All 12 dazzling floats have gathered for the historic Spring Takayama Festival in this central Japan city for the first time ...

Kyoto is a very particular place. While Japan’s other cities can be overwhelmingly frenetic, occasionally impersonal and almost hyper real at times, the former ...

Kakunodate, in Akita Prefecture, is famous for its graceful cherry blossoms and rich samurai history. This charming town ...

The Honmaru area was once the center of the castle, and the keep was built three times, during the Keicho, Genna and Kanei eras of the Edo Period (1603-1867). The agency decided to recreate the ...

Marugame Castle here is one of 12 castles with a main keep constructed in or before the Edo Period (1603-1867). Sitting on a hill overlooking the Seto Inland Sea, the castle is renowned for its ...

TPB's signature sake is named "Edo Kaijo" (The Fall of Edo) in reference to Wakamatsuya's supporting role in opening the shogun's castle and ... much since the Edo Period (1603-1868), Terasawa ...

Archaeologists rediscover Ichijodani, a formidable stronghold that flourished amid medieval Japan’s brutal power struggles ...

During the Edo period, it was well loved by feudal lords ... minutes away from Tokyo on a Limited Express train, the historic castle town of Tsuchiura seems like worlds apart from the bustling ...

Shinoda, who has died aged 94, was one of the leading figures in 1960s Japanese cinema, whose taste for artifice and experimentation led to some of the New Wave’s most striking films.