Amusements Archives - Kansai Odyssey

Many tourists are not truly aware of just how many rivers and canals there are in Osaka! These rivers and

Umeda Sky Building, Floating Garden in the Clouds

In Osaka, there are several large buildings that also serve as popular tourist attractions. One of those buildings is Umeda

Built in the early 1900’s Osaka’s Shinsekai, literally translating to “new world”, contains the city’s iconic tower the Tsutenkaku and

Standing at 333 meters high, Tokyo Tower and the much later addition of Sky Tree (634 m) are icons of

It is more or less common knowledge that Japan has a number of practices at Christmas time that can seem

Fifteen minutes south of Umeda Station is a place called Nakanoshima, which is home to many interesting buildings and museums;

Just near the boarder of Kyoto and Osaka in the small city of Nagaoka-kyo, home of the Suntory Kyoto beer factory. If