Let’s dive into the enchanting world of Kobo-ichi Market, a hidden cultural jewel nestled in the heart of Kyoto. Overshadowed ...

But Kamigata-mai is different, as will be demonstrated at a free performance to be given on April 28 at Fukagawa Edo Museum's Small Theater. Subscribe . Digital Print . August 18, 2024 .

The city, one of Japan’s most-visited before the pandemic, desperately needs tourism’s money, but it would like to avoid the excesses of Instagram-driven itineraries.

The exhibition is split into Edo (present-day Tokyo and the current capital) and Kyoto (the old capital) – the former presenting lifestyles and trends in Edo from 1603 to 1868, and the latter ...

Japan’s three major cities in the Edo period (1603–1868)—Kyoto, Osaka, and Edo (now Tokyo)—all had licensed quarters established by the shogunate. In Kyoto there was Shimabara, in Osaka ...

During the Edo period (1603–1868) the Nihonbashi bridge was the starting point of Japan’s extensive network of roads. It was immortalized in the well-known folk song “O-Edo Nihonbashi ...

Dr James Fox explores how the artistic life of three great Japanese cities shaped the country's attitudes to past and present, east and west, and helped forge the very idea of Japan itself.