The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has launched the website “GO TOKYO Gourmet” to showcase Tokyo’s diverse food attractions in ...
Photographers stroll around the area, play with their smartphones and do other things to waste time until the magical moment ...
To celebrate its 100th anniversary, the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum hosts an exceptional exhibition showcasing masterpieces borrowed from one of the world’s m ...
Instead of focusing on flashy new rides, Asakusa Hanayashiki leverages its history as a strength with attractions that ...
In the city of Koka in Shiga Prefecture — also known as a “ninja village” — a written copy of the original, famous book on the art of ninja, “Karinseiyo,” has been discovered at a local shrine.
Researchers from Kumamoto University (Japan) have discovered two primary historical documents showing that Mitsuyoshi Yoshida, author of the popular Edo-period Japanese arithmetic book "Jinkouki," was ...
Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Asato Ikeda -- Wakashu as third gender and gender ambiguity through the Edo period / Joshua S. Mostow -- Fleurs du mal : onnagata (female-role ...
The other day I had the pleasure of attending a very interesting presentation about antique books by an expert in Edo period literature, professor Laura Moretti. Laura had brought along many volumes ...
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has launched the website "GO TOKYO Gourmet" to showcase Tokyo's diverse food attractions in Japan and overseas.