Shirakawa-go is known for its iconic gassho-zukuri farmhouses featuring steep thatched roofs, engineered to endure heavy snow. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, it highlights traditional Japanese culture ...

The Edo Fukagawa Museum in Tokyo reproduces the town of Fukagawa-Saga during the late Edo period. (Aaron Kidd/Stars and Stripes) A wooden box holds broken dishes at Fukagawa Edo Museum in Tokyo's ...

The Nihonbashi Bridge was considered the first reference node of the entire Japanese national road network at the time.

Escape Tokyo crowds by heading to an underrated mountain town rich in culture and history. Explore the quaint streets while enjoying delicious, authentic eats.

If you like exploring well-preserved Edo-period architecture, sampling traditional Japanese sweets, and immersing yourself in old town atmospheres, then you’ll love Kawagoe, a small castle town ...

In April 1872, a backwater called the Ginza burnt down. It was rebuilt with wide avenues lined with brick buildings and named ...

TOKYO, February 27, 2025--From Friday, March 7 to Sunday, March 9, 2025, Tokyo Metropolis will hold the "Edo Tokyo Kirari Project’s EDO TOKYO TIMELESS Exhibition: Encountering Tokyo’s Time ...

Directions: Address: Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum, 3-7-1 Sakuracho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-005 (in Koganei Park); by train to Musashi-Koganei Station, exit the Central Gate and look for the ...

“In Edo (the city, now Tokyo), there were not many people who kept dogs as a personal pet. There were so-called machi-inu (town dogs), that were taken care of by the entire town. They served as ...

Tokyo’s facade may be in a never-ending cycle of renewal, but its architectural heritage is well preserved in an unexpectedly rich hoard of buildings at this picturesque branch of the Edo-Tokyo ...

From Friday, March 7 to Sunday, March 9, 2025, Tokyo Metropolis will hold the “Edo Tokyo Kirari Project’s EDO TOKYO TIMELESS Exhibition: Encountering Tokyo’s Time-Honored Brands at Wakeijuku ...