • food • food trucks • Osaka • Osaka Tonkatsu • sandwiches)

Osaka’s creepy cute mascot speaks for first time, adds more fuel the creepy OR cute debate【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 15, 2024

Myaku Myaku says hello.

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• Japan
• (crazy • creepy • cute • Expo 2025 • Myaku-Myaku • Osaka • weird • World Expo)

Nemophila season off to an early, and beautiful, start as baby blue flowers bloom in Maishima

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 10, 2024

Seaside park in Osaka is also one of Japan’s best places to see the sunset.

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• Japan
• (baby blue eyes • beautiful • flowers • Maishima Seaside Park • Nemophila • Osaka • outdoors • parks • tourism • travel)

Masahiko Ozumi Paris in Osaka makes the comfiest desserts around

• Master Blaster
  Apr 10, 2024

Pull up a creamy cushion and take a load off.

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• Japan
• (desserts • food • Masahiko Ozumi • Masahiko Ozumi Paris • Mont Blanc • mousse • Osaka • sakura • zabuton)

New silent cafe opens in Japan, where talking and music is not allowed

• Oona McGee
  Apr 5, 2024

It might be silent here, but there are smiles all around. 

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• Japan
• (accessibility • cafes • COK • deaf • Deaflympics • disabilities • green tea • hearing impaired • matcha • Osaka)

Japanese prefectural governor wants foreign tourists to pay special extra fee

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 9, 2024

Osaka governor wants foreign tourists to pay extra, but who is “foreign?”

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• (foreigners in Japan • Osaka • Osaka Prefecture • politicians • society • tourism • travel)

Need a taste of spring before the cherry blossoms? Try this Osaka park with over 500,000 flowers

• Dale Roll
  Feb 23, 2024

Harvest Hill has you covered with spring this year! 

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• Japan
• (beautiful • broccolini • COK • flowers • garden • nature • Osaka • outdoor • park • parks • Sakai • spring)

Japanese university globalizes with fall start date, governor wants English as official language

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 15, 2024

Says Japan will “continue to decline” without greater globalization.

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• (education • foreigners in Japan • internationalization • linguistics • Osaka • schools • society)

The best Osaka souvenir is Okonomiyaki Senbei, and here’s why

• SoraNews24
  Feb 1, 2024

No need to waste time shopping for souvenirs — this is the one thing you need to buy when in Osaka. 

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• (COK • cute • food • okonomiyaki • okonomiyaki senbei • Osaka • Osaka souvenirs • rice crackers • senbei • SNJO • souvenir • souvenirs • taste test • travel)

Weird Japanese gacha lucky dip vending machine gives us more than we bargained for

• Oona McGee
  Jan 30, 2024

You never know what might happen when you play with the gacha gods. 

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• Japan
• (cool • gacha • Japanese vending machines • Osaka • SNJO • vending machines • weird)

This illumination is Osaka’s biggest with moving mammoths, lit-up seesaws, and lights everywhere

• Dale Roll
  Jan 13, 2024

The perfect place to spend a winter’s night!

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • cool • illumination • illuminations • lights • Osaka • pretty • Sakai City • travel)

Osaka hotel has amazing all-you-can-eat takoyaki and kushikatsu breakfast buffet

• Oona McGee
  Dec 19, 2023

Start the day with a street food buffet!

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• Japan
• (accommodation • breakfast • breakfast buffet • food • hotel • hotel breakfast • hotels • Japanese breakfast • Japanese food • kushikats • local specialties • Masanuki Sunakoma • Osaka • SNJO • takoyaki • travel)

Our Tokyo reporter sees how Osaka is getting ready for the 2025 Expo

• Master Blaster
  Dec 11, 2023

“It’s the Expo alright.”

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• Japan
• (2025 Osaka World Expo • events • Kansai • Myaku-Myaku • Osaka • Osaka Station • shopping • travel)

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba VR roller coaster ride and more return to USJ early next year

• Krista Rogers
  Dec 5, 2023

Missed the AR attraction the first time around? Now you’ll have another chance to “Set your heart ablaze”!

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• Japan
• (attraction • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train • limited time • Osaka • return • revival • ride • roller coaster • USJ • VR)

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