Outside flowering season, the park has another attraction: a panoramic view over Osaka Bay and the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge.

IZUMISANO, Osaka Prefecture—A 62-year-old retiree from ... During his studies, he qualified as a priest, hoping to become a bridge between Buddhism and foreigners. Around the time when Farley ...

It emerges that a temple and an adjacent shrine there were likely constructed from a bridge that was part of feudal warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Osaka Castle. Prefectural authorities said ...

Osaka is a dynamic city with a dynamic history. Photographer Alfie Goodrich captures the food culture of the "Kitchen of Japan," the waterways that made it a commercial center, and the ...

Osaka Prefecture in 2013 released a scenario ... The expo site can be accessed by a tunnel or a bridge. Both structures have been built to withstand a mega-quake. The tunnel closes if a quake ...