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Japan Events: Himeji Castle Festival - MSNWhile traveling through Japan in May, I stumbled upon the annual Himeji Castle Festival. One of the city’s significant events is a multi-day celebration of the samurai heritage and culture here ...
During Japan’s Sengoku “Warring States” era (1467-1615), castles were constructed, bolstered and fortified all across the Japanese archipelago, resulting in approximately 5,000 individual ...
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Islands on MSNJapan's Largest And Most Visited Castle Is An Imposing, Well-Preserved Fortress Packed With Historic ImportanceA trip to Japan wouldn't be complete without visiting the country's medieval castles, and the most-visited one is a sturdy ...
Just 50 miles from central Tokyo, Odawara is an attractive port town with a rich history. Today, travelers can experience this past by signing up to live a day in the life of a “lord.” ...
News Castle fans in Japan recommend the top 20 castles tourists should visit Himeji Castle may be the most famous of the lot, but it didn’t take the top spot ...
Japan Society will present the North American premiere of this new production of Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, written by revolutionary Japanese angura (underground) theater artist and multi ...
TOKYO -- Japan's ancient castles, always beautiful, are even more stately at this time of the year, as the drier, clearer air allows light to shine more brilliantly on the snow. Snowfall in Japan ...
A list of 100 castles compiled by the Japan Castle Foundation highlights the country’s most culturally and historically significant fortresses.
Japanese castles’ tenshu were the central keeps that represented the power of leaders like Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu.
MATSUMOTO, Nagano Prefecture--Towering Matsumoto Castle, one of the grandest feudal fortresses in Japan, welcomed a record number of foreign visitors during the recently ended Golden Week holidays.
Just 50 miles from central Tokyo, Odawara is an attractive port town with a rich history. Today, travelers can experience this past by signing up to live a day in the life of a “lord.” ...
Simon Celestine arrived at Odawara castle as a tourist from France but he is now lord of one of the most impressive feudal-era fortresses in Japan – if only for a day. Just 50 miles (80 ...
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