15 Culture Nipponbashi Denden Town Michael Williams Whilst Tokyo has Akihabara for all things geeky, Osaka has Nipponbashi Denden Town: A western home for gaming and anime.
Food Chocolatier Palet D'Or Xia Fei Chiew Enjoy a chocolate experience at no other at this chocolate bar inside Herbis Entertainment Plaza in Osaka!
Culture Revisiting Universal Studios Xia Fei Chiew Already been to Universal Studios Japan? First timer? Here are some collaboration events you probably didn't know about.
6 Activities Hiking around Minoo Waterfall Martijn Beckers At the first signs of spring we set out on a hike to Minoo waterfall: beautiful scenery and monkey business guaranteed.
Culture National Museum of Ethnology Rebecca Daum The National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka is a great museum filled with interesting objects from around the world, including ...
8 Nightlife Top of Miyako Lounge Bonson Lam The Sheraton Miyako Osaka Hotel is a grand lady in the Eastern end of the Naniwa Entertainment District. The Club lounge take...
7 Shopping Namba Parks, Osaka Peter Lin The Namba Parks (link in Japanese) complex is an amazingly designed mixed-use space in the Namba district in Osaka. Designed ...
Nightlife Inch Bar & Conversation Cafe Tad Ichimiya A relative newcomer to the Osaka scene, the Inch Bar first opened its doors in April of 2012. Since that time the bar has dev...
Activities Animal Refuge Kansai John Carter Founded in 1990 by Elizabeth Oliver, ARK is the main organisation for the welfare of animals in Japan but it has taken some t...
