When people hear the name Kobe, the first thing that usually comes to mind is Kobe beef. And when I searched on the Internet, some sites told me that for Westerners, Kobe is not an attractive place to visit because one of the main tourist spots is an area full of Western-style buildings. However, Kobe…

Osaka is the third largest city in Japan after Tokyo and Yokohama and is well known for its street food, friendly locals, unusual dialect, and a huge amount of comedians. This city was visited by over nine million tourists in 2016, and it is easy to see why. As well as being a city where…

Sometimes, it is not the coffee that attracts tourists to visit a Starbucks coffee chain but the remarkable unique architecture and design of the shop; and two of the many Starbucks branches in Japan that exhibit such remarkable feats are indeed worthy to be visited. Dark wood panels, Pantone-green accents, and chic and cozy seats…