With more than 28 million visitors expected to descend on Osaka for the Osaka-Kansai World Expo 2025, Waldorf Astoria's opening could not be more perfectly timed.

“It looks like it will die,” Nishibori said of the cherry tree, “but it’s not going to die. The next spring, there will be ...

"If buildings could speak," as a filmmaker once mused, then Osaka's cityscape might sound loud, vibrant, and slightly rough ...

Of note, there are two courses that appear in the top 10 for the first time. Cabot Saint Lucia's Point Hardy Golf Club opened late in 2023, and Shanqin Bay in China was visited by a dedicated group of ...

The Yomiuri Shimbun 14:11 JST, April 12, 2025 INA, Nagano – The famed Takato-kohigan cherry trees at Takato Castle Site Park in Ina, Nagano Prefecture, often hailed as the finest cherries in Japan, ...

MIHARU, Fukushima Prefecture--The ruins of Miharu Castle, which once dominated this town in northeastern Japan, can now be viewed in all its former glory courtesy of an app developed by the ...

Airports set to scrap boarding passes and check-ins in major travel shake-up It's called the 'Augusta method': How the club uses this ball-mark trick to maintain perfect greens Garth Brooks found ...

It’s been a long time between new KitKat flavors in Japan, but thankfully that’s all changed now ... at a retail price of 1,296 yen, with images of Osaka Castle on the wrappers inside and the outer ...

As Northern Ireland continues to bask in sunshine – although perhaps not for much longer – here are some things to do to make the most of it that won’t break the bank, especially if you’re lucky ...

The shinobi moves like silk on the night wind, perched atop a temple roof overlooking a heavily guarded castle. Below, over twenty guards patrol in predictable patterns, unaware of the death that ...

Nagoya Touken World Knowing that its guests would be in a historical mood, Uraku has decided to play to those tastes by offering a multi-tiered meal served not in an orthodox bento box, but in a ...

There’s no surprise then that someone has recreated the Japanese castle in Minecraft ... It has quite a tricky layout and architecture, but with a little hard work, you’ll surely be able ...