During Japan’s Sengoku “Warring States ... season is a major draw for travelers to Hirosaki Castle. More than 2,600 sakura tress dot the castle gardens, scattering their petals on the ...

A western Japan city has begun offering overnight stays at Fukuyama Castle, a site dating back 400 ... government and businesses to find ways to draw visitors to less-traveled areas.

Did you know that Japan has more than 200 castles still standing in some form today? Once symbols of the nation’s martial prowess, Japanese castles stand out with their multi-tiered wooden ...

Performed in Japanese with English supertitles ... Shuji Terayama wrote Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, nominally drawing from Bela Bartók’s famous operatic version of the French legend ...

Nagoya might not have the international draw of Tokyo ... with small local shops and restaurants. Of all of Japan’s beautiful castles, most are replicas, built in the traditional shape with ...