Escape the crowds and discover a quieter Japan at these 12 hotels, from mountaintop ryokan to island hideaways.

As the World’s Fair opens in Osaka, Japan, the event’s architect tells CNN that Expo 2025 is about unity — and the ...

The event will be held on an artificial island in Osaka Bay that has been developed to welcome some 28 million visitors.

Sumiyoshi Shrine in Assassin's Creed Shadows, located in Osaka, features three prayer spots that players must interact with to receive 500 XP and 1 Knowledge Point. The shrines offer a way to ...

The first thing you notice on arrival at the grand entrance of the Four Seasons in Osaka is silence. It may be located in the ...

The Expo 2025 site design producer called the Grand Ring, the world's largest wooden architectural structure, "a symbol of ...

While they all try, very few central Osaka hotels below the ultra-luxury range can convincingly present themselves as an oasis of calm in the midst of the cease ...

To bring peace back to Harima in Assassin's Creed Shadows, Naoe and Yasuke must track down the last of Genzaburo's Soldiers.

Ohatsu Tenjin, also known as Tsuyu no Tenjinja, is a 1,300-year-old shrine in the heart of Umeda. The sanctuary is the setting for the 18th-century bunraku (traditional Japanese puppet theatre ...

Osaka is packed with history—Osaka Castle, endless shrines, and temples that make it onto just about every travel guide. And ...

Sometimes called the Kyoto of eastern Japan, Kamakura boasts dozens of shrines including the Great Buddha, a towering ...