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Osaka bursts into the spotlight
As Japan moves to reopen further, travellers can consider Osaka - a newly confident city with exciting attractions
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Karen Tee
It is as though I have stepped into a video game. After a madcap rush through the sprawling park grounds of Universal Studios Japan in Osaka (www.usj.co.jp/web/en/us, from $86.35 on Klook) to get to its latest attraction Super Nintendo World in time for my pre-booked entry, I am more than a little discombobulated by the sensory overload.
Here, I am surrounded by buildings created in the likeness of those in the Super Mario games of my childhood, such as Princess Peach's castle and Yoshi's house.
