If you’re planning to spend December 31 out and about in Osaka, particularly at one of the city’s top New Year’s Eve countdown parties, you’ll be glad to know that public transport remains available ...

The number of people taking shinkansen bullet trains and express trains in Japan during the 10-day year-end and New Year ...

OSAKA, Japan >> A huge artwork draws visitors to JR Osaka Station, on the walk northward from the ticket gate to the west exit. The Fountain Boy, a black concrete sphere about 9 feet in diameter and ...

Passengers on Japan’s super-fast bullet trains have long enjoyed ordering coffee, ice cream or boxed lunches from staff pushing a snack cart, savoring the treats as they whipped past landmarks such as ...

In recent news, the Sanyo Shinkansen service between Shin-Osaka and Hakata has been suspended due to power outages caused by an earthquake. This incident has not only affected travel on the Sanyo line ...

Riding the bullet train in Japan is a world-class experience, and South Africans are missing out on a service which would ...