Now that summer has loosened its torrid grip, a trip to this outdoor museum in the western Tokyo suburbs is a perfect way to ...

Find bird palaces, abandoned cave aquariums, and an island of severed doll heads hiding in these bustling cities. Welcome to ...

“There is a record that the third shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu, hunted as many as 2,135 deer in a year and a half. Although the ...

When he came to power in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu became the first shogun to rule over all Japan. He made Edo – later renamed Tokyo – his power base, and over the 250 years of Tokugawa rule, this small ...

Tokugawa Ieyasu established this last of the Bakufus (1603-1868) in 1603 after defeating all his opponents. Tokugawa would ...