The Kamakura Period (鎌倉時代 kamakura jidai, 1185-1333) is the historical period that corresponds to the rule of the...

New Year's or ō-shōgatsu (お正月) is one of the most important and most elaborate of Japan's annual observances. There...

The Seizansō (西山荘) is located in Hitachiōta in Ibaraki Prefecture, about twenty kilometres north of the prefectural...

The family temple of the Oguri clan and the grave of Oguri Tadamasa The Tōzenji (東善寺) temple belongs to the Sōtō...

Useful phrases related to expressing time (時間 jikan) in Japanese. Phrases What's the time now? 今、何時ですか？ Ima nan-ji...

The Oarai Aqua World (アクアワールド・大洗), also known as the Oarai Aquarium and located in the coastal town of Ōarai in...

The revenge of the 47 rōnin (四十七士 Shi-jū-shichi-shi, “forty-seven samurai”), also known as the Genroku Akō incident...

Kakegawa Castle (掛川城 Kakegawa-jō) is a hilltop (hirayama-type) castle located in Kakegawa City in western Shizuoka...

Do you fancy Japanese castles? If your answer is yes, you might be interested in what is all the rage among Japanese...

Kiyomizudera (清水寺 “Clear Water Temple”) is a temple of the Hossō sect of Buddhism. It is located on a high hill in...

Fourth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, eldest son of the third shogun Iemitsu, great-grandson of Ieyasu. The...

The Ryoanji temple (竜安寺 or 龍安寺, Ryōan-ji, “Temple of the Peaceful Dragon”) is a temple in the Ukyō Ward of Kyoto,...

Tōdai-ji (東大寺, Eastern Great Temple) is a major monastery-temple belonging to the Kegon sect of Buddhism. It was...

A prominent administrator of the early Tokugawa shogunate, known as Chie Izu (知恵伊豆, “The Clever Izu”). Born to...

Third shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, eldest legitimate son of the second shogun, grandson of Ieyasu. Born under...