Osaka

Osaka has always been a merchant centre and a place to come for good food and rollicking entertainment.  Once a maze of waterways, Osaka was bombed heavily in WWII and the rebuild went in for the modern, functionality of concrete over aesthetics.  Japan’s second city in terms of industry and commerce, the attitude here is to look forward rather than backwards.  At its best in the evenings when it puts on a show of lights from its many bars, clubs and legendary eating places.