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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

Just a stone’s throw away from the beating heart of Osaka City is the Asahi Beer factory in Suita. As

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