Alamy The bustling Nihonbashi Bridge in the city of Edo (Tokyo) during the Tokugawa era (Credit: Alamy) Ancient Japan, I argue in my new book History for Tomorrow, offers inspiration for creating ...

In the 1830s, at the tail end of Japan’s flourishing Edo Period, two artists set out ... across a construction crew working on a new bridge. But we’d seen similar thatched roofs at Nagataki ...

Discover one the best historic walks near Tokyo at Soka Matsubara Promenade, where pine-lined paths, Basho’s legacy, and ...

From the Edo-Tokyo Museum Collection,” is currently touring Japan. We asked the exhibition ... now-extinct animal was living at the Genmori Bridge. This is a bridge known as a photo spot ...

Greg Jenner is joined in 17th-Century Japan by Dr Satona Suzuki and comedian Ahir Shah to learn all about the Edo period and the Tokugawa shogunate. Show more In this episode, Greg Jenner is ...

In this episode, Greg Jenner is joined in seventeenth-century Japan by Dr Satona Suzuki and comedian Ahir Shah to learn all about the Edo period and the Tokugawa shogunate. When he came to power ...

Imagine standing on the old wooden Nihonbashi bridge in the commercial heartland of Edo, the ancient Japanese ... ecological civilisations. Ancient Japan, I argue in my new book History for ...