Some castles are famous for a single dramatic moment, a great siege or a legendary lord, and once you know that one story you feel you have understood the place.

Your complete Osaka travel guide, linking our in-depth guides to the city’s top sights, from Osaka Castle to Dotonbori and beyond.

A guide to Senso-ji, Tokyo’s oldest temple, and the atmospheric Asakusa district around it, with tips on what to see and do.

A guide to Shibuya Crossing, the world’s busiest pedestrian scramble, plus the buzzing Shibuya district around it.

A guide to Shinjuku, Tokyo’s electric district of skyscrapers, nightlife, and the world’s busiest train station.

A guide to Shinsekai, Osaka’s nostalgic old district crowned by Tsutenkaku Tower, with its retro streets and street food.

Everything we’ve written about Osaka in one place: travel guides to the top sights and district-by-district hotel recommendations.

Everything we’ve written about Tokyo in one place: travel guides to the top sights and district-by-district hotel recommendations.

On a long archipelago off the eastern edge of Asia live the Japanese, one of the worlds great peoples, heirs to a civilisation of extraordinary depth, refinement, and distinctiveness. Numbering

In the heart of the old capital of Japan, surrounded by a vast walled park, stands a palace of quiet and profound dignity. The Kyoto Imperial Palace, known in Japanese