Channel your inner samurai and visit these remarkable castles in Japan, from Osaka to Nagasaki and right across the land.

Tadakatsu was one of Tokugawa Ieyasu’s main collaborators in his fight for the shogunate. The samurai, Japan’s celebrated lineage of warriors, emerged in the Heian period (794-1185), when the ...

A procession of famous historical figures passing through was also reenacted. Tokugawa Ieyasu, who won the Battle of Sekigahara, Kazunomiya, who married a shogun, and others appeared. Japanese ...

Japan's known for its futuristic cities (even those that aren't Kyoto and Tokyo), but its history, particularly when it comes ...

The trove also included a garment worn by renowned shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616) before it was gifted to Otaa’s younger brother. Museum officials called the items “extremely valuable ...

While the characters are both fictional, however, they’re heavily inspired by real-life figures Tokugawa Ieyasu and William Adams, so season two will have some grounding outside of total fan ...

Toshogu Shrine, the resting place of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate, is the most popular attraction in this city. Nikko also has a national park that offers waterfalls, lakes, ...

He starred in the Japanese historical epic What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (2023), playing famed Japanese military general Tokugawa Ieyasu, and also recently acted as adviser for the production of J-pop ...

The first stop is Nijo Castle, an Edo-period masterpiece completed in 1603, then expanded for the emperor’s visit 23 years later, as the Kyoto residence of the shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa ...

Some of the most unforgettable images from those final days include South Vietnamese soldiers stripping off their uniforms to blend in with civilians, panicked crowds scaling the walls of the U.S ...