A 400-year-old stone wall once part of Edo Castle, discovered only last year at what is now the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, is likely the castle’s oldest existing remnant ever unearthed ...

Edo Castle's Sotosakurada moat is captured in this photo taken by Yokoyama Matsusaburo in 1871. | COURTESY OF EDO-TOKYO MUSEUM The statue of Saigo Takamori at Ueno Park in April.

The tower doesn't quite scrape the skyline like the 59-meter-high main keep of Edo Castle once did, but the miniature version of it now at Tokyo's Imperial Palace is still nothing to sneeze at ...

Tokugawa Ieyasu, the future founder of the Edo shogunate, was born in 1543 in Okazaki Castle in Mikawa Province (now Aichi Prefecture). The Saigō clan is thought to have built initial ...

In the gardens of the Edo Castle ruins, the first blossoms of the year begin to bloom. Known as sakura, the soft pink flower brings the estate to life, adding wonder and grace to the grounds.

Edo Castle Visitors of all ages will be able to participate in activities like work experience simulations Once visitors arrive at the entrance, they can enter six different areas and experience ...

Located in Hiroshima Prefecture’s Fukuyama City, Fukuyama Castle has a long history stretching back nearly 400 years. For a stellar reconstruction of an Edo-period castle as well as great views of the ...

Built on the site of the old Edo castle, the building still has some of the preserved remains of its former fortifications as well as more contemporary structures: a palace built in the 1960s ...

Of course, 'Edo Castle' also exists on the brick. The site of Edo Castle at that time is now the Imperial Palace. However, the moat that surrounded the castle has been passed down to the present ...

Directed by Abe Noriyuki and produced by Studio Deen, “Ooku” is inspired by tales emerging from the Ooku women’s quarters within Edo Castle and imagines that gender roles are reversed.