Audiences immersed in Shōgun’s ambitious take on feudal Japan might say yes ... While the set was primarily composed of those castle palace interiors, some spaces, like the thatched samurai ...

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 ...

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 ...

HIMEJI, Hyogo Prefecture--Himeji Castle is undoubtedly one of the best preserved feudal era castles in Japan, but visitors ... walk-through tour of the interior. They had to piece together ...

A gable of a gate is adorned with a cross attributed to Kuroda Kanbei (1546-1604), a feudal lord who once ... lining just about every interior wall of the castle, confusing mazes of gates and ...

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 ...