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208 results for Osaka

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23. Book your ticket

21 January 2021

A children’s library housing 18,000 books has been gifted to Osaka by an architect who calls the city home.

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The furniture made by the husband and wife team behind Truck is so popular that the couple have been able to move into stunning new premises complete with workshop, showroom and their own café serving steak and doughnuts…

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Tie the knot

21 September 2017

The cracks are showing for this Japanese husband-and-wife duo. But that’s the point: they’ve built a career using natural wood.

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Socks appeal

15 September 2022

If you’re in Japan and need hosiery for any occasion, there’s only one place to shop. Tabio have shaped the market in its own image. We find out how and ask where it’s treading next.

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In the hot seat

14 October 2014

Takara Belmont has been making barber and dentist chairs for nearly a century. It is clear from the meticulous attention to detail given to each product why the company is Japan’s dominant salon-equipment supplier.

Monocle Minute

Offside in Osaka?

25 February 2016

Fresh Japanese sanctions against North Korea – following January’s nuclear test and the latest missile launch – looked set to scupper the chances of the DPRK’s women’s football team. The latest round of restrictions imposed…

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Buried treasure

17 September 2007

Tadao Ando is one of the most respected architects in the world. Working against Japan’s ‘rip down and rebuild’ architectural policy, he is now burying structures underground, planting trees and wondering if it’s simply…

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Tiger barmy

20 September 2018

Osaka’s Hanshin Tigers are the best-supported team in Japanese baseball despite not having won the league since 1985. And we don’t use the term ‘best-supported’ lightly: the romance of the sleeping giant draws fans from…

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Sports Expo

12 June 2015

Sport and socialising are best combined. Monocle tried out three activities that value a friendly chat - and the odd beer - as highly as working up a sweat.

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Media

20 February 2015

Discovering the heart of Osaka's rare grooves, South Korean TV and a Middle Eastern print collective.

Radio

The Urbanist - Tall Stories 391: Expo ’70 Commemorative Park, Osaka

15 January 2024

Tomás Pinheiro discusses the legacy of Asia’s first world’s fair and what lies ahead for Osaka Expo 2025.

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Business

18 October 2018

From a small soap-maker in Osaka to the Ikea competitors offering sustainable alternatives.

Radio

The Monocle 100 - 99: Hit the road

4 May 2017

We take to the road in this episode as we discuss why countries are best explored by car, including a drive from Osaka to Tokyo.

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The Briefing, episode 217

28 August 2012

We ask who will lead France’s UMP party next, Steve Bloomfield looks over the day’s papers, and Fiona Wilson reports on Osaka’s new mayor.

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Asia

17 June 2011

We report on an urban farming project at Osaka train station, the first verticle farm in Singapore and the sad fate of Cambodia's colonial and "new Khmer" buildings.

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The Globalist - Friday 28 June

28 June 2019

We analyse the second of two Democrat US presidential-candidate debates taking place this week, check in with the latest from the G20 summit in Osaka and meet the president of Armenia to discuss quantum physics.