For almost 700 years, these disciplined warriors were respected and feared in Japan, and they carved out a path that made ...

A gory set of manuals, one dating to the 17th century, advised Japanese warriors in the secret ways of seppuku.

On the rural islands of Nagasaki a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links to a time of samurai, shoguns and martyred missionaries and believers.

Discover the powerful and largely untold history of Japan’s Onna-musha - female samurai warriors who stood alongside men on the battlefield. In this documentary, we explore their role in feudal ...

Samurai fashion is in, so are samurai tattoos. New York tattoo artist Sumok Kim, who works at Chronic Ink, has seen a surge ...

The Soma Nomaoi festival’s main event was held on Sunday in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, where about 35,000 spectators ...

The Onimusha 2 remaster is a major win for videogame preservation, even if Capcom’s hands-off approach conserves decades-old ...

Eight women were among a multitude of entrants who rode in the “Soma-Nomaoi” (Soma wild horse chase) festival, an annual ...

Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper into intricate shapes: plants, animals, everyday objects, abstract art… the possibilities are virtually endless. The practice evolved over the centuries ...

Ongoing is the other core mechanic introduced early on to new players, and the Kazoo archetype utilizes Kazar to buff your ...