Universal says it plans to build its new 476-acre theme park in a way that ‘celebrates this area’s vibrant history’ – with ...

The shinobi moves like silk on the night wind, perched atop a temple roof overlooking a heavily guarded castle. Below, over ...

Each year, after much consideration and debate, Afar’s global network of editors, writers, and travel advisors anoints the ...

Hilton announces the debut of Waldorf Astoria in Japan with the opening of Waldorf Astoria Osaka. A soaring 252-room edifice ...

Kumamoto’s Tatsuda Nature Park is a little-known treasure; an off-the-beaten-track destination. It is a pleasant green space with well-groomed paths, yet the lack of crowds and its various remnants of ...

Assassin’s Creed Shadows highlights the legendary Osaka Castle filled with rewards. To access the Chest on the castle’s top floor, players must defeat three patrolling Samurai Daisho.

Osaka Castle in Assassin's Creed Shadows is one of the areas you can visit in the early portion of the game, and though many enemies await inside, there's a chest full of legendary loot waiting to ...

Osaka is known for okonomiyaki and takoyaki while Kyoto is ... the Memorial Cenotaph and the Statue of the A-Bomb Children. The 16th-century Hiroshima Castle, built by feudal lord Terumoto Mori, was ...

We ventured out of the hotel in search of some dinner, only to find ourselves in another bar (whoops!) This time, the bartender, Sam, wandered over to say hello, and, learning it was our honeymoon, ...

You can’t miss it if you’re looking for what to do in Osaka for a day. The castle was built in 1583 by the famous warrior and samurai, Toyotomi Hideyoshi who hoped to reunify Japan. It was ...

Osaka is one of the most unique cities in Japan. The city feels modern yet feels stuck in the past at the same time. It’s ...