Along the Tsuboi River near the castle, sit five bronze statues of heroes of the Meiji Restoration, which in 1867 led to the abolition of the samurai class and Japan’s rapid drive towards ...

Following a decree issued during the Meiji Era (1868-1912), the original turret was dismantled and many of the other castle buildings ... complete with a Japanese-style room comprised of eight ...

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western ...

This time on Journeys in Japan, architect James Lambiasi visits ... the ousted shogunate against the forces of the new Meiji government. The castle became the stage for fierce fighting, leading ...

Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav on Friday visited Nijo-jo Castle in Kyoto during his four-day official visit to Japan ...

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that ...