Journey to Japan’s lesser-visited mountainous region, home to many distinctive traditional inns, within whose walls you can ...

Planning a trip to Japan? Here are some articles you ... the progress of any would-be invaders. Within the castle walls, the spirit of the samurai lives on. Archaeological digs around the fortress ...

Hikone Castle is the first site in Japan to undergo this process ... a garden and the remains of a palace and residences for high-ranking samurai. The complex is the only remaining example ...

Tsuruga Castle in the city of Aizuwakamatsu (Fukushima Prefecture) played a decisive role in Japan's transition from the feudal samurai era to a modern society. This time on Journeys in Japan ...

Many of the castles, Shiro in Japanese, as known by adding the kanji character of –jo to their name – Japan’s most famous ...

That’s because Uraku is the cafe attached to Nagoya Touken World, a museum of samurai swords and armor in downtown ... tiered meal served not in an orthodox bento box, but in a Japanese castle bento.

After years of bitter strife, the aging samurai lord Tokugawa ... of the shogun's exclusivity; only Japan's highest-ranking officials were allowed into the castle's inner sanctum.

Nochiseyama Castle in Assassin's Creed Shadows is a strategically positioned fortress in the Wakasa region, serving as a moderately fortified enemy base. It houses three Samurai Daishos and is ...

The Tohoku region of Japan is synonymous with the great 17 ... The land he described was one of holy mountains, samurai castles, pine forests and wayside inns strung along post roads: a wild ...