Awaji Island is an ideal cycling destination located in Japan's picturesque Inland Sea. It is the legendary birthplace of ...

This two-story wooden western-style building was built as an apartment for foreign residents in Kyu-kyoryuchi (”former foreign settlement”) in 1904. It was then reconstructed in Kitano. The building ...

Situated between the Rokko Mountains and the Seto Inland Sea, Kobe is a charming port city in Japan. It was one of the first cities to open up to international trade in the 1800s, and its interactions ...

The Kobe-Osaka highway is toppled after the earthquake of Jan 17 1995 Credit: Sankei Archive/Getty Images So I continue to edgily live in Japan alongside the ever-present threat.

One of the world's largest aquariums with a massive tank where a whale shark glides gracefully. The aquarium duplicates the natural environment surrounding the Pacific Ocean. The Osaka Aquarium, ...