Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Click here to read the full article. Forget the cherry blossoms and the flashy Tokyo hotels, because starting this April, for the ...

An early Edo period document stipulating the Hosokawa clan code of conduct for vassals dispatched on a national project to rebuild Sunpu Castle has been discovered by Kumamoto University researchers.

Every May, the grounds surrounding Himeji Castle hold the Himeji Castle Festival (Himeji Oshiro Matsuri). Held over three days, this historic celebration blends Edo-period reenactments, traditional ...

The 16-year-old emperor Emperor Mutsuhito, traveling from Kyoto to Tokyo at the end of 1868. | Alfred Roussin/Public Domain On 26 November 1868, a splendid procession wound through the massive gates ...

There's an overlooked city in Japan that is a quintessential visit for anyone who loves Japanese culture and history. It contains a historic castle, is the hometown of a legendary shogun, is a great ...