6 Culture Simose Art Museum Peter Lin Located near Hiroshima in the city of Otake, the museum opened in 2023... It was voted as the world's most beautiful museum at the 2024 Prix
Food Tiffany Blue Box Café Opens in Ginza Kim Bergström On August 8th, 2025, Tiffany & Co. opened Japan’s first Tiffany Blue Box Café, bringing its signature brand experience to the fourth floor of its new flagship
Activities AI Concierge Robot Debuts at Osaka Expo Kim Bergström Apr 15, 2025 At Expo 2025 in Osaka, one of the most talked-about features inside the Osaka Healthcare Pavilion is a next-generation AI concierge robot called Miraia
Culture Roppongi Hills Bon Odori 2026 Late Aug please note that the festival schedule differs on each day of the event: 2025... Music Theatre Roppongi Raku * no bon dancing takes place on the Friday 2025
Shopping Consumption Tax Changes for Tourists Coming? Kim Bergström Dec 2, 2024 Starting as early as the 2026 financial year, Japan is looking to shift to a refund-based tax exemption model for travelers, which is commonly used in
Planning Osaka Makes Lonely Planet's Best in Travel List Kim Bergström Nov 12, 2024 The 2025 compilation was published recently, and Osaka was featured in the cities section.
Nightlife Bandai Namco Arcade Akihabara Guillaume Doré In March 2022, Sega sold their arcades to the company GiGo, that only changed... On March 1st 2023, the building re-opened with a new tenant, Bandai Namco
Maglev Train Hits New 603kph Speed Record Tom Roseveare Apr 21, 2015 the new Linear Chuo Shinkansen route, connecting Tokyo and Nagoya from 2027... (and a Nagoya–Osaka section scheduled by 2045), and previously set a speed