Creation legends and folk tales swirl like snow and leaves across the protected landscapes of Japan. This selection of four ...

Each year between mid-November and April, winter sports fans from around the world flock to Japan for the country’s renowned ...

These real cities in Japan served as the major inspiration for some of the Yakuza franchise's most iconic locations.

The ninth year of the Kansei era of the Edo Period (1603-1867) in feudal Japan corresponds to the year 1797 in the West. That year, in the Nanbu Clan territory of Morioka, it came to light that ...

Unlike other first-party PlayStation titles like Ghost of Tsushima, players will have to make a few tough decisions to advance the story and shape the history of Japan. Players are not constricted ...

High-Tech Spin for Samurai-Era Ukiyo-E Artist Hokusai at Tokyo Exhibit By Irene Wang and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Visitors can step back in time to ... the master of Edo Period woodblock ...

including traditional Edo-period buildings blanketed in snow — speculated to be the inspiration for Oscar-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki’s film “Spirited Away.” Other places such as Mount Fuji and ...

Ishinomaki was mauled more than any other municipality by the magnitude-9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake and ... with what is now Tokyo during the Edo Period (1603-1867). Ishinomaki had a ...

Following the closure of gastronomic icons such as Le Gavroche, we take a look at other incredible restaurants that no longer ...

1833-35 (c) The Trustees of the British Museum Utagawa Hiroshige’s 40-year career coincided with the last decades of Japan’s Edo period (1615–1868), a time of rapid change presaging the end of samurai ...