Destination: Osaka

Fall Foliage Around the World

by Alicia Imbody | 11.03.09 | 10:16 AM ET

Central Park, New York Photo of Central Park, New York City, by joiseyshowaa via Flickr (Creative Commons)

From Osaka to Chicago, seven photos of turning leaves around the shrinking planet

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Tags: Outdoors, Travel Photography, Asia, Japan, Osaka, Europe, Czech Republic, Prague, France, Paris, Italy, Rome, North America, United States, Illinois, Chicago, Massachusetts, Boston, New York, New York City

Living Among Incompatibles

by Pico Iyer | 07.20.09 | 10:46 AM ET

Torii in Japan Photo by tiseb via Flickr, (Creative Commons)

Why Japan has the best mind Pico Iyer has encountered in a lifetime of traveling

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Tags: Festivals, Global Village, Languages, Pico Iyer, Asia, Japan, Kyoto, Osaka, Tokyo

The Art of Kaiten Sushi

by World Hum | 07.16.09 | 11:32 AM ET

Kaiten sushi conveyor belt in Osaka, Japan Photo by roybuloy, via Flickr (Creative Commons)

Conveyor-best sushi. Sushi-go-round. Sushi train. Whatever you call it, it's a beautiful thing.

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Tags: Food, Travel Photography, Asia, Japan, Osaka, Tokyo

Around the Globe with No Clothes On

by Michael Yessis | 08.01.06 | 9:40 PM ET

Around the Globe with No Clothes On

Michael Yessis visited seven countries in less than three hours -- all without a swimsuit -- at Spa World, Japan's kitschiest, most worldly spa.

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Tags: Global Village, Humor, Spas, Asia, Japan, Osaka

Japan Unmasked

by Terry Ward | 11.07.05 | 7:47 AM ET

Karin Muller's "Japanland: A Year in Search of Wa" chronicles the author's time in the Land of the Rising Sun. Terry Ward writes that it offers insight into the famously closed culture -- and a dose of humor.

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Tags: Travel Books, Travel Writing, Asia, Japan, Kyoto, Osaka, Tokyo

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