Osaka City Guide
Expo '70: What Osaka Built at Senri, and What Is Left
One record-breaking attendance figure, one 70-metre tower nobody could bring themselves to demolish, and a second exposition on the other side of the city fifty-five years later.
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Six guides, each built on the same sourcing rule as the rest of this site: an official figure with the date it was read, or the words "not stated". They answer the questions the entity pages cannot, because the answer sits between two of them.
Osaka or Kyoto: Which One Do You Sleep In
They are 29 minutes apart on an ordinary train, so this was never a choice between two holidays. It is a choice about which city you wake up in — and the two cities want different hours of your day.
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Osaka vs Tokyo: Which City Deserves Your Nights
One is the capital and holds the country's whole headline list; the other is a kitchen with a subway under it and Kansai at its back door. Seven dimensions, decided in the open.
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Takoyaki vs Okonomiyaki: Which One Is Which in Osaka
Two batters, one bay, and a sourcing problem: the MICHELIN Bib Gourmand selection for Osaka lists 67 addresses and not one of them sells either dish.
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The KIX Layover: What 4 to 8 Hours Really Buys You
Four hours is a coffee. Six is a real evening in Minami. The difference is the arithmetic nobody does before they land — and a luggage problem nobody prices.
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Is the USJ Express Pass Worth It? Do the Arithmetic
The park sells the same product at two different sets of prices on two of its own pages, publishes no queue times at all, and does not include entry. Here is what the arithmetic actually supports.
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