KAGOSHIMA--The massive Goromon gate at the ruins of feudal-era Tsurumaru Castle here is now fully restored, nearly 150 years after the building was destroyed by fire. The castle dates to the ...

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 ...

The “feudal lord’s tea ritual” is scheduled to take place four times in March 2025. Hikone Castle, a national treasure ... He expects sightseers from outside Japan to take part en masse.

Upon being proclaimed Shogun (feudal military dictator) of Japan in 1603, Ieyasu constructed a palace that would reflect his supreme power. Nijo Castle in central Kyoto was certainly ostentatious ...

This ushered in the Meiji Period, during which Japan developed very rapidly from a feudal society into the modern democratic nation that we know today. The Nijo-jo Castle thus staged the opening ...