This module focuses on Japan’s medieval period, including the Kamakura (1185-1333), the Muromachi (1336-1573), and the Momoyama (1573-1603) shogunates. Photograph ...

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 ...

He faithfully reproduced magnificent Himeji Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage ... one of the finest examples of a feudal fortress in Japan. Even the fortress’s stone walls use tissue.

MARUGAME, Kagawa Prefecture--Built about 400 years ago, Marugame Castle is looking for a new feudal lord ... there are many built by aristocrats. In Japan, a castle stay program began in 2020 ...