In Sekigahara, visitors are invited to experience the Sengoku period. Feel what it was like by wearing samurai armor, and check out other attractions.
The painting of St. Mary of the Snow and the gravestones of early modern Christians served as pillars of faith for the hidden Christians of Nagasaki.
Rugby fever continues to grip Japan even though the World Cup finished several months ago. In 2020, before the novel coronavirus swept the...
The Chronicles of Lord Asanaro (Red Circle, 2020) is an unusual and rewarding story that lingers in the consciousness longer than more overtly dramatic works....
The Tokyo Art Club in Shinbashi is host every year to the world’s largest Japanese sword show called the Dai Token Ichi. ...
It is the end of an era. After 83 years in business, Tsukiji — the world’s largest fish market — closed its doors...
No matter where you go in Japan, the past and present are encountered constantly in ways unexpected to foreigners. Nowhere is this clearer...
