Discover one the best historic walks near Tokyo at Soka Matsubara Promenade, where pine-lined paths, Basho’s legacy, and ...

Alamy The bustling Nihonbashi Bridge in the city of Edo (Tokyo) during the Tokugawa era (Credit: Alamy) Ancient Japan, I argue in my new book History for Tomorrow, offers inspiration for creating ...

Netflix’s Blue Eye Samurai is an anime series set during the opening decades of Japan’s Edo period (1603–1867), also known as the Tokugawa period. Among other subjects, the series addresses ...

Imagine standing on the old wooden Nihonbashi bridge in the commercial heartland of Edo, the ancient Japanese city now known as Tokyo. It is some time around 1750 during the Edo period ...