Kumamoto Castle is undergoing a significant restoration after the 2016 earthquake damaged its historic structure. Workers are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During Japan’s Sengoku “Warring States” era (1467-1615), castles were constructed, bolstered and fortified all across the Japanese ...

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Post World War II, architects like Kenzo Tange pioneered a new blend of tradition with modernism, sparking the influential Metabolist movement of the 1960s that imagined cities as organic, adaptable ...

This incredible model of a Japanese castle is so small it is about the thickness of a human hair, as can be seen in this image. The 0.217-millimeter model of Fukuyama Castle is so tiny, it is all but ...

Discover some of the world's most fascinating castles, from fairy tale inspired palaces to historic fortresses that reveal ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Overseas visitors to Japan have traditionally been offered two types of accommodation: Western-style hotels or traditional Japanese inns. In recent years, new options have ...

Japan is a favourite country to visit for many Thais. On top of its friendly people, flavourful food and good transportation, ...

I used to think that staying in a traditional Japanese Ryokan inn and sleeping on tatami mats was the height of cool. But Japan has just revved up the accommodations cool factor to off the charts.

Kagurazaka is a central Tokyo neighborhood with refined charm that was once located on the edge of Edo Castle and has connections dating back to Japan’s third “great unifier” and shogun, Ieyasu ...