But Minami, uptown, is Osaka’s famous entertainment district – and where you want to be. Osaka is the birthplace of Bunraku, traditional Japanese puppet theater. The National Bunraku Theater in Minami is a good place to watch the creative performances of the “little humans” set against a ...
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Tsuyoshi Tanaka, head of the geological survey division at Nippon Geophysical Prospecting Co., which is also based in Tokyo and conducts searches of unexploded ordnance, said it is possible that time-delay fuses were responsible for spontaneous detonations. "There are no such cases in Osaka, Nago...
Societal upheaval and social turmoil have played major roles in the development of cults in Japan. A few major cults originated in the 1860s during the violent Bakumatsu period, right before the Meiji restoration. However, the past century has seen a major development in the number of new reli...
the 62-year-old current mayor of Osaka, Kunio Hiramatsu,is comparatively cautious. For instance, in the case of constructing high-speed railway between Osaka city and Kansai Airport, Hashimoto actively promotes the plan, while Hiramatsu, holding the city plan authority stays cautious. As each side...
Other major spots for cherry blossom viewing in New York City include the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where a dedicated Cherry Esplanade and Cherry Walk blanket the ground in a carpet of pink and white petals. With 26 types of flowing cherry trees at this Brooklyn institution, browsing the massive...
"With the theme of peace, Nanjing is embracing new chances and moving towards a bigger stage with exchanges and lessons learned from international cities. Mr. Fred Arment, Executive Director of theInternational Cities of Peaceproject, said that after Nanjing has become a city of peace, it will...
Pictured: Marshall “Major” Taylor Although my knees and ankles may claim otherwise, I consider myself lucky enough to be of an age where I can remember the late 70s skateboard craze. Everyone had a board and at the weekend my grandfather would take me to Skate City in London to gingerly...
While Tokyo may be claiming the lion’s share of Olympic action, Japan’s “second city”, Osaka, is taking the approach of promoting new technology hand-in-hand with business opportunities. The local government has since 2012 run a think tank, The Osaka Innovation Hub (OIH), expressly...
Although part of the Kansai region, it is separated from the Kansai plain by the Kii Mountains. A map of the Kii Peninsula Historically a political and cultural force to be reckoned with, Kansai has 7 prefectures (including the major cities of Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe and Nara). The Kii ...