The Edo-Tokyo Museum has undergone a four-year transformation to showcase the history of Japan's capital with improved ...

PROVIDENCE — Japan’s Edo period lasted from 1615-1868. It was an era of prosperity and peace. Among other things, wealth and lack of conflict meant food was plentiful and culinary culture could ...

What kind of relationship did Japanese people and animals have during the early modern Edo period (1603–1868)? An exhibition exploring this historical relationship through ukiyo-e (traditional ...

Utagawa Kunitoshi, “Newly Published Cat’s Games” (1884) (images courtesy of the Japan Society) Cats are the darlings of the internet, but a new exhibition coming to Manhattan’s Japan Society this ...

In quiet Koto ward, away from the neon-lit skyscrapers and frenzied pace of central Tokyo, the Fukagawa Edo Museum offers a portal to a bygone era. It costs only a few hundred yen to explore this ...

Ukiyo-e (“Pictures of the Floating World”), a genre of Japanese art focusing on the portrayal of ukiyo (“The Floating World”), flourished from the 17th through the 19th century. During the Edo period ...

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Inhale deeply and exhale slowly as you approach the pristine foothills of the Takagamine mountains by the Tenjin River in northern Kyoto, where you will find the splendid ROKU KYOTO. Immerse yourself ...

The Edo-Tokyo Museum, located in Tokyo's Ryogoku district, is one of Tokyo’s leading cultural institutions exploring the history and culture of the city. It officially reopened on March 31, following ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Escape Game The Edo Period A classic escape game set in the Edo period! Solve the mysteries and aim to escape from the Edo period. Games metadata is powered ...