Return to the world of samurai and learn about the women warriors who defended homes and created long-lasting legacies.

In spite of the fact that homebrewing is still illegal, the Japanese government allowed for inns and restaurants in special ...

NAGASAKI--An imposing late 19th century building here that once served as an orphanage is undergoing extensive refurbishment ...

Yasuke’s remarkable journey took him from Africa to the ranks of Oda Nobunaga’s forces, where he became one of Japan’s most intriguing figures.

The analysis in this section proceeds chronologically from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the Sino-Japanese War in 1894, and then from the war until the end of the Meiji era in 1912, exemplifying in ...

Japan’s island of Kyushu often gets overlooked by a lot of overseas tourists to Japan, but it’s a place that deserves to be ...

Nikko, located in Tochigi Prefecture, served as the spiritual center of the Tokugawa Shogunate, founded during Japan’s Edo ...

Cutting seafood for sushi and sashimi requires the utmost precision. Here's what to know about the traditional knife that is ...

Gallons of blood and plenty of thematic thunder distinguish Kazuya Shiraishi’s energetic action film set during the Boshin ...

Kobe is among the biggest cities in Japan that will have a population of 1.5 million residents in 2020. The city is deemed ...

Vintage sake, known as koshu in Japanese, was for centuries the beverage of choice for aristocrats since at least the ...

Searching all of Japan for handcrafted items that express its heart and soul, our proprietor, KASHIYUKA, presents ...